The enamelled plant labels hitherto in use in the Garden, 

 though very neat and conspicuous have proved to be a failure, 

 the unequal expansion and contraction of the iron and enamel 

 causes the latter to chip off so that in many cases the lettering 

 becomes illegible ; in addition to this the rust from the iron 

 backing often discolours the white enamel, and the label 

 becomes unsightly. A specimen or two of a label of iron, the 

 lettering being of block-tin were sent to me, and were tried in 

 the Garden for about a year ; they stood quite well, and a 

 number of them have been ordered, and will I hope be in their 

 places in a few weeks time. 



We obtained during the year*, an assortment of different 

 species of Cacti, which arrived in very good order, and we hope 

 to place most of them out in the Gardens during the year. Our 

 stock of this class of plants has hitherto been veiy scanty, 

 though the two large plants of Cereus are much admired. 

 Unfortunately we do not know their specific names, though they 

 have been for many years (certainly more than twenty) in the 

 Gardens, and bear flowers in great profusion. The following is 

 a list of the different species of Cacti now in stock : — 



Anhalonium Williamsi 



Astrophytum myriostigma 



Cereus 



acidus 



Cereus anguiniformis 



11 



atropurpureus 



n 



baumanni 



»» 



bonplandii 



ii 



caesius 



11 



colubrinus flavis pinus 



ii 



dumeslianus 



11 



famacara 



ii 



famacara-monstrosus 



»j 



finei 



ii 



grandiflorus 



11 



lamprochlorus 



ii 



inermis 



»1 



marginata 



ii 



m acrogonus 



11 



nycheulus 



ii 



Napoleonis 



>J 



serpent inus 



ii 



tSchrankii 



11 



variabilis 



n 



spinulosus 







ii 



triangularis 



Echiuocactus coquinbav us 



Echh 



i ocac tus cy I in draceus 



» 



telecanthus 



ii 



denudutus, var. para- 

 [guayensis 



»» 



pentacanthus 



ii 



Ottonis 



>» 



pilosus 



ii 



,, var. para- 



[guayensis 



n 



schuma nnianus 



ii 



schilinzkyanus 







ii 



tabula.ris 



Ec hinocereus b erlandie ri 



Echinocerens blanhi 



11 



boliviensis 



ii 



brevispiralii> 



5' 



caespitosus 



«> 



chloranthus 



11 



cinerascens 



ii 



enneacanthus 



11 



glycimorphus 



ii 



papillusus 



