BULBS 137 
English one (S. nutans) is better known as blue- 
bells. This is a little more than a foot high and 
very handsome in the garden, as are also the taller 
Spanish wood hyacinth (S. Hispanica, or campanu- 
lata) and S. patula. Of the first two there are 
white and pink variations, but the blue type is 
preferable to them. 
The “glory-of-the-snow” (Chionodoxa), which 
has delicate blue star blossoms with a white center, 
is another inexpensive bulb that sadly needs recog- 
nition of its charms. It blooms in March and 
masses beautifully. There are several species; the 
one generally planted is C. Luciliae, which now 
has pink and white varieties. 
Snowdrops would be worth planting for pos- 
sible February bloom even if their little white bells 
were not a welcome sight at any time. The old 
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) has a double form 
that may appeal to some; but it is inferior to the 
single, and neither is the equal of the giant snow- 
drop (G. Elwesii) for garden effect: The Crimean 
snowdrop (G. plicatus) is another tall species, and 
there are half a dozen more if these do not offer 
variety enough. The somewhat similar spring 
snowflake (Leucojum vernum) and summer snow- 
flake (L. aestivum), the one blooming in April and 
the other in May, are hardly less useful. 
Other thoroughly reliable spring bulbs are the 
spring star flower (Triteleia uniflora), which has 
deliciously fragrant bluish white blossoms; the In- 
dian quamash (Camassia esculenta) with tall spikes 
