Notes and Gleanings. 



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NOTES AND GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 



LiLlUM Thunbergianum flore-pleno. — This is a remarkably ornamental 

 hardy bulb, which has been obtained along with many other forms of the same 

 species from Japan. Our sketch was taken from a plant which bloomed in June 

 last in Mr. W. Bull's collection. This plant was about a foot or somewhat more 

 in height. The stem was furnished with lance-shaped leaves three or four inches 



LiLR-M Thinbergianum flore-pleno. 



long, and was surmounted by two flowers, which latter have the perianth seg- 

 ments recurved and spread out, so as to measure six inches across. In place of 

 the usual six stamens, there are six erect, obovate, spathulate, petaloid filaments, 

 which are deeply bifid, with the anther seated in the cleft. The color of the 



