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Cactus Culture for Amateurs by W. Watson

Cactus Culture for Amateurs by W. Watson

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Author
Watson, William, 1858-1925
Title
Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
Credits
Produced by W. Christie and Leonard Johnson
Language
English
LoC Class
QK: Science: Botany
Subject
Cactus
Category
Text
eBook-No.
13357
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13357
Release Date
September 3, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CACTUS CULTURE
  2. 2.FOR AMATEURS: — DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS CACTUSES GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY. — FULL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION — By W. WATSON, — Assistant Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. — LONDON: L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C.
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CACTUS CULTURE — FOR AMATEURS
  6. 6.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. — BOTANICAL CHARACTERS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — CULTIVATION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — PROPAGATION.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — THE GENUS EPIPHYLLUM. — SPECIES. — VARIETIES.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — THE GENUS PHYLLOCACTUS. — (From phyllon, a leaf, and Cactus ). — SPECIES. — HYBRIDS AND VARIETIES.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — THE GENUS CEREUS. — THE NIGHT-FLOWERING SPECIES. — THE SEMI-SCANDENT SPECIES. — THE GLOBOSE AND COLUMNAR STEMMED SPECIES.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — THE GENUS ECHINOCACTUS. — SPECIES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE GENUS ECHINOPSIS. — (From echinos , a hedgehog, and opsis , like.) — SPECIES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. — THE GENUS MELOCACTUS. — SPECIES.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE GENUS PILOCEREUS. — SPECIES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE GENUS MAMILLARIA. — SPECIES.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE GENUS LEUCHTENBERGIA. — SPECIES.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — THE GENUS PELECYPHORA. — SPECIES.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — THE GENUS OPUNTIA. — SPECIES.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — THE GENUS PERESKIA. — SPECIES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE GENUS RHIPSALIS — SPECIES.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — TEMPERATURES. — OUTDOOR.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — DEALERS IN CACTUSES. — GERMANY. — FRANCE. — BELGIUM. — AMERICA.
  25. 25.SPECIES INDEX

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