. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CEREUS CEREUS 283 curly hair, about }£m. long, in new growth: radial spines 5-7 and a solitary central one, uniform, about %-%\n. long, amber color to brown and Anally gray: ds. from the older growth, large, about 8 in. long, slightly curved, white, nocturnal. Uruguay, Brazil, Columbia. — G. grandis,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CEREUS CEREUS 283 curly hair, about }£m. long, in new growth: radial spines 5-7 and a solitary central one, uniform, about %-%\n. long, amber color to brown and Anally gray: ds. from the older growth, large, about 8 in. long, slightly curved, white, nocturnal. Uruguay, Brazil, Columbia. — G. grandis, Haw., according to Dr. Weber, is but a larger form of this species. 43. princeps, Pfeiff. (C-Baxani^wsis,Karw. hilis, Engelm.). Erect, 3-10 ft. high, 2 in. in diam., and 3- or 4-angled: spines 4-6, stout and radiant, unequal, the larger 1-lKln. long: fls. white, long-tubular, 7-8 in. long: fr. oval, spiny, 2-3 in. long, scarlet, and with luscious red pulp. Lower Rio G-rande, on Mex. side.—The young shoots are said to have 8 ribs and more numerous slen- der spines, and in cultivated forms the spines are often much longer than given above. 44. B6nplandii, Farm. Stems at first upright, later clambering over rocks and biishes, about 1-lJ^in. in diam., branching and spreading, in new growth com- monly of a bluish or purplish green, later gray-green : ribs 4-6, sharp, compressed, crenate, separated by broad, concave faces; later the ribs become much depressed, so that the stem is sometimes nearly cylindrical ; the ribs commonly run spirally around the axis of the stem : areolse ^-IJ^in. apart, at first considerably depressed, later shallower, white, becoming gray : radial spines 4-6 (later 1-4 more appear), straight, spreading, the largest about H-1 in., stout, subulate, pointed, the under one needle form and shorter ; central solitary, straight, stronger, 1 in. long, deflexed or porrect; the stronger spines are white, with tips and bases brown, when young beautiful rub
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