From the suwarrow (Cereus Giganteus) and pitaya they make an excellent preserve.
Many Pimas had jars of the molasses expressed from the fruit of the Cereus Giganteus.
Plants of such well-known genera as Epiphyllum, Phyllocactus, and Cereus in part, may be obtained in England, but for a collection of representative kinds we must perforce apply to Continental nurserymen.
Epiphyllum at all, resembling rather those of Cereus or Phyllocactus.
In the accompanying illustrations, we have a small Mamillaria stem grafted on to the apex of the tall quadrangular-stemmed, night-flowering Cereus (Fig.
By grafting it, when young, on the stem of a Cereus or cylindrical Opuntia, a healthy, drumstick-like plant is easily obtained.
If we compare any of the Phyllocactuses withCereus triangularis, or with C.
When not in flower, this species bears a close resemblance to small plants of Cereus pectinatus.
She was so ready for the unexpected that as she stood at a back window, looking into the garden, it was almost a surprise not to find the night-blooming cereus really lifting its exotic head among the stout spring shoots of the peonies.
Kunge, of New York, and the writer, I ventured the prediction that Cereus bonplandii would prove of value in the treatment of insanity.
And down we dropped into fifty fathoms of the sweetest twilight imaginable,--so sweet it seemed to have been born of a wilderness of the night-blooming cereus and fed forever on jasmine buds.
The night-blooming cereus laid its ivory urn open to the moonlight, and a myriad of crickets chirped in one continuous jubilee.
We know that there was a special provision at Wells for one candle to burn continuously within the Sepulchre "I cereus in sepulchro cum corpori Dominico qui continue ardebit donec Matutinae cantentur in die Paschae" (MS.
But the cereus in sepulchro was probably a large candle within the chapel, and in accordance with general usage, there would have been other candles burning upon cressets.
Defn: A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).
Defn: A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
Fruit, however, upon the night-blooming cereusin Hawaii is rather rare, although a few fine specimens have matured.
Both of the Derby gardens were worthy of attention, and it is said by those in authority that in the Derby greenhouse the first night-blooming cereus blossomed.
This was in 1790, and the flower was the true cereus grande flora, not the flat-leaved cactus kind that is now cultivated under that name.
The helianthus bowed its golden head, as if weeping at the absence of its god; and the cereus spread its bell-shaped blossom, joying in the more mellow light of the moon.
The Old Man's Head, or Monkey Cactus, Cereus senilis, is another member of this family.
Cereus flagelliformis is the pink-flowered creeping Cereus, the long round stems of which hang down like cords.
Thus with Cereus Landbeckii two little triangular projections, representing the cotyledons, are narrower than the hypocotyl, which is pear-shaped, with the point downwards.
Cereus speciocissimus: circumnutation of stem, illuminated from above, traced on a horizontal glass, in A from 9 A.
But the desert's chief exhibit is the giant saguaro, the Cereus giganteus, from which the reservation got its name.
The whole town always watches for Mis’ Sykes’s night-blooming cereus to bloom, and the night it comes out we always drop in and set till quite late.
The gaunt Scotchman came in and said with feverish haste: "The cereus grandiflorus will be goin' to bloom the night.
By the time Farnham returned, the cereus had attained its full glory of bloom.
My night-blooming cereushas her coming-out party tonight.
Schott cactus (Cereus schottii) and Thurber cactus (Cereus thurberi) are found in southern Arizona and southward in Mexico.
Cereus in the Latin language means a candle, and the cactuses of that genus stand up in straight stems like candles, or have branches like old-fashioned candlesticks.
Hardly less imposing than the giant cactus is the wide-branching species known as pitahaya (Cereus thurburi?
Some lie on the ground; others, attached to trunks of trees as parasites, hang from branches like great serpents; but none is so majestic as the species called systematically Cereus giganteus, most appropriately.
Such is the Night-blooming Cereus in the warm climates, and similarly the Candelabra Cereus grows in stalks, but architecturally erect, fluted like columns.
Systematically it belongs to the Cereus family, in which the notable Night-blooming Cereus also is naturally included.
This is particularly true of the cereus giganteus, which is abundant in the arid regions of Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
The Cereus Group or Torch Flower Cacti (Cereus) How to identify and how they grow Many species of this group can be identified by the beautiful candelabralike branching of the plants.
For only one night in each year does the Cereus Greggii come forth into bloom, scenting the warm sweet air of the desert land for miles and miles with poignant fragrance.
This bloom, often twelve inches long, is the best known of all the Night Blooming Cereus flowers.
The night-blooming cereus abounds, opening just at sunset, and closing again at break of day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cereus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
