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remarks you will see that it is quite possible to grow 

 autumn-flowering snowdrops in this country, but you 

 will find that they will require great care in their 

 cultivation to produce this result. 



I now come to what are called white snowdrops. 



There is really only one perfectly white 

 White snowdrop. This is G. poculiformis, and 



Snowdrops, it is a very handsome plant when in its 



best form. The difference in this plant 

 is that the inner petals are extended to more than 

 twice the usual length, and all the green markings are 

 removed. The flower when open in the sun has quite a 

 different appearance from the ordinary form, in that it 

 shows no short petaloid centre, but both petals and 

 sepals are nearly the same length. Mr D. Melville, 

 Dunrobin Castle, first brought this variety into notice, 

 having found it in the grounds there. This is by no 

 means an uncommon variety, as I have found it in many 

 gardens, but there seems a number of shades in the 

 quality of the flower. The finest and most perfect form 

 which I have seen I received from Sir George Douglas. 

 It was found growing in the woods at Spring wood 

 Park. I also got another very fine form from Mrs Grey, 

 Milfield, where it was growing in great luxuriance in 

 her garden. There is no difficulty in cultivating it, as 

 it grows as freely as the common snowdrop, and I 

 think everyone who is fond of snowdrops should make 

 a point of stocking some of these. 



Now we come to G. Elwesei. This variety belongs 



also to the nivalis section, if we judge it 

 Qalanthus from the shape and colour of its leaves. 

 Elwesei. All the first introduced forms of G. Elwesei 



had strap-shaped leaves with a glaucous 

 colouring. The flower markings, however, in this variety 

 are different from those of G. nivalis, in having a large 

 green spot at the base of each of its petals. Many 

 think that this difference should constitute a distinct 



