22 CACTUS CULTURE *OR AMATEUR*. 



E. Gsertnerl. 



A robust plant, with joints 2 inches to 3 inches long, 1 inch 

 wide, grey-green, the margin purplish, and bearing tufts of black hairs 

 in the crenatures and apex. Flowers in clusters of 2 to 4 inches at the 

 apex of the joints, 3 inches wide, regular, composed of about twenty 

 spreading, narrow petals, coloured orange-red, numerous stamens, 

 and a long five-rayed stigma. Plants 1 foot high, flowers profusely 

 in July and August. Introduced from Brazil in 1884. Syns. 

 E. R'issdiianum var. Gcertneri, PhyHocactus Ocertneri. A variety 

 with fewer hairs on the joints and a slight difference in the colour of 

 the flowers has been named E. Makoyanum. 



BICOLOB. Tube of flower white ; petals purple. 

 BRIDGESII. Tube violet ; petals dark purple. 

 COCCINEUM. Bright scarlet, paler at the base. 

 CRUENTUM. Tube purplish ; petals bright scarlet. 

 DELICATUM. Branches slender ; flowers white, shaded 



with rose. 



MAGNIFICUM. Tube rosy-violet ; petals red. 

 SALMONBUM. Tube white ; petals salmon, shaded with purple. 

 SPECIABILE. Tube white ; petals carmine. 

 TRICOLOR. Tube salmon ; petals red, centre purplish. 

 VIOLACETJM. Tube white ; petals carmine, margined with 



purple. 



