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OPUNTIAS. Arborescens, aurantiaca, Bigelowi, brasiliensis, cylindrica, 

 dejecta, imbricata, leucotricha, maxima, microdasys and vars.; monacantha, 

 polyantha, Rafinesquiana, senilis, sulphurea, Tuna. All Opuntias require 

 plenty of light and air to develop showy spines. 



PHYLLOCACTUS. Any of the named varieties will do, but they do not 

 sell so well as members of the genera mentioned above. A rather high 

 temperature and plenty of water should be given during the growing 

 season, with all the light and 

 air possible, and a dry cool 

 house in the winter. P. 

 crenatus (fig. 269) is a fine 

 creamy - white and orange - 

 flowered species from Hon- 

 duras. 



The following Succulents 

 and other plants work in well 

 with the Cacti: 



ALOE. Distans, albospina, 

 arborescens, latifolia. 



CRASSULA. Adunca, Bo- 

 lusi, Hooker i, lacteapunctata, 

 lycopodioides, Pachyphytum. 

 Propagate by breaking off 

 the fleshy leaves, and lay on 

 a nearly dry sandy soil till 

 rooting commences, when 

 water sparingly. For lyco- 

 podioides take cuttings in the 

 usual way. 



EUPHORBIA. Antiquorum, 

 cereiformis, canariensis, glo- 

 bosa, mammillaris,* and re- 

 sinifera. 



GASTERIAS. Laete-punctata,* nigricans,* parvifolia,* spiralis,* and 

 verrucosa.* 



HAWORTHIA. Attenuata.* 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. Deltoides, echinatum, stellatum, tigrinum.* 



ROCHEA. Falcata. 



SEMPERVIVUM (hardy). Arachnoideum, calif ornicum and c. minor, 

 chrysanthum, ciliosum, Lehlianum, montanum, murale, Schmidtii, violaceum. 



STAPELIA. Atrata,* anguinea, gigantea, grandiflora, angustifolia, patula. 

 Stock plants should be kept in a cold frame during the summer. 



Cacti or other Succulents for market are usually potted into special 

 ribbed pots, and put up for the market in mixed boxes of various sizes, one 

 plant of each variety being labelled. They are also sold freely, in miniature 

 greenhouses, of various sizes, from 6-30 in. long. 



Fig. Zffl.Phyllocactus creiiatus 



