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EPIPHYLLUM RUSSELLIANUM. 
shelf, or for hanging up to the roof of the stove. But it will thrive favourably 
too, and have an extremely characteristic appearance, if grafted on a standard 
Pereskia aculiata^ about three feet in height, or on a single-stemmed Cereus 
speciosissimus^ or any of the strong-growing kinds of Cereus. Its flexile branches 
will then have an opportunity of showing their true character. 
To obtain young specimens from cuttings, it is only necessary to keep a little 
damp moss round any of the branches, at a joint, and there will speedily be 
roots formed at that place. Indeed, the plant roots freely at its joints, in a 
moist atmosphere, without any such external application. 
It was found by Mr. Gardner, on the Organ Mountains of Brazil, and named 
after the late Duke of Bedford, 
