348 The Snowdrop. 



lobes are not crisped as in G. Elwesii. 



The fine G. cilicicus, of which I have a dried specimen 

 here, flowered in the autumn of 1902 with me, but it did not 

 bloom again until January, 1904. The flowers are not large in 

 proportion to the size of the leaves, but it is a tall and beautiful 

 Snowdrop, coming in nearer to G.n caucasicus than any other, 

 in my opinion. It comes from Sirwas, in N.E. Asia Minor. 



When Mr Burbidge drew up his synopsis he included only 

 one Galanthus in his class 2 — those with broadly plaited 

 glaucescent leaf. This is G. plicatus, from the Crimea, a fine 

 Snowdrop, which, however, has a curious habit of dying off 

 without apparent cause. I have here a specimen, hardly at 

 maturity, of a fine form of this, called Fraseri, selected in an 

 Edinburgh garden from a lot of imported plants. It is more 

 permanent than the other. You may be able to observe the 

 reduplication or folding back of the leaves at the margin. 

 Since Mr Burbidge's paper appeared we have had another 

 introduction in this section, in the shape of Galanthus byzantinus, 

 which is intermediate between G. plicatus and G. Elwesii. It is 

 probably a natural hybrid. There seems some dubiety as to the 

 source whence this Snowdrop has come, but it is said to have 

 been found on the European shores of the Bosphorus. I have 

 here a specimen, from a number which were collected on the 

 Asiatic side, near Broussa. This is identical with G. byzantinus 

 from the European coasts, and from a number of bulbs I had 

 sent me by a collector from Broussa I had a very mixed lot of 

 flowers, some showing a greater affinity to G. Elwesii than to G. 

 plicatus and vice-versa. Thus I feel certain that this is a natural 

 hybrid, but, although G. Elwesii occurs in that district, no one 

 has yet traced G. plicatus to its neighbourhood. You will observe 

 the rather curious form of the leaf, and the folding back as in G. 

 plicatus. 



In the section of Snowdrops with a broad lorate green leaf, 

 Mr Burbidge mentioned two species, G. latifolius and G. Fosteri. 

 Since then G. Ikarise has been introduced, so that there are now 

 three in this class. G. latifolius is a handsome-leaved Snow- 

 drop, but as our climate does not suit it, I am unable to show a 

 specimen. Its main distinction lies in its broad, shining green 

 leaves. Its flowers are small and pure white. A form called 



