Possibly the display is the most extensive ever gotten together at one exhibition. One exhibitor, Mr. J. H. Erkener, of San Antonia, Texas, claims to have on exhibition twenty thousand specimens, obtained from Mexico at great personal labor and expense. The entire collection taken together is extremely interesting and instructing. The greater portion of the exhibit is made by Mexico. There are specimens from the size of an acorn to plants of Cereus giganticus 21 feet in height and 3½ feet in circumference.

Cereus, about 24 varieties, some of which are as follows:

Cereus longisetis. Cereus chlorauthus, Cereus Schottii, etc.

Cereus dubius, Cereus ctenoides.

Cereus procumbens, Cereus polyacanthus,

Echinocactus, about 18 varieties :

Echinocactus Emoryi,

Echinocactus longehamatus.

Echinocactus brevihamatus, Echinocactus Texensis,

Echinocactus Le Contei, Echinocactus Wislizenii,

Echinocactus heliophorus, 4 ft. high and 9 ft. in circumference, etc.

Mamillaria, about 30 varieties :

Mamillaria echinus, Mamillaria Grahamii,

Mamillaria dasyacantha, Mamillaria gummifera,

Mamillaria fissurata, Mamillaria applanata.

Opuntia, about 20 varieties :

Opuntia Bigelovii, Opuntia frutescens, Opuntia Wrightii, etc.

Opuntia Engelmanni, Opuntia rufida,

Opuntia arborescens, Opuntia Schottii.

Agave Mexicana, specimens 12 feet across; the variety that produces the Mexican beverage:

Agave Mexicana geminiflora,

Agave Mexicana revoluta,

Agave Mexicana densiflora.