LEUCO'JUM PULGHEL'LUM. 
PRETTY SNOW- FLAKE. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLL1DACE.E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Europe. 
1 foot. 
April, May. 
Perennial 
in 1800. 
No. 1 147. 
Leucojum is derived from the Greek leukos, 
■white ; and ion, a violet ; and the appellation Bul- 
bous Violet is generally given to such plants of this 
genus as were known to old British botanists. 
This plant is correctly named pulchellum, being 
the prettiest of the genus. In some works the 
species iEstivum has been so named, hut it is 
decidedly distinct, as is Leucojum vernum, from the 
present plant; and whilst both the spring and 
summer Snow-flakes are common plants, this is 
rarely met with. To the obliging attention of the 
Messrs. Pope, of Handsworth, we owe the oppor- 
tunity of figuring the Leucojum pulchellum ; and 
those who are fond of the cultivation of hardy bulbs, 
than which no plants are more pleasing, we would 
advise to add this to their collections. 
Both hardy and half-hardy bulbs are obtaining 
increased attention in this country, from the ex- 
tensive annual importations of them from Holland, 
at a price much lower than in former years, and 
the facility with which, in that country, they are 
propagated, greatly encourages this commercial 
interchange. 
