The Gardeners Dictionary (London 1768, 8. Auflage)

The gardeners dictionary : containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery, as also for performing the practical parts of agriculture, including the management of vineyards, with the methods of making and preserving wine, according to the present practice of the most skilful vignerons in the several wine countries in Europe, together with directions for propagating and improving, from real practice and experience, all sorts of timber trees /by Philip Miller.

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Cactus
  1. CACTUS (Melocactus) subrotundus quatuordecem angularis. Hort. Cliff. 181. Roundish Cactus with fourteen angles. Melocactus Indiae occidentalis. C. B. P. 384. Commonly called Great Melon-thistle.
  2. CACTUS (Intortus) subrotundus quinquedecem angularis, angulis in spiram intortis, spinis erectis. Roundish Cactus or Melon-thistle, with fifteen angles spirally twisted, and erect spines. Melocactus purpureis striis in spiram intortis. Plum. Cat.
  3. CACTUS (Recurvus) subrotundus quinquedecem angularis, spinis latis recurvis creberrimis. Roundish Melon-thistle with fifteen angles, having broad recurved spines set very close.
  4. CACTUS (Mamillaris) subrotundus tectus tuberculis ovatis barbatis. Hort. Cliff. 181. Roundish Cactus closely covered with bearded tubercles. Melocactus Americana minor. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. 84. Smaller American Melon-thistle.
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  6. CACTUS (Proliferus) proliferus subrotundus, tectus tuberculis ovatis barbaris longis albidis. Roundish prolific Cactus, with oval tubercles closely joined, having long white beards, commonly called Small Childing Melon-thistle.

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Cereus
  1. CEREUS (Hexagonus) erectis, sexangularis, longus, angulis distantibus. Upright long Cereus with six angles, which are far distant. Cereus erectus altissimis Surinamensis. Par. Bat. 116. Tallest upright Torch Thistle of Surinam.
  2. CEREUS (Tetragonus) erectis quadrangularis, angulis compressis. Upright Cereus with four compressed angles. Cereus erectus quadrangularis, costis alarum instar assurgentibus. Boerh. Ind. alt. 293. Four-cornered upright Torch Thistle.
  3. CEREUS (Lanuginosus) erectus octangularis, angulis obtusis, superne inermibus. Upright Cereus with eight obtuse angles, having no spines on the upper part. Cereus erectus, fructu rubro non spinoso. Par. Bat. 114. Upright Torch Thistle with a red fruit, having no spines.
  4. CEREUS (Peruvianus) erectus octangularis, angulis obtusis, spinis robustioribus patulis. Upright Cereus with eight angles which are obtuse, and strong spreading spines. Cereus erectus maximus fructu spinoso rubro. Dadus. Par. Bat. 113. Greatest upright Torch Thistle with a red prickly fruit.
  5. CEREUS (Repandus) erectus novemangularis, obsoletis angulis, spinis lanâ brevioribus. Upright Cereus with nine angles, and spines shorter than the down. Cereus Curassavicus, erectus, maximus, fructu rubro non spinoso, lanugine flavescente. Par. Bat. 115. Greatest upright Torch Thistle with a red fruit, having no spines and a yellowish down.
  6. CEREUS (Heptagonus) erectus octangularis, spinis lanâ longioribus. Upright Cereus with seven or eight angles, and spines longer than the down. Cereus erectus crassissimis, maxime angulosus, spinis albis pluribus longissimis, lanugine flavâ. Boerh. Ind. alt. 293. Upright thickest Torch Thistle, having many angles, several very long white spines, and a yellow down.
  7. CEREUS (Royeni) erectus novemangularis, spinis lanâ aequalibus. Upright Torch Thistle with nine angles and spines of equal length with the down. Cereus erectus gracilis, spinosissimis, spinis flavis, polygonus, lanugine albâ pallescente. Boerh. Ind. alt. 293. Upright slender Torch Thistle, very full of yellowish spines, many angles, and a pale white down.
  8. CEREUS (Gracilis) erectus novemangularis, spinis brevibus, angulis obtusis. Slender upright Torch Thistle having nine obtuse angles, and short spines. Cereus altissimus, gracilior, fructu extus luteo intus niveo, seminibus nigris pleno. Tallest slender Torch Thistle with a fruit yellow without, white within, and full of black seeds.
  9. CEREUS (Triangularis) repens triangularis, fructu maximo rotundo, rubro, esculento. Creeping triangular Torch Thistle, with very large, round, red, eatable fruit. Cereus scandens minor trigonus articulatis fructu suavissimo. Par. Bat. Prod. 118. Lesser, creeping, three-cornerd, jointed Torch Thistle, with a very sweet fruit, commonly called in the West-Indies, the true prickly Pear, and by the Spaniards Pithatiaya.
  10. CEREUS (Compressis) repens triangularis, angulis compressis. Creeping triangular Torch Thistle, with compressed angles. Ficoides Americanum, s. Cereus erectus, cristatus, foliis triangularibus profunde canaliculatis. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 29. f. 3. Crested American Torch Thistle, with three angles deeply channelled.
  11. CEREUS (Grandiflorus) repens subquinquangularibus. Creeping Torch Thistle with five angles. Cereus scandens minor polygonus articulatis. Par. Bat. 120. Lesser jointed climbing Torch Thistle with many angles.
  12. CEREUS (Flagelliformis) repens decemanguaris. Creeping Cereus with ten angles. Cereus minor scandens. polygonus, spinosissimis, flore purpureo. Ed. Prior. Lesser climbing Torch Thistle, with many spinous angles and a purple flower.

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Opuntia
  1. OPUNTIA (Vulgaris) articulis ovatis compressis, spinis setaceis. Indian Fig with oval compressed joints, and bristly spines. Opuntia vulgò herbariorum. J. B. 1. 154. The common Opuntia, or Indian Fig.
  2. OPUNTIA (Ficus Indica) articulis ovato-oblongis, spinis setaceis. Indian Fig with oblong oval joints, and bristly spines. Opuntia folio oblongo media. Torn. Inst. R. H. 239. Middle Indian Fig with with oblong leaves.
  3. OPUNTIA (Tuna) articulis ovato-oblongis, spinis subulatis. Indian Fig with oblong oval joints, and awlshaped spines. Opuntia major, validissimis spinis munita. Tourn. Inst. R. H. 239. Greater Indian Fig with very strong spines.
  4. OPUNTIA (Elatior) articulis ovato-oblongis, spinis longissimis nigricantibus. Indian Fig with oblong oval joints, and very long black spines. Tuna elatior spinis validis nigricantibus. Hort. Elth. tab. 194. Taller Indian Fig with strong black spines.
  5. OPUNTIA (Maxima) articulis ovato-oblongis crassissimis, spinis inaequalibus. Indian Fig with oblong, oval thick joints, an unequal spines. Opuntia maxima. folio spinoso, latissimo & longissimo. Tourn. Inst. 240. Greatest Indian Fig, with the longest and broadest prickly branches.
  6. OPUNTIA (Cochinelifera) articulis ovato-oblongis subinermibus. Indian Fig with oblong oval joints, almost without spines. Opuntia maxima, folio oblongo-rotundo majore, spinulis mollibus & innocentibus obsito, flore striis rubris veriegato. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 194. Greatest Indian Fig, with a larger, oblong, round leaf, armed with soft, innocent, small spines, and a flower variegated with red stripes, commonly called the Cochineal Fig.
  7. OPUNTIA (Curassavica) articulis cylindro-ventricosis, compressis, spinis setaceis. Indian Fig with compressed, cylindrical, bellied joints, and bristly spines. Ficus Indica, seu Opuntia Curassavica minima. Hort. Amst. 1. 107. Indian Fig, or the least opuntia of Currasoa, frequently titled Pinpillow.
  8. OPUNTIA (Spinosissima) articulis longissimis tenuibus compressis, spinis longissimis consertissimis, gracilibus albicantibus armatis. Houst. MSS. Stalky Indian Fig, with large, narrow, compressed leaves, armed with the longest, narrowest, white spines, growing in clusters; this is by the gardeners called, Robinson Crusoe's Coat.
  9. OPUNTIA (Phyllanthus) prolifer ensiformi-compressus serrato-repandus. Indian Fig with compressed swordshaped joints, whose indentures turn backward. Cereus scolopendri folio brachiato. Hort. Elth. 73. tab. 64. Torch Thistle with a branching Spleenwort leaf.

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Pereskia
  1. PERESKIA (Aculeata) aculeata, flore albo, fructu flavascente. Plum. Nov. Gen. 37. Prickly Pereskia with a white flower, and a yellowish fruit. Cactus caule tereti arboreo spinoso, foliis lanceolato-ovatis. Lin. Hort. Upsal. 122. Cactus with a taper, tree-like, prickly stalk, and spear-shaped oval leaves.

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