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spring. It can be grown in small hanging baskets of earthen- 
ware. 
C. grandiflorus. This is a night-blooming species with 
large gorgeous flowers of a whitish yellow like a big star. 
Very fragrant. Flowers in the summer. 
C. Mallisonii is one of the most beautiful of all cacti. It has 
long slender stems, and is one of the most profuse bloomers. 
The flowers are of medium size, of a bright scarlet-crimson 
color. ‘The plant will continue to flower for a considerable 
period. 
C. speciosissimus is a very showy plant, with soft and slender 
three to four angled stems and whitish aérial roots. Blooms 
profusely in the summer. Flowers medium-sized, rosy-scarlet. 
Epiphyllum truncatum is a little, rich-flowering species with 
drooping two-winged stems. It is generally grafted on some 
other cactus to bring it above the ground. Flowers generally 
rose-purple, with many varieties, expand in winter or spring. 
When not grafted it is suitable for hanging baskets. 
Echinocactus and Echinopsis are short and globular forms 
with many varieties. They are ribbed and hairy, and some- 
times covered with formidable spines. Flowers generally very 
fine. 
Melocactus and Mammillaria, the one globular and ribbed, 
the other generally consisting of fleshy, pap-like protuber- 
ances, hairy and spiny, very elegant and ornamental. Flower 
rarely, and although beautiful, of less importance on that 
account. 
Opuntia (Indian Fig). Is a common genus all over the 
Southern States. Some species have large and showy yellow 
flowers; others are more remarkable on account of their 
curious growth. Some Opuntias are tall and robust plants, 
