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onies. Hesays quaintly enough that he puts 
the last so low because they have such an 
unfair advantage over all the rest in coming 
first. 
I believe this is what endears the snowdrop 
to people who are native to cold climates. 
In itself it seems a soulless, scentless little 
thing, to one who has grown up in a sunny 
land and has no associations with it. It is 
its brave peering out at the still cold and 
barren earth that wins the admiration of 
its compatriots. Strangely enough this list 
was given to Kate Greenaway, who has inter- 
preted the charm of daffodils so delightfully. 
She loved flowers, and her paintingsof gardens 
with high brick walls, against whose mellow 
teds were white lilies and tall tulips, and 
rosy tinted clouds of apple blossoms, are 
full of feeling. 
