■ FEBRUARY. 
SNOWDROP (Galanthus nivalis). Consolation. A friend 
in adversity. 
“ Lone flower, hemmed in with snows, and white as they.” 
' Wordsworth. 
“ Thou timid snowdrop, raise thy lovely head.” 
Barton. 
delicate blossom suddenly appears 
breaking through the snowy veil 
which covers the earth, and shows 
to our wondering eyes its pure cups, 
tipped with green, as if Hope had 
marked them for her own. Expand¬ 
ing amid wintry scenes, this lovely 
flower seems to smile at all the rigors of the season, 
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