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No. 79. Price 12 Cents, 
NEW YORK, JULY, 1878, 
By Henry T. Williams 
I have all my life heard of a wonderful variety, hav¬ 
ing such a powerful and exquisite fragrance that it 
filled the midnight air at a great distance. Is it a 
myth ? If not, will some of your readers tell us about 
this also, and give its botanical name. They are all 
rare and lovely, and impress one very strangely. 
Cob Cactus, will grow as tall as you can give it room 
in your house. It is as large around as a very large 
corn-cob, with many spines. The blossom of this is 
smaller than that of the Qrundiflora, white and of 
The thin white petals open at mid- 
The Night-blooming Cereus, somebody says, “re¬ 
minds us of a poet who gives one precious song to the 
world and is silent forever after. ” 
Cereus Grandijlora has a large, lovely, straw-col- 
singular beauty 
night, and disclose what at first appears like a delicate 
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BEAUTIFUL LAKE SCENE IN COLORADO. 
“ Children of night! unfolding meekly, slowly, 
To the sweet breathings of the shadowy hours, 
When dark blue heavens look softest and most holy 
And glow-worm light is in the forest-bowers; 
To solemn things and deep, 
To spirit-haunted sleep, 
To thoughts all purified 
From earth, ye seem allied, 
O dedicated flowers!” 
Mrs. Anna P. Haynes. 
WatekvjjIET, Mich. 
hand of chiseled marble. This lias no fragrance. I 
ored blossom, but without fragrance. The plant grows 
like a great green four-sided snake, with aerial roots at 
intervals hanging from it. One that I know of is ten 
or twelve feet in length, trained along the side of the 
room at the ceiling. • 
Another variety, which has been erroneously called 
am acquainted with one other, said to be “Dr. 
Regal’s ” Cereus. It seems to grow less stocky than 
Gnmdiflorus, which it much resembles. It is said to 
be a seedling, originated in St. Petersburg. Will some 
one tell us of the blossom. 
