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in Eyriesi, and the petals not spreading so horizontally. In colour the outer 

 part oi the tube is curiously marked with green and red, the petals being 

 white stained with red on the margins, which gives them a very pretty 

 appearance. 



E. OAMPYLAOANTHA, Pfeiffer (Echir.ocactus and Cereua leucanthua). — This 

 is a Chilian plant, where it was found by Dr. Gillies at Mendoza, and the 

 plants introduced first flowered in the London Horticultural Society's Gardens 

 in 1831. It has a conical stem with fourteen to sixteen ridges and strong 

 ppines, the central one in each cluster being 3 inches long, whitish, and 

 curved upwards. The flower tube is 5 to 6 inches long, dark green, with 

 short ovate petals, white tinged with pink, the expanded portion of the flower 

 being 2 to 3 inches across. 



There is a score or more of other species, each of which possesses 

 Eome attractions. E. cinnabarina has very bright cinnabar-red flowers, 

 which contrast agreeably with the light-coloured form. E. Pentlandi has 

 orange-red flowers, and a variety named coccinea is very bright red, almost 

 scarlet. E. multiplex has whitish flowers, but its variety cristata is more 

 noteworthy than the type. It has peculiarly contorted stems, the ridges 

 being apparently folded transversely, as if the plant had been compressed 

 laterally. Like other crested varieties of Cactese, it would not at a glance 

 be thought to be related to the species of which it is considered a variation. 

 E. pulchella has pale rose flowers produced in the spring months ; E. Schel- 

 hasi bears white flowers like E. Eyriesi ; this is said to have been crossed with 

 Cereus specioslssimns, and plants produced that presented some resemblance 

 to both parents, but whether they ever flowered or not I have not been able 

 to ascertain. B. Zuccariniana is a beautiful species with large white flowers, 

 very fragrant and resembling Jasmine ; it has also produced a handsome 

 rose-coloured form by a cross with E. oxygona, and a crested variety is also 

 grown. Many others are in cultivation, Mr. Peacock numbering thirty-two 

 species and varieties in his collection, and the majority of these have large 

 handsome flowers. 



PHYLLOCACTUS, LinJi. 



The two most valuable genera in the whole Cactus family, considered 

 from a horticulturist's standpoint, are undoubtedly the Phyllocactus and 

 the Epiphyllum, and they are the only two which can be said to have 

 partially escaped the modern neglect of the Cactese as garden plants. 

 These are still established favourites in many places, but they are 

 comparative strangers to numbers of cultivators who might advantage- 

 ously include them in their collections. Profuse in flowering, with large 

 showy blooms, most variously coloured, from the richest crimsons and 

 brightest scarlets to the most delicate rose and blush tints, they are 

 unexcelled in heauty by any of the ordinary plants grown for decoration. 

 So til from being fastidious or requiring any particular routine of culture, 



