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CRAB CACTUS -(tig. 57.) 



AS we have a reference to this 

 Cactus, known as Epiphyllum, in 

 our Question drawer, we give a picture 

 of the one most commonly cultivated, 

 viz., E. truncatum, for the benefit of 

 those who have not as yet become 

 acquainted with it. One of its good 

 qualities is that it is a winter bloomer, 

 and by means of several different plants 

 an unbroken succession of bloom may 

 be had from November to February, 

 each plant remaining in bloom for 



some three or four weeks. It is also a 

 free grower, and easy of propagation. 

 Mr. Blanc says that a very common 

 mode is to graft them on Cereus 

 Speciosissimus stocks, by which means 

 the drooping habit of the Epiphyllum 

 is more gracefully displayed. This 

 Cactus grows on trees in Mexico, and 

 also on rocks among mosses. Its name 

 is derived from the Greek kiti(px.XXov 

 meaning, upon a leaf, having reference 

 to the situation of the flowers. 



