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been produced from this easily raised and pretty little 
flower. 
“ Already now the Snow-drop dares appear, 
The first pale blossom of the unripened year ; 
And Flora’s breath, by some transforming power, 
Had changed an icicle into a flower.—Mrs. Barbauld. 
Gal4nthus nivalis.—The Snow-drop is a native of Aus- 
tria, Switzerland, Silesia, and England; in meadows and 
orchards. It is the earliest flower of all the garden tribe, 
and will even show her head above the snow, as if to 
prove her rivalry with whiteness. 
“ Lone flower, hemmed in with snows, and white as they.”— Wordsworth. 
Every third year the roots should be taken up, in June or 
July, when the leaves are decayed, and kept in a dry 
place until August, when they should be replanted. The 
bulbs are very small; to make them look well, and to 
produce a pretty effect when in bloom, about twenty 
should be planted together in a clump, one and one-half 
or two inches deep. -There is a variety with double flow- 
ers, both sorts are desirable; about six inches high, in 
March and April. 
* The Snow-drop, who, in habit white and plain, * 
Comes on, the herald of fair Flora’s train ; 
The Cox-comb crocus, flower of simple note 
Who by her side struts in a herald’s coat.”—Churchill. 
There is a flower called the Zeucojum, or Great Snow- 
drop, very similar to this, but much larger in the bulb, 
foliage, and flower. Of this there are three kinds, the 
spring, summer, and autumnal. These should be planted 
four or five inches deep. 
“We look upon the Snow-drop as a friend in adversity, 
Sure to appear when most needed.” 
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