GALANTHUS 



NABCISSUS OBDER 



LEUCOJUM 907 



and also around the sinus. The variety 

 globosus has fine roundish flowers, with 

 very hroad outer segments, and robusius 

 has a large bulb and thick glaucous leaves. 

 Culture dc. as above. In some places 

 this species grows very poorly, but in 

 others very freely. It seems to prefer 

 light soil, and where well satisfied pro- 

 duces seeds freely. 



G. Fosteri. — Herr Max Leichthn has 

 called this the 'king of Snowdrops.' The 

 markings on the inner segments are like 

 those of Q. Ehvesi, but the leaves are 

 broader and blunter than in that species, 

 resembling in shape and colour those of 

 Scilla sibirica (p. 840). There are forms 

 called ' Spot ' and ' Leopard.' G. ciUcicus 

 resembles O. Fosteri, but flowers rather 

 earlier, and has taller flower stems. 



Culture da. as above. 



G. Ikariae. — This is a new and 

 distinct Snowdrop with broad glossy 

 green recurving leaves, and snow-white 

 blossoms, the inner segments of which 

 are heavily tipped with green. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Imperati (Gt. Clusi). — A distinct 

 form of G. nivalis from Naples and 

 Genoa, but usually kept distinct in 

 gardens. The leaves are broader and 

 the flowers larger than in G. nivalis. 

 There are two forms called Athinsi and 

 Mehiillei which are improvements in 

 size and vigour. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. latifolius. — A very distinct Cau- 

 casian Snowdrop found wild at an 

 elevation of 6000-8000 ft., and flowering 

 in its native home in May, but in British 

 gardens in February and March. The 

 bright green strap-shaped leaves, simply 

 channelled down the centre, are f-1 in. 

 broad, and spring from bulbs 1 in. in 

 diameter. The small white flowers have 

 a delicate beauty, the 3 inner segments 

 having a green blotch round the sinus 

 both inside and out. 



Culture d-c. as above. This species 

 likes gritty loam. 



G. nivalis. — This is our well-known 

 Common Snowdrop found in various 

 parts of the British Islands, and through- 

 out Europe. It has a small ovoid bulb, 

 a,bout I in. thick, from which spring 2 

 linear glaucous leaves 6-9 in. long when 

 fully developed. The white solitary 

 drooping flowers appear from January to 



March on a flattened scape 3-12 in. long, 

 the 3 inner segments having a green 

 patch round the sinus. 



There are many forms, among which 

 may be mentioned corcyrensis (or prcE- 

 cox) from Corfu, which flowers in Decem- 

 ber; formosus, gracilis, maculaius, 

 hitescens, which has a yellowish ovary 

 and the inner segments tipped with yellow 

 instead of green ; maxvtnus, ociobrensis 

 from the Albanian mountains, a rather 

 deUcate variety flowering in October ; 

 G. BachelcE is similar but has slightly 

 larger flowers and broader leaves, and 

 flowers a week or ten days later ; parvi- 

 florus, pendailus, pocuUformis is remark- 

 able for having the inner segments plain 

 white without green blotches, and almost 

 as long as the outer ones ; pumilus, 

 reflexus with much smaller flowers than 

 the type, the inner segments being reflexed 

 at the apex ; and ScharloM, which has 

 2 long spathe valves and sometimes 2. 

 flowers on a stalk, and a green spot at the 

 tip of each outer segment. There is also 

 a double-flowered form of the Common 

 Snowdrop in which the stamens have 

 been transformed into petal-like bodies. 



Culture do. as above. 



G. Olgae. — A very rare Snowdrop, but 

 still in cultivation, I believe, at Kew. It 

 is a native of Greece and has channelled 

 glaucous leaves 6-8 in. long and ^ in, 

 broad when fuUy developed. It flowers 

 in October, and is therefore a fitting com- 

 panion for the ociobrensis form of G. 

 nivalis. 



Culture dc, as above. 



G. plicatus. — This has larger bulbs 

 than G. nivalis and very glaucous leaves, 

 quite 1 ft. long and 1 in. broad when ftdly 

 developed. They are channelled down 

 the face and folded or reflexed at the 

 edges — thus giving a distinct character. 

 The flowers appear rather later than the 

 other forms, and are f-1 in. long, the 

 inner segments being green in the upper 

 half with a white edge. There are 

 several forms including maximus, prce- 

 cox, and Omega, all from the Caucasus 

 region. 



Culture dc. as above. 



LEUCOJUM (Snowflakb). — A 

 genus containing 9 species of pretty 

 plants with tunicated bulbs and narrow 

 linear or flat strap-shaped leaves. Flowers 

 few in umbels, or reduced to one, often 

 drooping, borne on a hollow scape. 



