Blossom of Night Blooming Cereus 



The improved plant on which this beautiful flower grew 

 is shown in the frontispiece of the present volume. Unfortun- 

 ately the night blooming cereus is too tender to be grown except as a 

 hot house plant in the colder climates of the eastern states; 

 but it thrives in California, and deserves greater 

 popularity than it has attained. 



