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• PHYLLOCACTUS (fig. 3)

PHYLLOCACTUS (fig. 3)  , the See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

Leaf See also:

• CACTUS

Cactus See also:

• FAMILY

family, consists of about a dozen See also:

• SPECIES

species, found in Central and tropical See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America . Fin . 3.-See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch of See also:

• PHYLLOCACTUS (fig. 3)

Phyllocactus much reduced; the See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are 6 in. or more in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter . They differ from all the forms already noticed in being shrubby and epiphytal in See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, and in having the branches compressed and dilated so as to resemble thick fleshy leaves, with a strong median See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis and rounded woody See also:

• BASE

base . The margins of these leaf-like branches are more or less crenately notched, the notches representing buds, as do the spine-clusters in the spiny genera; and from these crenatures the large showy flowers are produced . As See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden See also:

• PLANTS

plants the Phyllocacti are amongst the most ornamental of the whole family, being of easy culture, See also:

• FREE

free blooming and remarkably showy, the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the flowers ranging from See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson, through See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-See also:

• PINK

pink to creamy See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . Cuttings strike readily in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring before growth has commenced; they should be potted in 3-in. or 4-in. pots, well drained, in loamy See also:

• SOIL

soil made very porous by the admixture of finely broken crocks and See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, and placed in a temperature of 60°; when these pots are filled with roots they are to be shifted into larger ones, but overpotting must be avoided . During the summer they need considerable See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, all the See also:

• LIGHT

light possible and plenty of See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air; in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter a temperature of 45° or 50° will be sufficient, and they must be kept tolerably dry at the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root . By the spring they may have larger pots if required and should be kept in a hot and fairly moistened See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere; and by the end of See also:

• JUNE

June, when they have made new growth, they may be turned out under a south See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall in the full See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, See also:

• WATER

water being given only as required . In autumn they are to be returned to a cool See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and wintered in a dry See also:

• STOVE

stove . The turning of them outdoors to ripen their growth is the surest way to obtain flowers, but they do not take on a free blooming habit until they have attained some See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . They are often called See also:

• EPIPHYLLUM

Epiphyllum, which name is, however, properly restricted to the See also:

• GROUP

group next to be mentioned .