i6 CROCUS, CHOICE NAMED, CHOICE SPECIES; MEADOW SAFFRON & SNOWDROP. 
Crocus, Choice Named— continued. pcr , I0 °,i. P " dD J' 
862 Madame Mina, deep violet striped... 3 6...0 6 
863 Mrs. Beecher Stowe, pure white ... 3 0...0 6 
864 Mont Blanc, large pure white 3 6...0 6 
866 Ne Plus Ultra, fine lilac-purple 3 6...0 6 
866 Pride of Albion, white, striped violet, 
large and fine 3 6...0 6 
857 Prince Albert, large purple-lilac ... 3 
858 Queen Victoria, pure white 3 
859 Sir J. Franklin, large dark purple... 4 
860 Sir Walter Scott, beautifully pen- 
cilled lilac, very large 3 
861 Vulcan, rich purple-lilac 3 
per 100. perdoz. 
e. d. 8. d. 
6...0 6 
0...0 6 
0...0 3 
0...0 
0...0 
CHOICE SPECIES OF CROCUS, AUTUMN, WINTER, AND SPRING-FLOWERING. 
The Crocus enumerated under this heading are beautiful, and more or less rare, and to the cultivators of 
hardy flowers most valuable, as they form a connecting link between the bulbous plants of Summer and those of 
Spring. In our Experimental Grounds we have one or other of these Crocus in bloom from September to 
April. The first to flower in September is Nudiflorus, with its large violet-purple blossoms, followed by Speciosus, 
the handsome blue Crocus, the beautiful soft lilac Odorous longiflorus, the charming Byzantinus, the lovely 
Pulchellus, the exquisite Zonatus, the beautiful Mcdius, and the characteristic Imperati, etc. (a) indicates the 
Autumn flowering Crocus, (w) the Winter, and (s) those which blossom in Spring. 
per doz. each 
d. 
3 
6 
862 Alatavicus, white , with black lines ( s) i 
863 Aureus, rich golden yellow , rare (s) 5 6...0 
864 Biflorus pusillus, a miniature form 
of the Scotch crocus (s) ... 2 6...0 3 
865 „ estriatus, small lilac 
species (s) o 9 
866 Boryanus, white (s) o 9 
867 Byzantinus, rich lilac, shaded 
„„„ purple (a) 1 6 
868 ,, Transylvanicus, rose- 
lilac (a)...: 1 o 
869 Cancellatus, purple (a) 1 o 
870 Carpatlcus, pale purple (a) 1 o 
871 Cartwrightianus, lilac (w) o 9 
872 Chrysanthus, rich golden yellow (w) 1 o 
873 „ fusco-tlnctus, golden 
yellow, stained brown(\v) r o 
874 ,, fusco-strlatus,^<iAfr« 
yellow, striped brown (w) 1 o 
875 Elwesil, red-putple (w) 2 6 
876 Etruscans, blue, grey, and white (a) 1 o 
877 Imperati, violet, /awn, and black (w) 4 6...0 6 
878 Lacteus, creamy-white (s) o 9 
879 Medlus, purple (a) 
880 Nudiflorus, violet-purple (a) 3 
881 Odorus longiflorus, soft lilac (a) ... 3 
882 Salzmannlanus 
883 Sativus, purple (a) o 
884 Serotinus, blue (a) 3 
886 Speciosus, blue, very effective in lines 
and masses (a) per 100, 7/6 1 
886 ,, pallldus , light blue 2 
887 Stellarls, yellow, black striped (s) 
per roo, 7/6 1 
888 Suavolens, violet, faum, andblack\m) 7 
889 Sulphureus concolor, sulphur (s) 
per 100, 7/6 1 
890 ,, striatlls, yellow, striped 
black (s) per roo, 7/6 1 
891 ,, pallldus, primrose (si... 3 
892 Vltalllnus 
893 Weldenl, white (s) 5’ 
894 „ vlolaceo-tlnctus, white, 
stained blue (s) 
896 Zonatus, pale lavender, with scarlet 
zone, most beautiful (a) 
per doz. 
s. d. 
each 
s. d. 
...I 
6...0 
6.. .0 
...1 
6 .. . . 
6...0 
6...0 
6...0 
6...0 
6...0 
6...0 3 
6...0 
6...0 
...1 
6...0 
...o 9 
THE AUTUMN-FLOWERING MEADOW-SAFFRON (COLCHICUM). 
The great Crocus-like flowers of the Colchicum in September and October carpet the ground with colours 
ranging from pure white, through all the shades of rose, to the intense crimson-magenta of Speciosum rubrum, 
No. 911 , was figured in “The Garden" of 30th June, 1877. All the flowers are more or less chequered, but 
Parkinsonii and Variegata are conspicuously and elegantly chequered. The foliage appears in spring, and is 
almost as varied as the flowers ; some have large massive leaves, others small and frill-like. per doz.—*. d. 
896 Autumnale, rich rose-purple per 100, 10s. 6 d. 1 6 
897 „ plenum, lilac, large and very double 3 6 
898 „ „ striatum, lilac , striped white, large and very double 4 6 
»» album, pure white per 100, 15*. 2 6 
990 „ „ plenum, pure white, large, and vay double each, 3^. 6d. ... 
901 „ pallidum, pale delicate rose 5 6 
,t roseum, rose-lilac per 100, ior. 6 d. 2 6 
>1 striatum, rose-lilac, striped white per 100, 12 s. 6 d. 2 6 
904 Atro-purpureum, deep purple, striped pale pink, very dwaif 5 6 
905 Byzantinum, rose , flowers beautiful, perfect in form , and produced in great profusion ..per 100, 2u. 3 o 
906 „ longipetalum, rose, very distinct and beautiful 5 6 
907 ,, f oL variegatis, foliage variegated each, is. ... 
908 Montanum (Merendera Bulbocodium), rich rose-lilac 5 6 
??? J 31,51 ! 118 © 11 !!* petals gracefully reflexed, and beautifully chequered rose-lilac and white each, is. ... 
910 Soboliferum (Merendera Sobollferum) 3 6 
911 Speciosum rubrum, intense crimson-magenta , petals of great substance, and flowers the largest and 
do T7 4 . most magnificent of the family each is. 6d. & 2J. 6d. 18 o 
variegatum, syn. tesselatum and Agrippinum, chequered rose-purple and white per 100, js. 6d. 1 6 
™ ^ *» pallidum, rose, chequered white each, is. ... 
914 Fine mixed varieties per 100, ioj. 6d. 1 6 
THE SPRING-FLOWERING MEADOW-SAFFRON (BULBOCODIUM). 
The mass of rich rose-purple flowers which in early spring precedes the foliage of this plant, imparts a dis- 
Hr 6 c “ aracter great value in permanent edgings, rockwork, and flower borders. 
915 veraum, rose-purple, per 100, 10s. 6 d. ; per doz., ij. 6d. 
91 ® i> JoL variegatis, rose-purple, foliage margined white, per doz., $s. 6d., each 6d. 
SNOWDROP (GALANTHUS NIVALIS). 
It is seldom that an entire bed is given up to the Snowdrop, although there is nothing more beautiful in 
early Spring than a sheet of its graceful snowy blossoms. The bulbs should be planted thickly, almost touching 
each other ; and from the same bed a succession of bloom can be secured by planting Tulips, Hyacinths, or 
Narcissus at a depth of six inches, and the Snowdrops on the top of these at a depth of two inches. When the 
Snowdrops have passed out of bloom, there remains an elegant green carpet of foliage to set off the more massive 
[Barr and Sugden , 
