CACTUS CULTURE FOB AMATBuKS 



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anv of^our readers will be acquainted with the neat little 

 glass cases, like a greenhouse in shape, and filled with a collection 

 of miniature Cacti. To the professional gardener, these case: 

 are playthings, bearing about the same relation to gardening as 

 a child's doll's house does to housekeeping. Yet they are the 

 source of much pleasure, and even instruction, to many to 

 whom a greenhouse is an impossibility. In these little cases 



Pig. 1. Section of House for Cacti. 

 A, A, Hot-water Pipes; B, B, Ventilators. 



is possible to grow a collection of tiny Cacti for years, 

 if only the operations of watering, potting, ventilating, and other 

 matters are properly attended to. 



Window-recesses. 



Quite largo specimens may be grown in windows with a south 

 aspect attached to rooms where fires are kept during cold weather. 

 Phyllocactus, Epiphyllum, Cereus, Mamillaria, and others are 

 successfully grown in England^ while in Germany Cacti 



