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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Last autumn I planted in the grass and odd places some 

 collected bulbs of G. Elwesii. These are now giving some very 

 weakly flowers, and amongst them I have noticed great variety 

 and novelty of form ; and I have found half-a-dozen with the 

 inner petals almost entirely green, which is very unusual in G. 

 Elwesii. I imagine these must have been from a new habitat. 

 I have selected one bulb and named it G. Elwesii " Balloon," from 

 the extraordinary shape of the petals, which are hollowed out 

 like an old-fashioned caddy-spoon. I have never seen any at all 

 like it before. 



G. latifolius. — I well remember when my first roots of this 

 species pushed through the soil, I thought Dr. Wallace had made 

 a mistake and sent me Scillas instead of Snowdrops, and the 

 uncertainty was prolonged as I had no flowers for several years, 

 a peculiarity of this species being that it will not bloom until 

 thoroughly established. This is the most distinct of all the 

 Snowdrops, with its broad grass-green foliage and small pure 

 white flowers, and it has a delicate beauty all its own, more 

 especially just before the bud expands, when the two leaves curve 

 so lovingly round the flower-stem. I have obtained roots of this 

 species from many quarters, but there seems to be little or no 

 variation in the size, shape, or markings of the flowers. Had 

 they been raised from one original plant they could not well be 

 more uniform. I am anxious to get some varieties of this species, 

 and shall be very thankful for any assistance that way. 



G. caucasicus was first offered by Mr. Ware in 1888. The 

 dozen bulbs I had that autumn, and also the six which I bought 

 the following spring, have not done well, and at the present time 

 I have but four roots left alive, half of these being too weak to 

 flower. The two strongest roots are growing in gritty loam, and 

 the others in very sandy soil. The heavier soil seems to suit 

 this species best, although Mr. Ware tells me that he grows it in 

 nearly pure sea-sand. This species has broad, pointed, very 

 glaucous leaves, and rather small flowers, very much of the 

 nivalis type. It has not been in cultivation sufficiently long to 

 develop its true character. 



G. Fosteri was introduced from Amasia in Asia Minor by 

 Professor Foster, of Cambridge, and was named out of compli- 

 ment to him by Mr. Baker, of Kew, to whom specimens were 

 sent in 1889. Mr. Max Leichtlin has since procured a large 



