No. 1524. 
CACTUS GIBBOSUS. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is said to have been received from 
Jamaica; it flowered first at Mr. Vere’s 
several years since, and is a singular and 
beautiful plant. 
With us it bloomed in June in the stove, 
which is needful for its preservation. It 
should be potted in sandy loam. It rarely 
throws out any offsets, therefore can sel- 
dom be increased unless it bears seeds, 
which it has sometimes done, our specimen 
being raised from some ripened in. this 
country, and at the time of its flowering 
was at least fifteen years old. 
