SNOWDROPS. 



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Baker says it includes G. nivalis, vars. Bcdoutci, major, and 

 caspicus of Rupreclit. Edge of the leaf not recurved as in G. 

 plicatus, with which G. Caucasians has been often confounded. 



6. G. Clusii, Fisch. — This is G. Impcrati, Bertol. Clusius is 

 said to have received bulbs of this from Byzantium in 1582, and 

 it is supposed to be the larger form figured by Clusius in his 

 " Plant. Hist." 1601, p. 169. 



7. G. corcyrcnsis. — A form of G. nivalis from Corfu, blooming 

 in December and January. It is G. prcscox of some gardens. 



8. G. Elsce. — An early-flowering form of G. nivalis, brought 



Fig. 26.— G. Elwesii. 



from Mount Athos by Dr. Mahaffy to the College Gardens, Dublin. 

 December and J anuary. Habit of G. Imperati, but with smaller 

 flowers. 



9. G. Elwesii, Hook, f., Bot. Mag., t. 6166.— First discovered 

 by M. Balansa in 1854, but introduced to gardens by Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes in 1874 from mountains near Smyrna. Inner petals 

 arranged in a narrow tube-like or cylindrical manner, bilobed at 

 their apices (fig. 26). G. E. " Novelty," " Winner," "Gem," 

 "Distinction," and others are seedlings of Mr. Allen's. G. 



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