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being conspicuous ; still, as they continue in bloom all through 
the spring at a time when there is scarcely anything else, when 
variety in form and hue is doubly valuable, they were worthy of 
being better known. The foliage of H. viridis is more delicate 
than that of II. orientalis, which will survive the winter. 
The best of the viridis section is H. laxus, a native of 
Carinthia, in Austria; this and II. dumetorum , H. gracilis , 
H Bocconi , which last is an Italian variety, have drooping 
sea-green cup-like flowers. H. graveolens is found all the way 
from Vienna to Trieste ; the exterior of the sepals is slightly 
tinged with purple. H. erubescens is somewhat similar. 
In H. purpurascenSj a native of Hungary, the sepals are of 
a deep dove colour outside and a paler tint within; roundish 
and beautifully imbricated, forming the main difference between 
this variety and H. cupreus , which is not imbricated. A 
third variety is H. intermedius , which differs from H. purpurascens 
in the colour of the inside of the sepals, which is rich sea 
green. 
The more important species for decorative purposes was 
II. orientalis , the flowers of which were larger, showier, and more 
attractive. Many seedlings had been raised abroad, and bore 
fancy names, though they differ but slightly in character. Some 
of the Berlin seedlings bore very high sounding names, such as 
a Hofgarten Inspector Hartwig” u Frau Irene Heinemann,” &c., &c. 
Amongst the varieties of H. orientalis might be named the 
following:— U. abchasicus, a plant described and figured by Regel 
in the “ Garten Flora,” but which has not been recognized by 
Mr. Baker, nor is it known to Mr. Barr, though many varieties 
are sold under this name which do not agree with the figure ; 
H. atroroseus, H. atrorubens , similar, only of a darker shade ; 
H. colchicus, a mottled variety; H. fulvens, H. lividescens, H. 
rubellus, H. rubidus, in which the petals are also purple, and 
H. ruber. All the above have purple sepals. 
Of the white flowering section, H . antiquorum , in which the 
flowers die off green; H. olympicus , the sepals of which are 
bright green outside and pure white within; H. guttatus , a 
perfectly white form of H. olympicus , and H. pallidus, quite 
distinct, with elongated sepals. 
H. cyclophyllus, a green flowered variety, is classed by Mr. 
Baker under H. viridis, but Mr. Moore, in a recent note on the 
