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pletely covering the plant. There are many more of this class, all desirable 

 The Echinopsis are different from either of the other two classes, and more 

 common, but are all good growers and bloomers, generally pear-shaped ; spines, 

 fewer, shorter and softer, flowers lower on the plant than the others, with a long 



Fig. 804. — Mamillakia. 



stem. Eryisis, a splendid night bloomer; flowers four inches across, richly 

 fragrant ; a double flowered variety of this is even more desirable. Mulleri, a 

 new and splendid plant, flowers open every day for a week, fragrant. All strong 

 growers, making good roots and producing oflsets freely ; are readily propagated 

 but if you want flowers keep the oflsets rubbed off". With their shiny green coat, 

 not hidden by spines, they are always handsome and satisfactory plants. 



Cactus Crank. 



Cyclamens. — When the corms are laid up dry for any time they sustain a 

 loss of vitality which prevents them making more than a spasmodic effort to 

 grow, throwing out a few leaves, and then remaining stationary. The right way 

 to treat old bulbs is to water only when dry after flowering until the foliage dies 

 away : then bed them out during the summer, or else shake all the old soil 

 away, and re-pot in free soil, with plenty of white sand in it. Give good 

 drainage, and stand the pots where they can be shaded from hot sun, allowing 

 the soil to dry out between each watering. This will cause them to break 

 regularly and strongly, and as they advance in growth they may be watered more 

 freely. By late autumn the soil in the pots will be full of roots, and the buds 

 will be abundantly formed over the plants. — Pop. Gardening. 



