240 On the Treatment of the Cactus Opuntia. 



should ever be suffered to touch the ground, but they should, 

 as constantly as they are produced, be kept from the earth 

 by placing stones, pebbles, flints, or bricks under them, in 

 imitation of artificial rock-work. 



I am, Dear Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



John Braddick. 



Thames Dittcm, 

 July 11^,1816. 



