those gentlemen wished the species to be named after him, 

 provided it was new, as they themselves most correctly sup- 

 posed. We would direct the attention of amateurs to this gor- 

 geous plant, perhaps one of the freest flowering of the genus, 

 if our specimen is normal. Only think ! one bulb has one de- 

 veloped flower-scape, and the remains of two others !" 



