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ti. Dr. Edmonson's place is under the charge of Mr. Feast, 

 Jr., a young man of much taste and considerable practical 

 knowledge, united with a great love for plants. We here 

 saw grafting in all its varieties; Echinocaclus Eyriesu' grafted 

 upon the ends of the pendulous stems of Cereus flagelliformis! 

 having a singular appearance. Cereus triangularis and several 

 of the opuntias are used for stocks; and, in some instances, 

 several kinds are grafted on one plant. All the weaker grow- 

 ing sorts are cultivated altoeether by grafting, and they bloom 

 more abundantly, and with finer flowers. Cereus serpentinus, 

 upwards of ten feet high, was full of buds. A novel experi- 

 ment had been tried in grafting the wax plant, (Hoya carno- 

 sa, ) upon the stapelia, and the scions had commenced growing; 

 how it will continue to flourish remains to be seen. 



On the lawn in front of the house, Dr. Edmonson showed 

 us a Madura, different from the M. aurantiaca, and proba- 

 bly a variety of that species. It forms quite a small shrub, 

 or tree, with the dense glossy foliage of the former, but small- 

 er, and the habit of the plant rather dwarf. From its slower 

 growth, and less robust habit, we think it would be more like- 

 Iv to stand the climate in the latitude of Boston, than the M. 

 aurantiaca: it has never flowered or fruited. 



JSursery of JMr. Samuel Feast. — Since the autumn of 18.39, 

 Mr. Feast has made many additions to his extensive collec- 

 tion; he has also enriched it with many excellent seedlings of 

 the camellia, rose, azalea, Cacti, &c. 



Mr. Feast erected one or two new houses the past season; 

 one in particular for the growth of cacti, of which he possess- 

 es a large and extensive variety, many of which are seedlings. 

 These we found in very fine condition: a larger part of the 

 species and varieties are grafted upon the Opuntia braziliensis 

 and vulgaris, Cereus triangularis, &.c., and in this manner they 

 form large and thrifty plants: growing them upon their own 

 roots seems to have been mostly given up. In our former 

 notice of this establishment, (Vol. V., p. 371,) we alluded 

 to Mr. Feast's practice of grafting seedling cacti when only 

 a few weeks old, upon the Cereus triangularis. Since then, 

 we have tried the experiment ourselves, and with good suc- 

 cess. Echinocactus Eyriesn", grafted on a tall stem of the 

 Cereus triangularis, is a very beautiful object, when in bloom. 

 In no department of plants has Mr. Feast given more at- 

 tention than to the cultivation and production of roses from 



