36 Cacti. 



curiously sutured. Flowers pale rose. Decidedly odd and rather 

 attractive. 25c 



CEREUS. 



A large genus of grotesque plants, of very variable form, 

 mam* producing magnificent, brilliantly colored flowers of great 

 grace and beauty; often deliciously fragrant, mam' blooming at 

 night. 



C. Colubrinus. Cuba; a night bloomer; attains large size. Si 



C. Emoryi. Velvet cactus; fine, closely set yellowish spines, 

 cylindrical, 50c to 55 



C. fiagelliformis. The whip cactus bears very handsome red 

 or pink As. on prostrate, cord-like stems. Xative of Peru. Use- 

 ful in grafting on erect species or for hanging baskets. The 

 slender stems, half an inch thick, are ihickly set with fine spines. 

 Often called the rat-tail cactus. 15c to 35c 



C. gemmatus. A fine quick growing plant, of striking aspect. 

 One of the best. 50c to Si. 50 



C. giganteus. The Giant Cactus, attains a height of 60 feet. 

 $1 and upwards. 



C. grandiflorus. The magnificent night-blooming cereus. pro- 

 ducing large fls. nearly a foot across, the sepals of a dark brown, 

 outside, yellowish within, the petals pure white. Flowers begin 

 to open between seven and eight in the evening, are fully open by 

 eleven, beginning to fade in five or six hours; of great beauty, 

 with strong, sweet fragrance. 20 to 50c 



C. Macdonaldiae. Stems cylindric, creeping or climbing. 

 branched, slender; night blooming: fls. twelve to fourteen inches 

 across, sepals bright red and orange, petals delicate white. Xative 

 of Honduras. 50c 



C. nycticalus. White, scentless fls., opening at night: a robust 

 climbing Mexican; cylindric stems. 4 to 6 ribs, with small, rigid 

 spines. 50c 



C. serpentinus. Fine stock just imported. 25c to $1 



C. triangularis. Plant creeping or climbing, three-angled: 

 fls. very large, twelve to fourteen inches across, greenish outside, 

 whtte within. Fruit a bright scarlet, size of a hen's egg, flavor 

 like the strawberry-, hence often called the strawberry pear. 25C-S1 



ECHIXOCEREVS. 



Easily characterized by the regularity and beauty- of spines, 

 the dwarfish, cylindrical stems and brilliancy of coloring. The 

 flowers last for a long period, the plants profuse bloomers, and 

 comparatively hardy and easy of culture. The fruits are mostly 

 edible, of a pleasant acidity, often assuming rich tints that render 

 them quite ornamental. 



