ijlS NATURAL HISTORY. 
long, {Iralt, and pointed at the end. In the 
middle grow a ftem, to the height of three 
or four feet, and about half an inch in dia- 
meter. On the top of the ftem grow the 
flowers, like lilies, fingle-leafed, fhaped like 
a pipe, indented, and looking like a bell. 
1 he flowers blow fucceflively, which caufes 
the tuberofe to_ continue long in bloflbm. 
So fweet is their odour, that they perfume 
the place wherein they are fet. This plant, 
if let in May, will flower in jAutumn. They 
fliould be placed where the fun is hotteft. 
i hey will be found a greater ornament to 
■windows than to parterres. 
SNOWDROP. 
One of the firft off'erings w-hichFlora dif- 
plays on the Ihrine of nature,i8 the fnowdrop, 
I like the cheek of fpring,are its leaves; 
and, like the feafon in which it appears, itSi 
bloflom hangs languid on the verdant ftem. 
Ihe flower is compofed of flx leaves which 
together form a bloflbm, fimilar in fliape to a 
bell : the odour is as grateful as the coloin 
IS delicate. ^ The fhowdrop, being a bulbous 
plant, is raifed from its root, and is generally 
langed with the narcilTus. Although it is a 
common flower, yet fuch is its beauty, fim- 
plicity, and cheering appearance, that it 
generally accompanies the crocus in all par- 
terres ' 
