SNOWDROPS. 



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This was named by Professor Caspary, of Koenigsberg, in 

 compliment to M. Scharlok, of Grandenz (an acute explorer of 

 the botany of Prussia), who discovered this twin-spathed or 

 leafy- spathed form growing wild in some copses of Western 

 Prussia, where it may still be found. 



38. G. serotinus, Hort.,Dunrobin. — A seedling reared by Mr. D. 

 Melville, and flowering later than the type-like G. n. cestivalis. 



39. G. umbrensis, Hort., Dammann. — An Italian Snowdrop 

 near G. Impcrati, earlier than G. nivalis, but a delicate grower. 



40. G. Van, Houttei— This is a very fine and bold form of 

 G. nivalis of the G. caucasicus type. A good grower, and one of 

 the best of Snowdrops flowering with the type. 



41. G. virescens. — A very late blooming and very green 

 tinted form of G. nivalis. The sepals are striped with green at 

 the base, and the inner petals are nearly all green except their 

 white margins (fig. 33). 



Fig. 33. — G. virescens. 



