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Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation

By William Watson

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CACTUS CULTURE
FOR AMATEURS:
- DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS CACTUSES GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY.
- FULL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION
  - Assistant Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  - LONDON: L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C.
PREFACE
CONTENTS.
CACTUS CULTURE
- FOR AMATEURS
CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER II.
- BOTANICAL CHARACTERS.
CHAPTER III.
- CULTIVATION.
CHAPTER IV.
- PROPAGATION.
CHAPTER V.
- THE GENUS EPIPHYLLUM.
- SPECIES.
- VARIETIES.
CHAPTER VI.
- THE GENUS PHYLLOCACTUS.
  - (From phyllon, a leaf, and Cactus).
- SPECIES.
- HYBRIDS AND VARIETIES.
CHAPTER VII.
- THE GENUS CEREUS.
- THE NIGHT-FLOWERING SPECIES.
- THE SEMI-SCANDENT SPECIES.
- THE GLOBOSE AND COLUMNAR STEMMED SPECIES.
CHAPTER VIII.
- THE GENUS ECHINOCACTUS.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER IX.
- THE GENUS ECHINOPSIS.
  - (From echinos, a hedgehog, and opsis, like.)
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER X.
- THE GENUS MELOCACTUS.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XI.
- THE GENUS PILOCEREUS.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XII.
- THE GENUS MAMILLARIA.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XIII.
- THE GENUS LEUCHTENBERGIA.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XIV.
- THE GENUS PELECYPHORA.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XV.
- THE GENUS OPUNTIA.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XVI.
- THE GENUS PERESKIA.
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XVII.
- THE GENUS RHIPSALIS
- SPECIES.
CHAPTER XVIII.
- TEMPERATURES.
- OUTDOOR.
CHAPTER XIX.
- DEALERS IN CACTUSES.
- GERMANY.
- FRANCE.
- BELGIUM.
- AMERICA.
SPECIES INDEX