A Selected Night Blooming Cereus 



This very fine specimen is the result of careful selection 



by Mr. Burbank, from large numbers of seedlings. The flowers 



of this variety are nearly nine inches in diameter. They open early 



in the morning and are completely withered by ten or eleven 



o'clock. It will be noted that two of the blossoms on the 



right hand stalk have withered and that they are 



marked with strings to indicate that their seed 



is to be saved for future experiments. 



