414 J^otes on Gardens and Jfurseries. 



* Bolbophyllum umbellatum Lindl. Curious, with dull, dirty- 

 yellow flowers, spotted with brown. Flowered at Chatsworth, 

 to whose collection it was introduced from the Botanic Garden, 

 Calcutta. (Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



* Luisia alpina Lindl. A very distinct species, with corva- 

 ceous distichous leaves, and light-green sepals and petals; the lip 

 strongly streaked with purple. Mr. Gibson found it on the Kho- 

 seea hills, at an elevation of four thousand feet above the sea, 

 Avhere the snow frequently falls in the cold season. (Bot. Reg.^ 

 Mis. Not., July.) 



*Cattleyffl superba, Schomburgk. A splendid species, remark- 

 able for the beauty and fragrance of its flowers, which occurs on 

 trees which skirt the banks of Curranarka, and other streams which 

 fall into the Rapunny, a river of British Guiana. Found and 

 described by Mr. Schomburgk. [Jlnnals of J\'^atural Hhlory^ 

 August.) 



LiViaccffi. 



Ornithogalum geminiflorum, Herbert Mss. '■'■ A small white- 

 flowered species, resembling 0. chloroleucum, from which it 

 differs in the flowers being in pairs, and opening one long before 

 the other, instead of growing singly." It is a native of Lima, 

 where it was dug up by mistake for Pyrolion aureum, and sent to 

 the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. {Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



A magnificent Bybloemen tulip, called Amato, is figured in the 

 Hort. Journal for July. It was broke into color by Mr. Law- 

 rence, of Hampton, in 1S37, and from the figure we should judge 

 to be one of the finest of the varieties lately broken. The flower 

 is beautifully and finely feathered on a piu-e and clean ground; 

 the form cupped and elegant. It will prove one of the best in 

 cultivation. 



Art. V. J^otcs on Gardens and J^urseries, 



Messrs. Wmship''s J^ursery, October 5th. — It is some time since 

 we visited this nursery, and there have been many very great im- 

 provements effected in the arrangement and keeping of the grounds, 

 within the two past years. We have never seen them in such com- 

 plete order and cleanliness; and all this, too, IMr. Story observed 

 to us, had been done with much less assistance than was former- 



