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to fine healthy and large specimens. We have thus given a 
brief outline of our own practice, in which there is nothing dif¬ 
ficult, and by which fine plants may be speedily obtained. 
And we believe we cannot conclude this article better than 
with a list of a few most desirable to those about to form a 
collection. 
Mammillaria atrata. 
Andrsea. 
carnea. 
cirrhifera. 
spinis fuscis. 
coronaria. 
depressa. 
fulvispina. 
Karwinskii. 
magnimamma. 
quadrispina. 
sphacelata. 
Wildiana. , 
Melocactus depressus. 
Grengelii. 
macracanthus. 
polyacanthus, 
pyramidalis. 
Sellowii. 
Cereus affinis. 
Cereus caesius. 
tenuispinus. 
undatus. 
Echinocactus densus. 
echinatus. 
Eyresii. 
Gilliesii. 
imbricatus. 
latispinus, 
Mackieanus. 
montevidensis. 
parvispinus. 
platyacanthus. 
scopa spinis albis. 
subgibbosus. 
tenuispinus. 
tubiflorus. 
Cactus corrugatus. 
reductus or nobilis. 
senilis. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Thos. Barty, Esq. — We feel flattered by your remarks on 
the Journal, and are glad you share in its usefulness. We are 
not aware of any work entirely devoted to Border Flowers, but 
any information you require will, by a direct question,, be elicited 
through our pages. Your ill success with the Martynia is, un¬ 
fortunately, not a single instance. The cause of these failures 
with new seeds is partly attributable to the cupidity of the 
growers, who, so long as the thing is in demand, will sell all the 
