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0. Elwesei " Cassaha," named Boydi. It was a selection 

 from a number of bulbs of " Cassaha." It is quite different 

 from the type, and comes under the section of green 

 snowdrops. The stock was raised from one bulb which 

 showed a large green spot on the outer sepals, and the 

 petals are entirely green, with the exception of a narrow 

 white margin. The flower is very large, and has the 

 same upright habit as " Cassaha " itself A very curious 

 novelty in this class appeared a few years ago in the 

 garden of Miss Russell, Ashiestiel, in the shape of a 

 double-flowered green seedling. Miss Russell kindly gave 

 me a bulb of this variety last j^ear, which flowered well 

 with me, and was exhibited in flower at the April 

 meeting of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. This is 

 a very curious flower, somewhat after the manner of G. 

 pocuMformis, but quite double, and having all the petals 

 and sepals of a distinct green colour; and the petals are 

 nearly all of the same length as the sepals. It is a free 

 bloomer, and seems to have a good constitution. It is, 

 of course, more curious than beautiful ; and it has this 

 strange peculiarity, the pedicel, which in all other snow- 

 drops bends over and allows the flower to droop, in this 

 case stands erect. In fact, at flrst sight one would 

 hardly believe it was a snowdrop at all. This plant 

 must have been a seedling direct from the common G. 

 nivalis, as no green snowdrops are known to have been 

 growing in Miss Russell's garden. The stock consists 

 of six or seven bulbs, which have all been produced 

 from the one seedling during the last few years. 

 I may mention that the garden and grounds at 

 Ashiestiel are among the few places in our part of the 

 country where snowdrops come up freely from self-sown 

 seed, and the soil is a heavy clay. This is all the more 

 remai-kable, since in my own garden at Faldonside, 

 where the soil is very similar, and a great number of 

 varieties are grown, I very rarely see a self-sown seedling 

 from a snowdrop. This is, of course, another novelty 



