. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. which was originally obtained from the famous Loddiges Nursery, and is therefore a somewhat historic plant. The kinds to be men- tioned here all require practically similar treatment —a loamy soil, plenty of drainage material, the sunniest spot that can be found, and the withholding of water from late autumn until April. The genus Cereus will furnish a very large number of suitable species and varieties, of which the following are the best: C. flagelliformis (Rat's Tail Cactus), with its pretty pinkish stems and rose
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. which was originally obtained from the famous Loddiges Nursery, and is therefore a somewhat historic plant. The kinds to be men- tioned here all require practically similar treatment —a loamy soil, plenty of drainage material, the sunniest spot that can be found, and the withholding of water from late autumn until April. The genus Cereus will furnish a very large number of suitable species and varieties, of which the following are the best: C. flagelliformis (Rat's Tail Cactus), with its pretty pinkish stems and rose-coloured flowers, a capital sub- ject for a hanging-basket for a south window; C. Berlandieri, purple, delicately scented; C. caspi- tosus, bright rose; C. pentalophus (C leptacanthus),TOS&; C. Blankii, deep pink, suffused with crimson; and C. polyacanthus, deep red, free. Turning to the Hedgehog Cactuses (EMnocactus), of which the spines are so formidable, we find several- species well adapted for windows—E. gib- bosus (white stems, beset with large needle-like spines), and E. hexadrophorus (white and pink, with swollen tubercles). Other genera furnishing some very desirable kinds are Echinopsis, Mammillaria, and Phyllocactus. In the first- named the best are E. Pent- landi (red) (Fig. 515), and its varieties; E. Eyriesh (white), emitting a nice frag- rance ; and E. oxygona, white at first, but afterwards becom- ing pinkish. Mammillarias are very wonderful, even amongst Cactuses; combining, as they sometimes do, attractive spines with pretty flowers and showy berries. M. bicolor, M. gracilis, M. sanguined (Fig. 516), and M. elongata, are all good. , The Fig. 515.—Echinopsis Fig. 516.—Mammillaria Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-192
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