February  20,1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
1G9 
John  Dalton  (Hepworth). — Bybloemen.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pare. 
A  dark  flamed  variety,  generally  so  heavy  in  colour  as  to  be  worthless. 
Syn.,  Hepworth’s  102/61. 
J.  D.  Hextall  (Storer)  — Bizarre.  Shape  good;  base  pure.  A 
red  flamed  variety  with  a  rich  yellow  groand,  and  although  a  bold 
handsome  bed  flower  it  is  rarely  well  marked  enough  to  appear  at  a 
show. 
J.  F.  Wood  (Willison). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A  dark 
feathered  bizarre  that  has  belied  its  early  promise,  being  now  almost 
invariably  so  heavy  in  colour  as  to  be  worthless.  Named  about  forty 
years  ago  in  honour  of  that  true  florist,  Mr.  J.  F.  Wood,  for  many  years 
editor  of  the  “  Midland  Florist.”  Syn.,  Fred  Wood. 
John  Hart  (Dymock). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
first-rate  feathered  variety,  the  colour  being  deep  purple  on  a  pure  white 
ground.  It  strongly  resembles  the  same  raiser’s  King  of  the  Universe, 
and  can  make  a  good  flamed  flower  also. 
John  Heap  (Walker). — Bizarre.  Shape  fair;  base  pure.  A  yellow- 
brown  breeder  of  good  constitution.  The  outer  petals  often  curl  outwards 
at  the  tips,  spoiling  the  symmetry  of  the  flower.  As  a  broken  flower  it 
has  no  reputation.  Syn.,  Walker’s  Bizarre. 
John  Henry  (Hepworth). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good ;  base  pure. 
A  shy  growing  variety  generally  seen  in  breeder  state,  but  it  formerly 
had  the  reputation  of  being  a  fine  feathered  flower  and  waB  figured  in 
the  “Florist”  about  twenty  years  ago  in  that  state.  A  seedling  from 
a  fine  strain  of  Louis  XVI.  Syn.,  Hepworth’s  100/61. 
John  Kemble  (Goldham).— Bybloemen.  Shape  long;  base  pure. 
A  dark  plated  feathered,  and  also  a  flamed  variety  which  has  apparently 
gone  out  of  cultivation. 
John  Linton  (Headly). — Bybloemen.  Shape  rather  long  ;  base 
opens  yellow,  but  bleaches.  A  feathered  variety  much  like  Adonis,  from 
which  it  is  a  seedling.  Certificated  in  1860  and  not  much  grown  now. 
John  Mills  (Storer). — Bizarre.  Shape  longish  ;  base  rather  greasy. 
It  is  a  good  flower  when  feathered,  the  marking  being  brown  and  very 
correctly  laid  on.  As  a  flamed  flower  it  is  quite  worthless,  having 
greenish  stains  at  the  base  of  the  beam.  Being  a  shy  grower  it  is  not 
common.  Syn.,  Mr.  Mills. 
John  Moody  (Moody). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A  fine 
and  correct  feathered  variety,  the  feathering  being  black  on  a  rich 
golden  ground.  Unfortunately  small  in  size,  and  a  very  poor  grower. 
Introduced  to  notice  lately  by  Mr.  E.  H.  Schofield,  and  named  by  him 
in  honour  of  its  raiser,  the  late  Mr.  John  Moody,  a  well-known  York¬ 
shire  grower. 
John  Morley  (Battersby).  —  Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure. 
A  feathered  variety,  broken  by  Mr.  John  Atkin,  of  Stapleford,  Notts. 
A  fine  red  feathered  variety  when  in  character,  but  unfortunately  very 
inconstant.  Worthless  when  flamed. 
John  Peacock  (Slater). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  In 
great  repute  twenty-five  years  ago  as  a  feathered  flower,  but  now 
never  seen.  It  wa9,  I  believe,  much  like  Groom’s  William  Bentley. 
John  Ratcliffe  (Ratcliffe). — Bizarre.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pure. 
A  good  dark  feathered  variety,  with  a  clear  lemon-yellow  ground.  The 
feathering  is  nicely  pencilled,  but  scarcely  heavy  enough.  Being  rather 
inconstant,  and  also  a  shy  grower,  the  variety  is  scarce.  Raised  by  Mr. 
J.  Ratcliffe  of  Bedford  Leigh  ;  first  bloomed  and  broken  by  a  well- 
known  grower,  Mr.  Richard  Yates. 
John  Sanderson  (Willison). — Bizarre.  Shape  longish  ;  base  pure. 
A  feathered  variety,  now  I  fear  lost,  but  much  liked  twenty  years  ago, 
the  feathering  being  rich  brown  on  a  clear  lemon  ground. 
John  Smith  (Storer). — Bizarre.  Shape  poor,  as  the  petals  stand 
apart  from  each  other  ;  base  pure.  Only  known  to  me  as  a  breeder 
which  has  a  fine  base  and  is  rich  brown  in  colour  ;  but  its  faulty  shape 
is  a  serious  drawback. 
Joseph  Lakin  (Storer). — Bizarre,  dwarf.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure. 
A  promising  feathered  variety  with  a  rich  yellow  ground.  One  of  Mr. 
Storer’s  latest  seedlings.  There  is  much  confusion  at  present  amongst 
the  later  Storer  seedlings,  and  this  variety  may  have  other  names. 
Josephus  (Thurstan). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good ;  base  pure.  A 
very  dark  flamed  variety,  having  a  heavy  beam.  A  promising  sort,  still 
undistributed. 
J.  R.  Scriven  (Lawrence). — Bizarre.  Shape  fair;  base  pure.  A 
flamed  bizarre  of  no  particular  value,  as  although  often  well  marked  the 
colours  are  dull  and  unattractive. 
Julia  Farnese  (Slater). — Rose.  Shape  not  good,  being  longish 
and  loose  ;  base  pure.  A  heavily  feathered  variety  ;  colour  rather  dark 
and  plated  ;  early  in  bloom.  The  filaments  are  often  stained  blue,  and 
the  sun  should  be  kept  from  the  flower  to  prevent  this  fault.  Not  by 
any  means  a  first-rate  flower ;  but,  as  feathered  roses  are  at  present  so 
scarce,  it  is  often  useful  as  an  exhibition  flower.  It  is  about  forty 
years  old. 
Juliet  (Willison). — Rose.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pure.  Generally  seen 
now  as  a  breeder,  which  is  rather  dull  in  colour,  and,  therefore,  not  of 
much  value.  Formerly  it-  had  some  reputation  both  in  feathered  and 
flamed  states. 
Juliet  (Goldham). — Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A  flamed 
variety  no  longer  grown. 
Juno  (Slater). — Bybloemen.  Shape  long  and  narrow ;  base  pure.  A 
shy  growing,  feathered  variety  of  little  value,  as  the  feathering  does  not 
appear  on  the  lower  half  of  the  petals. 
Jupiter  (Naylor). — Rose.  Shape  long ;  base  cloudy  and  filaments 
stained.  An  obsolete,  well  marked  scarlet  flamed  variety. 
(To  be  continued.) 
LEUCOIUM  CARPATHICUM. 
As  Snowflakes  are  always  popular,  the  one  under  the  above  name, 
staged  by  Mr.  T.  S.  Ware,  Hale  Farm  Nurseries,  Tottenham,  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  held  on  Tuesday,  the 
11th  inst.,  attracted  a  considerable  amount  of  attention.  It  is 
apparently  a  form  of  the  well-known  L.  vernum,  but  the  flowers  are 
larger  and  decidedly  more  beautiful.  The  blooms  are  borne  on  stalks 
about  9  inches  in  height,  and  are  invariably  seen  in  pairs,  which  is 
certainly  a  recommendation  to  its  cultivation.  The  flowers  are  pure 
white,  the  segments  each  being  tipped  with  bright  green.  Several 
of  the  flowers  measure  about  an  inch  across,  and  as  they  open  well 
the  plainly  perceptible  yellow  anthers  add  their  share  in  the  charm 
FIG  25. — LEUCOIUM  CARPATHICUM. 
of  this  Leucoium.  The  illustration  (fig.  25)  will  convey  to  our  readers 
an  idea  of  the  size  and  form  of  the  inflorescence. 
As  the  Journal  of  13th  inst.  in  the  report  of  the  exhibition  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  states,  on  page  147,  that  Leucoium  carpa- 
thicum  received  a  first-class  certificate,  and  says  it  is  “a  very  handsome 
Snowflake  with  pure  green-tipped  petals,”  you  may  perhaps  find  space 
for  a  note  on  the  name.  From  the  description  given  in  your  report, 
and  in  that  of  a  contemporary,  the  Snowflake  certificated  is  that  I 
mentioned  in  the  Journal  of  6th  inst.  (page  114)  as  L.  vernum  var. 
Vagneri.  My  authority  for  this  is  Mr.  J.  G.  Baker,  who,  in  his  “  Hand¬ 
book  of  Amaryllidem  ”  (page  19)  says  that  (Leucoium)  Erinosma  car- 
pathicum  “  is  a  form  with  the  perianth  segments  tipped  with  yellow 
instead  of  green,”  and  that  “  var.  Yagneri,  Stapf .,  is  a  tall,  robust  form 
with  two  flowerB.”  As  I  had  read  of  a  yellow-spotted  Snowflake  with 
two  flowers,  and  Mr.  Baker  did  not  mention  the  'colour  of  the  spots  on 
