Errington informs us, are speciosissimus, speciosus, 
Ackermanni, flagelliformis, truncatus, regalis, and 
others. Various intermingled generations have 
been, year after year, produced from these, so 
that the identity of the parents have been lost in 
the offspring. The chief characters displayed in the 
very handsome purple-margined one now figured, 
are speciosissimus and Ackermanni. 
From the luxuriant growth of some of the speci- 
mens at Oulton, we were desirous of laying before 
our readers Mr. Errington’s usual mode of manage- 
ment. This he communicated with the prompti- 
tude and candour characteristic of knowledge. “I 
am not,” he says, “aware that my mode of cultivat- 
ing the Cacti possesses any peculiarity. In potting, 
I use soils of a very porous character — chiefly 
composed of chopped turf, in a half-decayed state ; 
rough lumps of peat, coarse hone waste, and char- 
coal. The pots are effectually drained, and the 
plants highly excited by heat and liquid manures 
whilst making their growth. Afterwards, they are 
gradually cooled down, and towards the middle of 
August have, in general, been set out of doors, in 
a light and hot situation. Here they are allowed 
scarcely any water, the consequence of which is, 
that by the time they are to be housed, they are 
somewhat shrivelled and yellowish. In the house 
they are kept as near the light as possible, and 
receive only as much water, during winter, as will 
keep them alive; in the month of February their 
water is somewhat increased, and whilst their 
blossom buds are swelling, liquid manure is again 
administered.’ 
