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G. n. Athinsi is second to none in size, form, quality, and 

 freedom of growth. All my correspondents speak most highly 

 of this ; it is the plant known to some as Imperati of Atkins, or 

 true Imperati. 



One of my first seedlings, which I named Charmer, is quite 

 in the front rank, being very large, of great breadth and sub- 

 stance of petal, and of perfect form and quality. It is of dwarf 

 habit, and the foliage is of great substance and very broad. 

 The whole plant is most distinct. 



Another of my seedlings I call Galatea. This, too, is one of 

 the giants of the family as to size of flower, but not in stature. 

 I have never been able to decide whether this or Charmer is the 

 more perfect flower. 



A recent seedling named Cupid is a great favourite of mine. 

 This is not a giant, but is large, if classed under nivalis, and I 

 think it the most perfect of that section, having such breadth 

 and substance of petal and beauty of form. 



G. n. " Valentine " is also one of my newer seedlings, and quite 

 distinct. It is of the ordinary size, but of fine expanded form, 

 showing off the unusually large dark green markings on the inner 

 petals. 



A small seedling of perfect form I have named Tomtit. 

 This is quite different from the usual small forms of nivalis. 



Another of my seedlings flowers after most of the other 

 Snowdrops are over, being even later than a selected form which 

 I called G. Giismusi. My seedling I call Lazybones. 



A year or two since I selected from some imported roots of 

 G. Imperati a lovely dwarf, very late flowering form, which I 

 named Afterglow. This is the most beautiful of the late 

 class. 



G. nivalis fl. pi. (Allen). — One of my earliest seedlings was 

 a double form, quite distinct from the old one so common in 

 gardens. The seedling is of dwarfer growth and gives smaller 

 flowers, but the doubling is almost as regular as that of a 

 Ranunculus, and there are no extra outer petals to destroy the 

 symmetry of the flower, which is as perfect as the single ones. 



G. n. plenissimus is another double seedling which has just 

 given its first flower. The centre is very full and the formation 

 very regular ; the green-marked petals are not so perfect as in 

 the other seedling, and I do not think it will be so handsome a 



