198 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



SNOW-DROP. Class6. Order I. Native of Europe. 



GalantkuS Ilivalis. y zr\\c Tlowcrs whltTa/'iiiilk^ 



and the earliest that appear hi the 



upring. 



FRIENDSHIP IN ADVERSITY. 



The snow-drop, herald of Jhe spring, 

 In st( rm or sunshine born. 



Bernard Barton. 



SENTIMENT. 



We part 



But this shall be a token thou hast been 

 A friend to him who plucked these lovely flowers, 

 And sent them as (^tribute to a friend, 

 And a remembrance of the few kind hours 

 Which lightened on the darkness of my path. 



The friend 



Who smiles when smoothing down the lonely couch, 

 And does kind deeds, which any one can do 

 Who has a feeling spirit, such a friend 

 Heals with a searching balsam. 



Percival. 



