THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 



forming to 



this behest, 



the winged 



guests de- 

 tach from 



their downy 



feet a more 



or less con- 



siderable 



portion of 



the yellow, 



powder- 



like pollen adventitiously 



brought away from the 

 anther's of the bloom last 

 visited. And thus the seed 

 germs are fertilised. 



Many and anxious 

 were the tentative day- 

 break visits paid to this 

 splendid Cactus in order 

 not to miss the coveted 

 opportunity of immortalis- 

 ing its snowy charms. For 

 several days previous the 

 swelling buds appeared to 

 be on the very brink of 

 bursting open, but on as 

 many occasions disap- 

 pointed anticipations. At 

 length, on the very night 

 preceding the writer's de- 

 parture by steamer for the 

 further North, and England, 

 the coy beauty, from her 



CEREU8 GRANDIFLORVS. 



W. SaciUe-Kml, Photo. 



