THE 



Gardeners Dictionary. 



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SPPiOSS A L AN T HU s > The 



ggf^f^? Snow-drop. 



^ G (Vg3 The Charailers are ; 



The Sheath of the Flow ■ 

 WS^I^ ^^ J er " °kl n £i blunt, and 

 comprefsd: this opttis fidewiys, and 

 becomes a dry Skin : the Flower has 

 three oblong concave Petals, which 

 fprcad open, and are equal: in the 

 Middle is fituated the Nec~t2rium, 

 which is cylindrical, cbtufr, and bor- 

 dered : in the Centre of the Flower is 

 ftuatid the Pointal, attended by fx 

 Stamina : the Pointal afterward be- 

 comes an oval Capfule, having three 

 Cells, which are full of roundijh 

 Seeds, 



This Plant, as alfo the great 

 Snow-drop, was by Dr. Tournefort 

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ranged together under the Title of 

 Narcifbleucoiu/n ; which being a 

 compound Name, Dr. Linnaeus has 

 altered it to this of Galanthus-, and 

 has feparated the great Snow-drop 

 from this, and given the fimple 

 Name of Leucoium to that Genus. 

 The Species are ; 



[. Galanthus. Lin. Hort. Clif. 

 The Common Snow drop. 



2. Galanthus fore plcno . The 

 double Snow-drop. ^ 



Thefe Flowers are valued for their 

 early Appearance in the Spring ; (or 

 they uiually flower in January, 

 when the Ground is often covered 

 with Snow. The fmgle Sort comes 

 out the hi ft ; and though the Flow- 

 ers are but fmall, yet when they are 

 L 1 2 in 



