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CULTURE OF CROCUSES. 
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C. vermis lineatus. Flowers early in the middle season, not plentifully. 
C. vermis striatus. This is the kind usually sold as the striped crocus. Flowers 
abundantly, early, and is very beautiful. 
Section V. Grey. External parts of the outer petals a dingy white or grey 
colour ; internal parts of the same colour, and the inner petals much feathered or 
striped ; coloured at the top of the tube generally, but not in all cases. 
C. vermis glorianella. Flowers small, fusiform, and very beautiful ; rather plen- 
tiful, but late. 
C. vernus gloriana. Flowers in moderate quantity, and early in the middle 
season. 
C. vernus variegatus. Does not produce many flowers; these open in the middle 
season, and are very fine and beautiful. 
C vernus propinquus. A variety of the preceding, differing in a few particulars. 
C. vernus ventosus. Approaches to C. vernus variegatus . Flowers not abun- 
dantly, and rather late. 
C. vernus bicolor. Flowers tolerably freely, and in the middle season. 
C. vernus reticulatus. Blossoms late, producing few flowers. 
C. vernus griseus. Flowers few, short, and thick, early in the middle season. 
C. vernus pectinatus. Flowers late and in good quantity. 
C. vernus incurvus. Flowers freely and abundantly early in the second season. 
C. vernus lincellus. Flowers tolerably freely and early in the middle season. 
C. vernus obesus. Flowers freely and late in the middle season. 
Section VI. White. Outer petals white (except the base, which in some is 
marked with purple), inner petals either striped with narrow stripes on white 
ground, or white. 
C. vernus crassus. Flowers moderate in number, and come late in the middle 
season. 
C. vernus Andersonii. The C. vernus giganteus of Mr. George Anderson. 
Flowers abundantly in the middle season, but not early. 
C. vernus parvulus. Produces its flowers rather late ; they are fusiform, small, 
and not very numerous. 
C. vernus trilineatus. Produces a tolerable number of flowers, but late ; they 
are of a moderate size. 
C. vernus obsolelus. Blossoms moderately in the middle season, but the flowers 
are not of a good shape; they are perfectly white, except at the base of the 
petals. 
C. vernus albus major. The flowers are produced early in the middle season ; 
they are largish, and rather numerous ; the petals are short, very transparent, 
broad, and obovate ; the whole flower pure white, without any colour. 
C. vernus albus minor. Blossoms rather abundantly, and late in the middle 
season. Flowers small and club-shaped ; petals pure white, free from any sort of 
colour, narrow and lanceolate. 
Section VII. Late Spring Crocuses. 
C. vernus delectus. Flowers tolerably abundantly, opens its blossoms the end of 
March, when all the preceding varieties, with the exception of a few only of their 
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