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Sect. IV. Columns branching. Fascicles seated on teats, which finally become 

 confluent, and foiin obtuse gibbous angles. 



35 Deppe?. 1 ft. high, and 3| in. [ 36 pentalophus. 6 in. high, and 6 in. 

 in diameter, — Syn. C. cine- in diameter, branched. — Syn. 



rascens. ' C. leptacanthus. 



Genus II. ASTRO'PHYTON. 



Syn. Ce'reus, Echinoca'ctus. 



Form globular. Surface obtusely angled or lobed ; angles 3 — 7. SJcin re- 

 markable for being densely covered with small white spots. Spines none. 

 Summits of the angles studded with round patches or fascicles of whitish 

 down. Floivers like those of the Echinocacti. 



1 myriostigraa. 5 in. high, and 7 in. 

 in diam. — Syn. Cereus callico- 

 che ; Echinocactus callicoche. 



2 m. 2 depressa. 3 in. high, and 7 

 in. in diameter. 



In all there are, exclusively of seedlings and some very small plants : — 

 Anhalonium, 2 sp. and var., and 3 specimens ; Mammillaria, 98 sp. and var., and 

 428 spec. ; Echinocactus, 33 sp. and var., and 99 spec. ; Echinofossulocactus, 

 30 sp. and var., and 102 spec; Echinonyctanthus, 12 sp. and var., and 

 63 spec; Melocactus, 12 sp. and var., and 46 spec; Pilocereus, 3 sj)., and 

 19 spec ; Cereus, 36 sp. and var., and 105 spec; Astrophyton, 2 sp. and 

 var., and 4 spec. ; making together 222 sp. and var., and 869 specimens. Be- 

 sides these, there are about 4,000 small plants and seedlings, and numerous 

 specimens of Opuntia, though, as they belong to very few species, they have 

 not been inserted in the catalogue. 

 Hendon Vicarage, Ajml, 1841. 



Art. VIII. On the Cultivation of the Peach in Pots, in Pine-houses. 

 By William Hutchison, Gardener to E. J. Shirley, Esq. M. P. 



As I consider I have been rather fortunate in growing peaches 

 and nectarines in pots, in the pine-house here, probably it might 

 not be uninteresting to some of the readers of the Gardener^ s 

 Magazijie to know how peaches can be produced in April; more 

 especially as I do not remember ever having seen the subject 

 treated on in that work. 



Well, then, to begin at the beginning. Procure from the 

 nursery good maiden plants, as soon after the leaves fall in autumn 

 as possible ; pot in sandy loam, enriched with one fourth well 

 rotted sheep or cow dung. I have three sizes of pots in use ; the 

 smallest are 12 in. wide at top and 1 1 in. deep inside ; the second 

 size are 14 in. at top and 13 in. deep; the third size are 17 in. at 

 top and 15 in. deep. The last is the largest size I use. After 

 the plants are potted, plunge them in leaves, or any other litter, 

 to save the roots and pots from the frost. If a pit or frame can 

 be spared, it will be better to start the plants there the first year, 

 than to put them into pine-house heat at once. Cut down the 



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