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Epiphyllum . 



was introduced into England from Brazil early in the nineteenth 

 century. The original form is said to have had dark crimson flowers 

 with a white throat. One of the varieties early imported was of a 

 11 uniform rich crimson hue " and was figured in the Botanical Mag- 

 azine in 1825. About 1840 a variety (violaceum) with a distinct tinge 

 of violet was first known in England. 



EPIPHYLLUM. 



Among the numerous varieties which are now in cultivation, the 

 result of natural variations in seedlings, perpetuated by cuttings or 

 grafting are the following— known hybrids are marked with an 

 asterisk (*>: 



*1— Majus; flowers large, of a deep rose color. 



2 — Bicolor; flowers white, margined with delicate rose. 



