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CACTACEOUS PLANTS. 



The History and Culture of a Family of Plants remarkable for the 

 singularity of their forms and the beauty of their flowers, 



With Numerous Illustrations. 



BY LEWIS CASTLE, 



(FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW.) 



OPINIONS. 



Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., C.B., F.R.S. : 

 "Very useful, and will encourage a love of these singular plants." 

 Edmund Giles Loder, Esq., F.L.S., Floore, Weedon, Northamptonshire : 



"Just the kind of book required by amateurs, and will, I think, give an 

 impetus to the cultivation of this most interesting class of plants." 



Dr. A. Paterson, Fertifield, Bridge of Allan, N.B.: 

 " The volume on Cactaceous Plants is very interesting." 

 Mr. Bruce Findlay, Curator and Secretary, Royal Botanical Gardens, 



Manchester : 



' ' I have read with pleasure and profit the interesting book on Cactaceous 

 Plants. The portraits are exceedingly well done, and the matter contained in the 

 book is both instructive and entertaining. It ought to have a large circulation." 



Mr. W. B. Latham, Curator Birmingham Botanic Gardens : 

 ' ' I have been much interested in the book on Cactaceous Plants. It is very 

 comprehensive, giving excellent details as to classification, history, native country, 

 temperature, watering, soil, &c. It has filled a gap in horticultural literature, and 

 will, I hope, be the means of bringing these interesting, and in many cases most 

 beautiful, plants to the notice of cultivators. " 



Mr. W. H. Baxter, Curator Oxford Botanic Gardens : 

 ' ' In the treatise on Cactaceous Plants the author has related their history 

 and explained their treatment very completely. The illustrations are good, the 

 select species very useful to those who possess only a limited knowledge of 

 the family, and the price places it within the reach of all interested in their 

 cultivation. " 



Leo H. Grindon, Esq., Greenheys, Manchester : 



1 ' The author has done good service in producing the treatise on Cactaceous 

 Plants. I like the introduction very much, also the historical portion, and the 

 descriptions seem to me as good as can be. I shall show the book wherever I 

 think it may excite interest." 



Sir C. Nicholson, Bart., The Grange, Totteridge, Herts : 

 " The little book on Cacteae is very interesting, and I hope its merits may 

 receive due recognition in an ample sale." 



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