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formed in various parts of the United States. Collectors are numerous, and 

 extending their search into more distant and formerly inaccessible districts, 

 discovering new and rare varieties, and, as demand brings supply, all excepting 

 the rarest are to be had at very moderate prices, and here is where the advan- 

 tage arises : anyone with a love of these curious, wonderful and beautiful plants, 

 can indulge his or her hobby at a trifling expense. When a number are 

 interested by the exchange of cuttings or plants, nice collections can soon be 

 acquired at a small cost. I know of a large number of beautifij collections in 



Fig. 738. — Cacti in Mkxico. 



Ontario, but the owners are seldom known to each other, and as articles or 

 discussions in the columns of the Canadian Horticulturist would tend to 

 draw them out, I will be pleased, with your permission, in future numbers to try 

 as an amateur to give some information on the different classes and varieties, 

 methods of culture and management, insect enemies and diseases, which may, I 

 trust, assist in encouraging an interest in these wonderful specimens of plant 

 life. 



Yours, etc., 



C.\CTus Crank. 



