sured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 215 



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not an inch of the wood having been destroyed: and they have 

 been one mass of bloom. All the remaining plants, several in 

 number, were taken up and laid in the cellar, so that a fair op- 

 portunity has not been offered, to ascertain whether they would 

 have stood the past mild winter, unharmed. We think, howev- 

 er, they are rather too tender to stand even such a winter as the 

 last, unless in very sheltered and warm situations. But its great 

 beauty will claim for it all the attention that is necessary to make 

 it flower in profusion and perfection. For if it does not prove 

 to be hardy, a simple covering of earth, leaves or straw, will 

 preserve the branches from all danger of frost. It should be in 

 every choice collection. 

 Cactacece. 



Among the various plants, which display their flowers at this 

 season, none are more gorgeous than several of the s|)ecies and 

 varieties of the group of cactuses. Cereus speciosissimus is 

 one of the most splendid; C. Ackerman?, Jenkinson?', Vandes/a, 

 &c. &c., are each beautiful; Epiphyllum speciosum, though 

 well known, is nevertheless very fine, and there are others of 

 considerable merit. 



In the collection of Mr. Putnam, of Salem, there is now a 

 great number of plants in bloom, embracing a large number of 

 distinct kinds. Mr. Putnam is very successful in his mode of 

 treating this tribe, and we hope to communicate to our readers, 

 ere long, the details of his practice. At Mr. Cushing's, C. Ac- 

 kermdni, grafted on the large C. grandiflorus last year, has pro- 

 duced fine blossoms. Plants of C. speciosissimus, quite small, 

 have also blossomed finely. 



Mr. Sweetser has probably as great a number of species and va- 

 rieties of the family, as is to be found in the vicinity of Boston. But 

 the plants have not been treated with a view to produce many blos- 

 soms, but rather to grow them hastily to a good size, when they will 

 not only more abundantly bloom, but much finer. Some new ones 

 are about opening, but as we have had the promise from Mr. Sweet- 

 ser, of a list of all his kinds, with his mode of management, which 

 is also good, we defer enumerating them at this time. In the 

 small collection of Mr. Leathe, besides several kinds in full 

 bloom, the lovely Echinocactus Eyriesu has three or four flow- 

 er buds developed. Messrs. Hovey & Co. have also C. specio- 

 sissimus, Ackermani and Jenkinsoni superbly in flower. 



Echinocactus tubiflorus. — A beautiful species under this name, 

 very much in the way of the E. Eyriesu, with white flowers, is 

 figured in the Botanical Magazine. The flower is, however, 

 larger, and the tube longer and more slender. It will be a valua- 

 ble acquisition. 



Under this head, we take the opportunity to extract, from Pax- 

 ion^s JMagazine of Botany, some remarks on grafting many of 



