178 Calls at Gardens and Nurseries. 



DENDROBIUM 

 densiflorum Wallicli. Dense-flowered Dendrobium. A stove species with splendid showy flow- 

 ers, appearing in May ; culor pali yellow ; a native of India. Bot. Reg., 1828. 



This, according to Dr. Wallicli, " lovely orchidea," is a native 

 of India, and is cultivated in the Calcutta Botanic garden, from 

 whence it was sent to England by him, and flowered in the splen- 

 did collection of plants of the Messrs. Loddiges, last year. The 

 flowers, which are orange and yellow, appear in a dense raceme. 

 It is one of the handsomest of the dendrobiums. {Bot. Reg., 

 Jan.) 



Art. VII. Calls at Gardens and JVursei-ies. 



Jimnteur of Mr. S. Sweetser, Camhridgrpnrt, Jlpril. — The show of ge- 

 raniums lierc, has been exceeflitig'y iine. Upwards of fifty varieties, 

 many of wliicli are new. have coiitiibnted to make a splendid show. Of 

 tiiose whieh are of late introdiiciimi, and which may be classed as desira- 

 ble kinds, are, Clintun?a, Gnwenium snperlinm,Uiike of Heichstadt, Brudi- 

 nella. Clintonia is a beaiitifnl variety, with red upper jietals, striped with a 

 <larker tint, and the lower ones very ))ale pink. A new variety received 

 from Dennis's Cdllection, last season, but the name h)st, promises finely. 

 We wish that more attention was given to this superb tribe of {)l;ints. 

 The new varieties which are raised from seed by F.ngiish cultivators, and 

 brought into notice every season, are most b autiful, and slmuld l)e culti- 

 vated in every collection of green-house plants. They (rome into flower 

 at a season when there are but fewotlier jjlants in blnom,and serve to keep 

 up the beauty of the green-house, imtil tlie earlier blossoming plants of ihe 

 open air have begun to expand. Their culture is not yet wholly under- 

 stood ; but we hope that tiiey will not, because many of the old varieties 

 are common, be neglected. 



LophospArmum enibescens, Calampelis scabrn, Petunia phcenicea, 

 and the new <'ark nasturtium, trained to the back wall, are all proliisely 

 covered with blossoms. Jkfalope grandiflora is also covered with bloom. — 

 Conds. 



Belmont Place, Watertown, — J. P. Cushwg, Efq. — We saw in a slight 

 glance at Mr. Cushing's green-house.s, on May 2d, some very interesting 

 plants in flower. At this season of the year, the glories of a collection 

 in-doors, begin to fade, but amongsuch a numl)er of fine and rare exotics, 

 there will always be something f>f interest. That most beautiful of the 

 delightful genus /'xia, /. tricolor, shone conspicuous amidst its more ex- 

 uberantly, but less elegant co-species. Some fine Gladioli were making 

 strong flower stems. " Ornithugaimn niveum," with a dense spike of 

 snowy flowers, contrasted in a pleasing manner with the azure blue un- 

 expanded l)uds of "IVlaranta cserulea." That by no means common indi- 

 vidual of the Amarylli(/e(E, "Pancratium Amdncaes" was conspicuous both 

 for l)eauty and singularity. This species is a favorite among the Peruvian 

 women for an ornament to their iiair. Its color of a rich golden yellow, 

 and the strong rigid infimdibuliform nectary, surrounded with the usual 

 delicate and undulate petals, — its wide and vigorous foliage, — its tout 



