376 Motes on Gardens and JVurseries. 



wooded coast of Niisa Kambanga; and Rumph met with it grow- 

 ing in abundance, on the trunks of trees, in Amboyna, covered 

 with tnoss. It is rather difficult to increase; but it is easily grown 

 in a hot, moist stove, where it should be fixed to pieces of wood 

 along with a little turf or moss, and suspended from the roof; the 

 wood should be covered with bark, in order that the roots may- 

 more easily attach themselves thereto. (Bat. Reg., July.) 



Art. VI. Jfotes on Gardens and JWirseries. 



JYIr. Lemisfs, Roxhury. — Sept. 4th, 1838. After the long 

 lapse of three years, we have again visited this fine garden. Since 

 that period many and great improvements have been made, and 

 the garden now contains one of the finest graperies that we have 

 seen. The garden had suffered in common with all others, and 

 but few flowers were to be seen. 



The place is now under the management of Mr. Hutchinson, 

 an industrious and attentive man, and the crops of fruit in the 

 houses bear ample testimony to the excellence of his skill in forc- 

 ing. We did not see Mr. Hutchinson on our visit, but we 

 learnt this from Mr. Lemist himself, who is highly pleased with 

 him. Mr. Willott had charge of the place when we were here 

 last, but it is now upwards of a year since he left. 



The crop of grapes in the graperies and the green-house is 

 very large, and they were now ripening off with a good color, a 

 thing too often considered of minor importance. The same 

 house which we noticed in our I., p. 71, as being filled with let- 

 tuce for forcing, is now filled with grapes and plenty of excellent 

 wood for next year's crop. This house is particularly well 

 adapted for grapes, as it is low, with a fine border, and the vines 

 have an abundance of fresh air. In the green-house we also 

 found a very good crop, though many of them had been cut. In 

 this house the fine large orange tree is full of its rich fruit. We 

 also noticed some few ericas, &c., but generally every thing was 

 cleared from the premises. 



Passing from the green-house, we walked towards the upper 

 part of the garden, where the new house stands. This is up- 

 wards of one hundred feet long, and sixteen or eighteen wide, of 

 a proportionate height, and has a span roof in part, though the 



