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l-nei'iting cultivation perliaps, but the white 

 variety is attractive in sliaded portions of the 

 Eoek Garden, wliere it seeds about, and comes 

 ti'ue to colour. 



(t. saiigniiieinu, a native of Britain and else- 

 where in Europe and N. Asia, is not particularly 

 attractive, although a robust plant, spreading 

 freely, and reaching a height of a foot or so. 

 The flowers, often described as blood-red or 

 crimson, are, in the writer's opinion, merely 

 majenta. The varietj" lancastriense, how- 

 ever, is a choice })lant of the same habit, but 



U. Wallicliiann.ni, a Himalayan plant, of 

 trailing habit, is, in its best form, a beautiful 

 summer and autumn-flowering plant. The 

 divided leaves are hairy on both surfaces, and 

 the flowers variable in colour. Seedlings vary 

 ir colour, from bright blue to puce or majenta, 

 and only the blue forms s'hould be retained. 

 I'hese are very handsome, and if the others 

 are rigorously eliminated in time, it is possible 

 tc rely on them coming true. 



G. Wcbbianum, a dwarf, compact species, 

 about fi inches high, forms tufts of small 



bearing charming rose-pink flowers, and is most 

 attractive either in the front of a border or on 

 the Piock Garden. 



G. sessiUjioniDi is an interesting and pretty 

 species from Australia and Chili, perfectly 

 hardy on the Eock Garden, seeding and sow- 

 ing itself freely in chinks and crannies or in 

 gritty soil anywhere. The small leaves form 

 tight rosettes, among which nestle the small, 

 dull, -white flowers, which are almost stemless, 

 but under cultivation it is interesting to note 

 that the stems incline to lengthen. 



G. striatu)!), from S. Europe, is of somewhat 

 lax habit, grovv'ing a foot or rather more high. 

 Leaves variously lobed and toothed, and the 

 flowers pink with darker veins, hence being 

 striated. 



leaves, with slender stalks, and bears in sum- 

 mer white flowers of considerable beauty. 



B. 



Notes, 



Galanthus Ikariae, 



This is one of the latest, and certainly one of 

 the most beautiful, of Snowdrops. At its best 

 this year from the middle of February to the 

 first week in March, a flourishing clump has 

 been a centre of attraction. The flowers are 

 almost, if not quite, the largest in the genus, 

 rivalling those of the largest forms of G. 

 Elwesii, but the flower stems are not so^ long 

 as in the latter species. The leaves are ex- 



