NATURAL HISTORY. 253 
SNOWDROP. 
Ove of the firft offering which Flora difplays on: 
the fhrine of nature, isthe fnowdrop. Pallid, like 
the cheek of fpring, are its leaves ; and, like the fea- 
fon in which it appears, its bloffom hangs languid on 
the verdant ftem. The flower is compofed of fix 
leaves, which together forma bloffom, fimilar in thape 
_toabell: The odour is as grateful as the colour is 
delicate. The f{nowdrop, being a bulbous plant, is 
raifed from its root, and is generally ranged with the 
narciflus. Although it is a common Hower, yet fuch 
is its beauty, fimplicity, and cheering appearance; 
that it generally accompanies the crocus in all par- 
‘terres diftinguifhed for their variety or their elegance, 
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SYNOD 
SWEET WILEIAM, a 
"Tusre are two forts of this plant, confifting of 
fingle and double flowers. ‘The fingle fort only dif- 
fers in the colaur of the flower : The one has 
branches of bloffoms variegated with red and white : 
‘The other has clufters of deep crimfon coloured flow- | 
ers. They both bloffom in June and July, upon {talks 
two feet high. The double fort produces its beauti- 
ful red flowers in the fame months, but upon fhorter 
fiems. The fingle flowered fweet William may 
raifed from feeds fown in March: They will bloffom 
the fecond year. The double fort is propagated from 
flips, taken from is reot in March or April; If plant- 
