Phyllocactus latifrons.
Your answers to correspondents in the “Letter Box” are so helpful that I am led to ask for hints as to the treatment of the night-blooming phyllocactus. I have one that blossomed three or four times, but only a single flower at a time. It seems to spend its strength in sending out long, round stems two or three feet in length. I cut off one of these a few weeks ago and it soon started again at the same spot and is now three feet long. Ought these stems to be cut, and is there any special treatment which will secure blossoms? An answer in your interesting Magazine will much oblige
Mrs. D. F. G.
Norwich, Conn.
It is not advisable to remove the shoots as mentioned, a large and well branched plant is desirable, and in that condition it should be capable of producing more flowers. Give a rich soil with a mixture of sand, and water moderately. Let it have a position where it will have the sun a portion of the day.