. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE PHYLLOCACTUS. 203 47. S. var. comte Horace de Choi sen I— Reddish lilac, and double flowers. 48. S. Charles the loth—7 feet, very good purple. 49. S. vulgaris Marie Legrange — 4 feet, a dwarf form, with large white panicles, very good. 50. Tamarix Africana—Grows to 8 feet high ; has small pink flowers, in slender racemes, which appear towards the end of May or the first of June ; the foliage is small and heath like ; makes a good green for bouquets. 51. Tamarix Indica — 6 feet high ; blooms at the end of August
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE PHYLLOCACTUS. 203 47. S. var. comte Horace de Choi sen I— Reddish lilac, and double flowers. 48. S. Charles the loth—7 feet, very good purple. 49. S. vulgaris Marie Legrange — 4 feet, a dwarf form, with large white panicles, very good. 50. Tamarix Africana—Grows to 8 feet high ; has small pink flowers, in slender racemes, which appear towards the end of May or the first of June ; the foliage is small and heath like ; makes a good green for bouquets. 51. Tamarix Indica — 6 feet high ; blooms at the end of August or first of September, of a brighter rose color than the above variety. A few plants planted to- gether of the tamarisk makes a fine display of which the bees are very fond. 52. Viburmim plicatum—6 to 7 feet, Jap- anese snow ball ; this is one of the best shrubs in cultivation. 53. Weigelia or Diervilla (var. rosea)— One of the best, and flowers the second time in the fall. 54. Weigelia Candida—Pure white variety of the above. 55. Weigelia desboisii—Dark rose Fk;. 2065. African Tamarisk. 56. Weigelia variegata — A variegated leaved sort, all are grand shrubs for any lawn, grows to 7 feet high. Niagara Falls South. R. THE PHYLLOCACTUS. HE Phyllocactus (flat leaved) are the most satisfactory bloomers un- der the ordinary conditions of ?^J house culture of all the cactus family. They are for this reason the most commonly found in the windows and con- servatories of amateur flower growers. They have many good points to recom- mend them, the principal one being the free- dom with which their magnificent flowers are produced. They seem to reward the greatest neglect with a profusion of bloom, which is unequalled by any of the ordinary decorative plants in cultivation. To many people the very name of cactus is quite enough to satisfy them that the plant men- tioned is undesirable, and they do not give them a trial, thus missing the pleasure felt
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