James Allen (nurseryman)

James Allen (1830 – 1906), known as the "Snowdrop King,"[1] was a nurseryman and galanthophile of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, United Kingdom, known principally for his hybridizations of snowdrops and anemones.

[2] Allen spotted Galanthus ×allenii amongst a batch of bulbs that had been imported from the Caucasus.

Originally classed as a species, this strongly scented snowdrop is now thought to be a hybrid.

It is described as being "intermediate in appearance between G. caucasicus [ now G. elwesii var.

monostictus ] and G. ikariae", and may be a natural hybrid between those species.