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A Simple Squill 
I saw a Squill at break of day 
Under the budding trees; 
A squill so mystical and gay, 
So full of certainties. 
No one, I think, could view it long 
Except upon his knees. 
Yet this was but a simple Squall 
Under the April trees. 
(After W. A. PERCY.) 
The tiny Snowdrops, braving snow and cold weath- 
er, never fail to warm your heart in anticipation of Spring. 
These and a host of Scillas, Muscari, not to forget 
the Miniature Daffodils and Crocus, should grace every- 
body’s garden; they are lovely in themselves, wherever 
they are planted in groups of 25 or more, under trees, 
along the woodland path, close to the house in the shrub- 
bery border. 
They are most effectively shown off when planted 
amongst groundcovers; Ajuga repens or myrtle, for in- 
stance, can harbor the tiniest, whereas Muscari and Scilla 
Campanulata are well at home amongst Pachysandra 
terminalis. 
