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and small scarlet flowers, having two bracts, terminated in a 

 small roiuidish hardened point. It is a native of Japan, and 

 was found by Siebold at an elevation of one or two thousand 

 feet above the sea, where it grew in abundance in a volcanic 

 soil. It is a very pretty addition to the lily tribe, flowering as 

 it does at the same time of the larger Japan kinds. It is cul- 

 tivated in the same manner. {Flore cles Serres, Ma}^.) 



28. He'nfreya sca'ndens Lindl. Chmbing Henfreya. (Aca;i- 



tliaC€(E.^ 



A greenhouse plant ; growing three or four feet high ; with white and rose-colored flowers ; ap- 

 pearing in spring ; increased by cuttings ; cultivated iu peat, loam, and sand. Flore des Serres, 



pi. :331. 1847. 



A beautiful species of*a new genus, remarkable for its 

 climbing habit, — unusual in this family, — its beautiful foliage, 

 and terminal clusters of Urge white flowers, tinted with rose. 

 Its native country is not given ; but it flowered in England last 

 spring in the collection of Mr. Knight, and a medal was 

 awarded by the London Horticultural Society for a fine speci- 

 men. It is increased by cuttings, and grown in a rich light 

 soil. {Flore des Serres, May.) 



29. Ce^reus grandiflo^ro-speciosi'ssimus Maynardii Nob. May- 



nard's Cereus. [Cactdcece). 



a greenhouse plant ; growing four feet hi^h; with orange scarlet flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 an English hybrid ; increased by cuttings ; grown in ricll soil. Flore des Serres, pi. 23o. 1847. 



Many attempts have been made to produce new varieties of 

 the cereus, between grandiflorus and speciosissinius ; but we 

 are not aware of any successful accomplishment of the ob- 

 ject, except the plant now under notice. It has been thought 

 that some singularly fine kinds might be the result of the 

 union of these two. The specimen before us is certainly very 

 showy ; having a stem similar to the grandiflorus, and flow- 

 ers somewhat like it in form, but of a deep orange scarlet 

 shade : the pale tint of the former having neutralized the rich 

 violet hue of the speciosissinius. The flower has two rows 

 of numerous petals, the outer ones standhig erect, and the in- 

 ner ones with the ends curved inward. Their diameter is 9 to 

 10 inches. 



This variety was produced from the seed of speciosissimus, 

 impregnated with grandiflorus, by Mr. Keynes, gardener to 

 Viscount Maynard. It is of vigorous habit, flowers freely 



