2l8 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSETJM. 



are in form and brilliancy among the most beau- 

 tiful with which we are acquainted. M. Des- 

 fontaines. who has given a description and 

 drawing of it in the Annals of the Museum, has 

 appositely named it cactus speciosissimus. 



In the summer the plants are ranged along the 

 wall, and on the terrace between this hot-house 

 and that of the fwoidece. 



