Producing the most wonderful ar.d grotesque growth in the whole Vegetable Kingdom. 
A photo(jniphic view of the entrance to our 150-/t. house, filed entirely with this family of plants. 
THE DISTRICT TIMES, 5th June, 1894. 
It is not often tliat persons, especinlly in rural districts, hni'C the opportunity of witnessinsj 
the hlo9?oiniiig of the night-flowering Cactus. The occuiTence of such a spectacle is very rare 
and the visitors to Messrs. Caunells’ lict-houses at Swanlcv experienced the week before last 
that whicli will be regarded by n an v as an event of a lifetime. The flowering of the plant is 
rapid and meteor-like in its suddenness and splendour, and that with which Messrs. Canncils’ 
friends were favoured was an especially large and brilliant specimen, measuring no less than 
10 inches in diameter. 
It is woith a journey of nany miles to witness the unfolding of the Cereus rostratus, and 
wiih the moon shining upon the d aphanoiis star-like flower, the speclatcrs must have felt 
delighted with the sight which was presented to them. 
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They do not require much attention, and thus providing ample time for admiration. 
