英语词汇“snowdrop”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like the pallid snowdrops. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"But Mother, Dunstan kissed me," said Daisy Hempstock, and she fixed the crystal snowdrop at the front of her bonnet, where it chimed and glistened. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran closed his fingers about the snowdrop, concealing it from view, and he took a couple of steps backwards. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She held the snowdrop above her head then brought it slowly down, so it brushed Tristran's forehead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Take enough for this," he said, picking a pure white snowdrop from the table. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Using two sticks, I lifted the kitten into a clump of nervy snowdrops. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a snowdrop, made all of glass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a snowdrop made of green glass and white glass, cunningly fashioned: it seemed as if it had been plucked from the meadow grass that very morning, and the dew was still upon it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Buried beneath winter’s white blanket, tiny snowdrops unfold their hardy green leaves. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Above it there was a small buttonhole, and in the buttonhole he placed the snowdrop, the glass flower that his father had given him as a luck token when he had left Wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Let me see the snowdrop again," pleaded the old woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The child angel had been cleared of moss and planted all around with snowdrops and white narcissus that poured out an overpowering scent. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened his shoulders, placed the crystal snowdrop in the top buttonhole of his coat, now undone. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"There, now," she said, and she passed him his snowdrop. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Swallows swooped across a bodice; there were patterns of daisies, dandelions and snowdrops; and the sparkle was matched by glittering shoes that looked like they came from over the rainbow. Special Report: Fashion: Louis Vuitton in Full Fetish 2011-03-09T18:28:22Z

Botany is supposed to be the dispassionate and scientific study of plants, but, in the case of the snowdrop, the intense focus has served to bring this amazing bulb closer to our hearts. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

By choosing the parent snowdrops, breeders can greatly increase the chances of getting a desired new characteristic. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

One trait that has attracted some breeders is the creation of a spiky-petaled flower that, to my eye, is unrecognizable as a snowdrop. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Within the limited parameters of the snowdrop flower form itself, it is remarkable how much the inner and outer petals have been pushed and pulled and painted in so many ways. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Such precise evaluation has turned snowdrop fanciers into botanists. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

In wild snowdrops, the outer petals are snow white; the inners are white, too, but with an inverted green “V” over the notch at the edge of the inner segment. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The superiority of a triple-tagged specimen is evident now in a sea of potted snowdrops. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

It was this face of the snowdrop — as the spreading, naturalized colony — that I thought I preferred over the snowdrop as a pricey, pedigreed individual presented immaculately in its own pot, if you don’t mind. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

I prefer spending $100 on expanding a drift of snowdrops rather than on one or two novel cultivars with yellow markings. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

There was one snowdrop rider left hurt, who couldn’t get home. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

"Snowdrops and lilies were emblems of feminine purity," Dyhouse tells us; factory girls in the late 19th century were encouraged to wear snowdrop badges, symbolising "the white flower of a blameless life". Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse – review 2013-03-15T18:59:01Z

To see, say, frost-shriveled red rose hips near a clump of giant snowdrops in December bloom is wonderful, but the sight also seems to signify winter’s altered state. Perspective | Climate change has altered the winter season and the gardener’s sense of it 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

We are in the early stages of seeing snowdrops suffused with shades of orange and apricot. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The exquisite beauty and variety of show-quality daffodils is evident to the casual observer, but the traits that distinguish one snowdrop from another are harder to understand. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Anne Wright breeds miniature daffodils in northern England and turned her attention to snowdrops in 2006. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, I found a priceless winter vignette: a colony of giant snowdrops at the flared base of an old, white-speckled sycamore tree. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

“Still, there will be snowdrops peeking up within weeks, and then the first crocuses. It won’t be long. The year begins again.” ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

A voice comes to a snowdrop and says, you have to leave, a storm is coming. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

SW: Black lambs are the new grey squirrels, snowdrops the new daffodils. The Great British Bake Off review – the great British nod off 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

In the garden, the most frequently seen snowdrops are the broad-leafed giant snowdrops of midwinter, whose floppy outer segments remind me of lop-eared rabbits, and the more slender common snowdrops of late winter. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

But the experience of that peculiar solitude, so filled with company, always feels as fresh as the sight of those brave snowdrops reaching for the sun. A Bumper Crop of Gardening Books 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

My first snowdrop appeared Jan. 14 and was later joined by a few others. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

The contestants, as homey as your Aunt Jo or Cousin Ned, sweat over their mixers in a tent plopped down on an English estate, where bleating lambs frolic in a field full of snowdrops. Thanksgiving TV: Plan Your Other Binge 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

The flowering snowdrops are in 2½ -inch square pots. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

The snowdrop is one of the first plants to kick off the growing season, appearing in this part of the world in early March. What this mild autumn means for your plants 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

In Andrew Sheridan's dense, difficult and brave debut play the shoots can barely be glimpsed, but you know that the green is there, somewhere secret and unfurled like a shy snowdrop. Winterlong ? review 2011-02-07T18:26:39Z

But from winter into spring, the snowdrop is almost alone in its plucky defiance of the cold. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

And I pause on 1 February to mark Imbolc, the Gaelic festival that marks the start of spring, when the ewes are pregnant and the first snowdrops are appearing. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

“I get homesick for snowdrops,” Christopher Gibbs said. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z

But his real passion is in growing snowdrops from seeds. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

The daffodils are in bud, and the snowdrops are long in bloom. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

That may be taking the snowdrop obsession a bit far. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The yellow ones are among the most coveted by fanciers, and it was such a variety — Carolyn Elwes — that was stolen from a renowned snowdrop garden in England years ago. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

The voice answers that the snowdrop’s “Liverei” — its uniform — is white, with a green trim. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The coloration tends to be muddy and weak, and this direction may cause snowdrop purists to throw up their arms. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The obvious companion to winter aconites is the snowdrop. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Because they are seedlings, the snowdrops are full of quirky individual variation in petal size and display, as well as the markings of their inner petals. Perspective | An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Contestants in street clothes wield homey back stories while sweating over their mixers in a tent plopped down at Welford Park in Berkshire, where bleating lambs frolic among the snowdrops. Bake-Off in a Tent 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

In Bowles’s day, snowdrops had been in England long enough for colonies to naturalize in undisturbed sites. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

You will find seemingly delicate plants in bold bloom, including snowdrops, cyclamen and winter aconites, but the vitality flows more from the sense of a whole landscape still radiating life. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Wafting through the moist air was the accumulated scent — sweet but not cloying — of dozens of snowdrop blossoms emerging from black plastic pots set on his waist-high growing benches. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Back in the snowdrop greenhouse, he shows me newly emerged seedlings, growing like grass in a six-inch pot. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Those misplaced apostrophes tore at my heart like orphan children, blessed like the first timid snowdrops of February, sparkled like a dusting of precious stones. Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley - review 2012-07-18T07:00:02Z

Long oversees March Bank, the deciduous woodland at Winterthur famous for its succession of established colonies of winter aconite, snowdrops, Italian windflowers and other beauties that bridge the shift from winter to spring. Perspective | As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

You may read that snowdrops should be planted, or moved, only “in the green,” that is, after flowering but while still in leaf and root. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Strand and Long lead me to the bank on the other side of the stream and to a large wooded pocket where a snowdrop relative named the spring snowflake is beginning to appear. Perspective | An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

And yes, snowdrops like to grow and spread in the shade, timing things so they appear at the shade garden’s brightest time, when the leaves are off the trees. Perspective | Why the shade garden is so underrated — and how to create your own 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

You will find a few things actually in flower: the Christmas rose, the stinking hellebore, a few varieties of witch hazel and giant snowdrops. If you’re a restless gardener, there is plenty to do in February 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

It is possible to have snowdrops in the garden for five months or more if you planted a species named Galanthus reginae-olgae, a fall bloomer. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

He points out Big Bertha, one of the largest of all snowdrops with broad, gray-green leaves, apple-green inner petals and a green blotch at the tip of the outer petals. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Purchase paperwhites, crocus, hyacinths, and snowdrops in bud or early stages of bloom. Winter White 2013-12-26T06:20:07.280Z

Ronald Mackenzie is a rare yellow snowdrop — the ovary and inner petals are a greenish yellow. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Victorian Games And Snowdrop Walks, Ormskirk, Mon to 23 Feb Half-term games in the grand Tudor Great Hall and, like many other rural spots, the ever-popular daily snowdrop walks. This week's new events 2011-02-12T00:05:47Z

For most gardeners, spring is when things at last start to grow again and snowdrops bloom and buds swell. From the horticultural greats, garden guidance for all of us 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Some might say that the snowdrop is meant to be white, not green or orange, and that its natural beauty is good enough for any garden. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Lonsdale, who moved from England in the mid-1990s, is a microbiologist turned nursery grower of high-class snowdrops and other specialty garden plants, namely cyclamen, trillium and herbaceous peonies. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

In theory, the warmer, shorter winter opens up new possibilities for the garden, allowing landscapes to become alive with such things as the misnamed autumn-flowering cherry tree, witch hazels, camellias, Japanese flowering apricot and snowdrops. Perspective | How hotter summers and warmer winters are changing the garden 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

From its strap-like leaves — it’s related to the amaryllis — the snowdrop sends up a stem from which its blooms hang like lanterns or teardrop earrings. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

But you shouldn’t judge a snowdrop just by its bloom, he says. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

XX, "To Phaon", is interesting in its imagery, particularly that of the snowdrop entwined with the thistle. Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z

Yet clutter, like snowdrops and England itself, is behind him now. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z

Nichols’s delight in his cyclamen was nothing against the pride he felt for the December-to-March flowers he cultivated, proving there is more to cold-weather blooms than snowdrops, winter jasmine and Christmas roses. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z

Spring is here, but I can’t let the old season go without giving thanks to the snowdrop, a bulb both demure in appearance and mighty in its capacity to cheer. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

On another bench, he shows me a variety named Diggory, famous in snowdrop circles for its distinctive outer petals, cupped and puckered like seersucker. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Certain plants bridge the gulf between winter and spring; I’m thinking of witch hazels and snowdrops, both of which appeared well before the last snowstorm but are still putting on a good show. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

The snowdrops were unaffected, but I barely made it home in one piece. Perspective | An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Then the snowdrops pop, starting with the giant snowdrop and moving to the daintier common snowdrop. Perspective | An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The plant is a little taller than the snowdrop, the blooms bigger and more spherical. Perspective | An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Under her Dryad Gold series, she has developed yellow-marked snowdrops that are more upright, sturdier and keener to multiply than seedling varieties. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The frustrating thing is that some of the forced bulbs won’t bloom until April — “and by then I’ve got daffodils outside, and snowdrops,” she said. The art of forcing bulbs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

Many of us look forward to the first tiny signs of spring — snowdrops and daffodils popping up to say hello, tiny buds appearing on dormant deciduous trees. Where to find the best wildflower blooms across Washington | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Birdsong, snowdrops, blossom and midge bites - these are not things you associate with November in the north of England. Climate change: Dimming Earth, mustard shortages and other odd side-effects 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Woodland natives, snowdrops prefer light shade and well-drained soil that doesn’t completely dry out in summer. These perennial bulbs stand out in a garden ensemble and on their own 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

We sow a first flat of seeds; we gently rake debris from a bed to make way for a winter aconite or snowdrop to poke through and cheer us. Why gardening offers a ‘psychological lifeline’ in times of crisis 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

At the foot of her grave, snowdrops poked up through the soil, their white blooms stooped like heads hung in mourning. A City of the Dead That Inspires the Living 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

Outside in early spring, it’s time for snowdrops, crocuses and aconites, which peep out through the frost. Want to make your home cozy? Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage has lots of ideas 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

His company ProViotics uses a strain of bacteria extracted from snowdrops in its health supplements which are sold around the world. Bulgarian election: Kiril Petkov, Assen Vassilev, a battle-bus and a brand new party 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

In mild winters, now no longer uncommon, aconites, snowdrops and early daffodils can appear two to four weeks earlier than in previous years. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden

Start spring with snowdrops, one of the early bloomers already emerging on the 250-acre grounds of the New York Botanical Garden. Greet Spring With a Visit to a Public Garden 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

On social media, Nicola Sturgeon was among many who shared an image of snowdrops to remember those who died in the Perthshire town. 'Private remembrance' for Dunblane 25th anniversary 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

A fresh white linen cloth will be spread across a table - a lighted candle, snowdrops perhaps and a photograph on top. No wake, no funeral, just prayers in a cemetery 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

When clumps of snowdrop flowers appear prematurely next to my driveway, their comely blossoms a harbinger of spring, I think of all the other mismatches unfolding in nature. Opinion | Let It Snow 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

One approach is to increase existing drifts of such plants as daffodils, crocuses and snowdrops each fall. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden

Visit this particular garden weekly to see successive spring flowers bloom, starting with six species of snowdrops and, later, a particularly attractive saucer magnolia. Greet Spring With a Visit to a Public Garden 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

A snowdrop discovered on Facebook, a miracle berry that tricks your tastebuds and a rubbery shrub that oozes its own superglue are among new plant species that were discovered in 2019. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Vendors not only sell tulip bulbs but also narcissus, snowdrops, carnations, violets, peonies and orchids. Blooming fakes: Amsterdam tourists hit by tulip scam 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

The most popular bulbs for fall planting include daffodils, crocus, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulips, scilla, fritillaria, allium, irises and gladiolus. When to plant bulbs in the fall? Science, nature offer clues 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

In the 1800s, larger farms sprang up as transport links improved and daily trains carried violets from Dawlish, snowdrops from Lincolnshire and narcissi from Cornwall. Celebrating the flower growers of Britain 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

Amid this sober coloration splashes of yellow and pink abound, and vivid blues and emerald greens, all tempered by the many snowdrop gaps of unpainted canvas, like floral accents in an English garden. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Imaginary Portraits 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

The new snowdrop species was discovered in north-west Turkey when a paediatrician uploaded her holiday photos to Facebook, where they were spotted by a Ukrainian snowdrop specialist. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

In gardens, crocus and snowdrop show clean and bright in their brief but long-awaited display. In flower, bud and ‘rib-it,’ signs of spring appear 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

SAT-SUN Celebrate the beginning of spring with thousands of snowdrops, crocus, heather, hellebore, and other early spring flowers in the garden, plants for sale; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

And yes, some plants bloom in frigid weather: In my yard, witch-hazel trees’ branches sprout blossoms and snowdrops push their flowers as early as January. How to Plan a Garden That’s Beautiful Come Winter 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Galantamine, derived from snowdrops and now used to treat Alzheimer's disease, was first investigated by the Soviet Union, - but folk law tells of Bulgarians rubbing the flowers on their forehead to cure headaches. Five old remedies that are still healing us today - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

The pair returned to the site and collected a sample, which was confirmed as a new species by Kew’s snowdrop expert Aaron Davis. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

“We call them snowdrops,” said activist Lena Remnyova, who was giving out flyers inviting people to a drive to clean up the used needles. While Russia grapples with HIV epidemic, Moscow’s addicts share their filthy needles 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

This March, I discovered a new harbinger of spring: not snowdrops, or budding trees, but sneakers. Spring and Sneakers on the High Line 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

Ahead of him, a man with a white bucket treads gingerly among the snowdrops which carpet the floor of this forest just waking from its winter hibernation. The beast of the Danube 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

On one edge, yellow witch hazel hangs over purple crocuses and crisp white snowdrops. Washington’s flowers are blooming, if you know where to look 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The snowdrop has already been assessed as critically endangered. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

“I saw some snowdrops in my garden yesterday for the first time,” said Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post’s garden columnist. Beneath all that snow is spring, if you know where to look for it 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Now the snowdrops are kept locked away and on limited display. The high-stakes world of rare-plant theft 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Four or five different medicines are assembled on a tray on the table, beside some wilting snowdrops. Meeting a Romanian Communist jailer 2014-02-11T13:25:27Z

The cool spring also provided a long flowering season for snowdrops, primrose and bluebells. Wildlife 'thrived' after hot summer 2013-12-27T03:29:43Z

Don't be fooled by snowdrops – signs of recovery' mask a more complicated picture of the Scottish housing market. Don't be fooled by the green shoots of recovery in Scotland's housing market 2013-01-03T08:35:01Z

There's a memorial standing stone in the Cathedral and money raised after the tragedy went to build a sports and community centre where commemorative snowdrops are etched into the windows. Dunblane's lessons for Connecticut 2012-12-15T10:25:14Z

This is not a place of courts and alleys, but a considerable area, literally divided into small gardens, where just now the crocus and the snowdrop are telling hopefully of the springtime. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z

To help the growth of a thought that struggles toward the light, to brush with gentle hand the earth stain from the white of one snowdrop—such be my ambition. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z

At first the snowdrop's bells are seen, Then close against the sheltering wall The tulip's horn of dusky green, The peony's dark unfolding ball. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z

"Well, if you wish to know," he confessed, shamefacedly, "I was looking at those snowdrops." Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

A snowdrop bulb recently sold for £725, and researchers unearthed a forest in northern China preserved under a layer of ash deposited 300 million years ago. Quiz of the week's news 2012-02-24T01:19:19Z

How pure and frail and white The snowdrops shine! Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z

All the ground was white with snowdrops, like drops of manna scattered over the red earth, on the grey-green clusters of leaves. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

His was a real but not a retiring purity; a white column rather than a snowdrop. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z

It was a trifle, to which nine men out of ten would not have given a thought, for it was no more than a clump of snowdrops in the wood on his right. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

Azaleas by the scarlet quince flame up Against the lustrous grape-vines trellised high To pigeon-cote and old brick wall where hide First snowdrops and the bravest violets. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z

Both prophecy and prophesy, snowdrops and snow-drop, traveller and traveler, were used in this text. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z

Other flower companies are glad; stately barbaric hordes of bluebells, merry-headed cowslip groups, even light, tossing wood-anemones; but snowdrops are sad and mysterious. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

"Samson and Delilah!" she laughingly exclaimed, putting her snowdrop hands through the ruddy curly beard of her husband. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z

"Farmers don't look at snowdrops, Mr. Ovington," with a gleam of fun in her eyes. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

But it was a very pretty spot, a real wood, where up through the undisturbed dead leaves of autumn came snowdrops and violets and primroses in the spring. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

February went by with her showers and her celandines, her snowdrops and thrushes that sing on bare branches. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z

She exclaimed with surprise, and I found that I was walking, in the first shades of twilight, over clumps of snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

In the garden plots crocuses and snowdrops and golden daffodils nod to one another across the ground, primroses and violets scent the air, and hyacinths ring their merry chimes. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z

She stared at the snowdrops and then at him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

Already in Kensington Gardens the silly birds had begun to sing, and the snowdrops and the little regiments of crocuses had come up in double file to listen. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z

A second species called the snowdrop tree skirts the swamps along the South Atlantic and Gulf coast and follows the Mississippi bayous to southern Arkansas. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

She ran for the handful of snowdrops that lay among the roots of the trees. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

Then the snowdrops peeped out, and soon the whole garden woke up, and the spring came. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z

Flower-beds edged with box adorned the well-kept lawn, already gay with variegated crocuses and snowdrops. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z

Last year at this time the sun was warm, the air was balmy, the crocuses, primroses, snowdrops, and even the tulips were in bloom, and the brown earth was soft and dry. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z

"If you keep on going to the right, when you see the snowdrops' mother, there you will find your landmark." The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z

The snowdrops are full out among the grass in the front garden—and such a lot. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

And what do you mean by pulling up the crocuses and snowdrops, eh, sir?” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z

And the bonnie bell-like snowdrops nodded their heads to the passing breeze and murmured “Spring is coming.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z

Others, the crocus and tulip, were better; but best of all were the snowdrops, which were sweet and nutty, and of these Stubbs ate all he could find. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z

There are the baby snowdrops asleep in their earthy cots. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z

Look at all the snowdrops"—they hung in dim, strange flecks among the dusky leaves—"look at them—closed up, retreating, powerless. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

One great law controls their being,— To their utmost bids them rise; From the snowdrop, her bell freeing, To the bow that leaps the skies; For the universal order of the world in freedom lies. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z

And it is sad to think of the buried snowdrops, of the crocuses, yellow and blue, and the sweet-scented primroses. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z

In the neighbourhood of Spalding crocuses and snowdrops are less extensively grown than used to be the case. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z

She sat down upon a piece of rock to rest, and noticed the sunbeam pointing straight at a little woe-begone snowdrop sticking up out of the snow before her. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z

And isn't she a toff, in her fine hat and furs and snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

Ninety times the snowdrop had hung her white flower under the sheltering wall. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z

Lilacs, musky of the May, And bluer violets and snowdrops lay Entombed in crystal, icy dim and fair, Like teardrops scattered in her heavenly hair. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z

Footnote 22: The snowdrop is, in Denmark, called "sommergi�k"--a summer "geek," or fool. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z

She dropped her eyes; her face had become as white as a snowdrop. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z

"We have been gathering snowdrops," said Lettie, fingering the flowers in her bosom. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

Now they were gold, now silver, now grass, now palm-trees, now ancient cities, now rubies, now mountain brooks, now peacock's feathers, now clouds, now snowdrops, and now mid-sea islands. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z

It blooms steadily on until it can say "Good-day" to spring's first blossom—the little snowdrop; and so, through all the year, there are flowers blooming in our dear Northern land, Denmark. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z

In two narrow spaces at each side of the head, are introduced the crocus and celandine, and the snowdrop and violet, treated with a rare union of natural beauty and sculpturesque method and subordination. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z

She stopped at the end of the walk to clear away a corner of the bed, where a little colony of snowdrops lay crushed by a tiny avalanche that had fallen upon their meek heads. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z

Get out!" replied his opponent, "I've got some snowdrops—don't they suit me, an innocent little soul like me? The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

April came, and the snowdrops and crocuses were up in the garden beds. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z

So we sent a large wreath of bay, introducing, in the place of the conventional berries, single snowdrop flowers. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z

When Miriam returned in the afternoon, she had scarcely sat an hour to Cornelius before she said to me— "Daisy, I never thanked you for your beautiful snowdrops; you must forgive me the omission." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z

The snowdrops were out; he had put some on the grave. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z

No—it's the snowdrops, and the man, and the children—and everything. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

Their companion was bending among the grass and brambles picking snowdrops. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z

When the first birds sing We can hear them, dear, And in early spring There are snowdrops here. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z

Cornelius gathered the freshest and fairest for his mistress; but some snowdrops which she admired especially, he did not gather. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z

One of these stories Narcissa liked so much that she wrote it down, and after Violet was dead,—for, like the snowdrops and wild roses, our Violet died at last,—she read it to me. Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z

Surely I must have dreamed of that brick city, and of those large white houses set in such roomy gardens, even then beautiful with snowdrops and many colored crocus flowers. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z

Clumps of snowdrops were growing among the grass in the orchard under old apple trees, some of whose branches held boughs of mistletoe. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z

To the sick must I take the flowers of kindness that are now as snowdrops blossoming under the mantle of the winter of grief. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z

One of them was burnt to death in reaching to get from the chimney-piece the snowdrops represented in her hand; the other died of consumption caused by too much rowing. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

Page 19, line 6.—An allusion to the painting by Seghers, which represents the Virgin Mary with lilies, dahlias, and even snowdrops. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z

Mrs. Rodney, however, has been foraging on her own account during this brief interlude, and now brings triumphantly to light a little basin filled with early snowdrops. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z

Towards me he was cool enough at our last meeting; a temperature in which at most the snowdrops of friendship flourish. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z

Take to them that are sick the flowers of thy kindness, that shall be as the snowdrops blossoming under the mantle of the winter of thy grief. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z

How well I remember many happy birthdays at Stoke, when before breakfast I had a wreath of snowdrops, and at dinner a little pudding with my name in plums.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

While walking in Thornly I plucked a snowdrop, far through the hedge, and carried it to James Mercer's and hung it up in his kitchen. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z

"I am very ignorant I know," says Mrs. Geoffrey, with her sunny smile, "but I think I should prefer a snowdrop to a thistle." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z

Some snowdrops are thrown carelessly among the folds of the tulle that covers and softens her silk gown; a tiny spray of the same flower lies nestling in her hair. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z

A gleam of hope came: it was in the month of March, the garden was already strewn with snowdrops, primroses, and crocuses. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z

Two wooden bridges in succession led to the principal island, which was covered with fine old willow-trees, beneath which perfect masses of snowdrops came up in spring. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

The last feathery flakes of snow, fallen in the night, had not yet melted away, when the first snowdrop, which had sprung up in the dark, glinted at the dawning sun. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z

Close beneath her lay stretched a large and well-kept garden, old-fashioned paths bordered with box, and flower-beds of various geometrical shapes, in which crocus and snowdrop, wallflower, and polyanthus spread themselves in picturesque confusion. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z

"What is it?" asks Lilian, white as the snowdrops in her trembling hand. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z

In the garden we begin with little rings of white snowdrops; then the crocuses come up in lines, yellow and purple; and the daffodils; and then, on those beds behind, the hyacinths. The Hillman

And to the actual snowdrops and winter aconites that pierce the cold ground, spring is a new and glorious experience. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History

The name was that of the Countess Anya Yarnova, a frail flower of early spring, as spotless as the little snowdrop. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z

Before even the snowdrops at our feet and the maples overhead have thought of blossoming, a soft breath may blow across our path filled with this wondrous fragrance. The Jonathan Papers

In Denmark our well known snowdrop, one of the earliest messengers of spring, has been since olden days held sacred to St. Valentine. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions

Among the most elegant rice straw bonnets are those lined with white tulle and ornamented with tufts of violets and snowdrops, the exterior decorated with a wreath of the same flowers. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851

"We shall be having the snowdrops before we know where we are," Mrs. Gainsborough said. Sinister Street, vol. 2

As I stooped down to pick the little snowdrop, I saw the words inscribed on the white marble slab, and then sorrow's heavy hand was laid upon my heart. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z

The snowdrop has been called the Fair Maid of February, because it was supposed to flower on Candlemas Day, 2nd February, which would be 15th February according to the modern calendar. Springtime and Other Essays

"Little maiden fair and neat, Here on stalk so light, Fine as silk by fairies spun, Hangs a snowdrop white; From a friend I come— Tell me now—from whom?" Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions

He would have broken it, and I should have died, and you would have put up a touching, and elaborate tablet to my memory, and somebody would have planted snowdrops on my grave. Faith and Unfaith

The two friends had planned to finish their garden and to plant the delightful collection of snowdrops, crocuses, and tulips which Mrs. Lindsay had sent them. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story

Harebells nodding upon their delicate stems, primroses, snowdrops, and small blue pansies are also common. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia

For all the sunlight of St. Valentine, the snowdrops looked like very foolish virgins as they shivered in the wind about the blackened grass, good sport for idle sparrows. Carnival

The flowers are like the snowdrop in shape, hence the name, and there are two distinct sections, American and Asiatic. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens

The very snowdrops—pale blossoms, born of bitter winds and sunless skies—have perished out of sight. Faith and Unfaith

We meant to put the snowdrops in the middle, you know. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story

As it will soon, in snowdrop, violet, Windflower and columbine and maiden's tear; Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. Reminiscences, 1819-1899

One Sunday afternoon in the middle of February—St. Valentine's Eve, to be precise—when the snowdrops drift in myriads across the London parks, Jenny went to pay her farewell visit. Carnival

The snowdrops—fair maids of February—faded in the school garden, and their pale, ethereal, green-tipped blossoms were replaced by golden daffodils that seemed to reflect the stronger sunshine. The Head Girl at the Gables

Wild hyacinths and little white snowdrops jingled merry bells. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series

We wept and were in great fear, but Zeus granted to Persephone to return to earth with the first snowdrop, and remain with her mother, Demeter, till the last rose had faded. Tales of Troy and Greece

The snowdrops are in bloom already, and the pansies show their buds among the leaves.” Jan Vedder's Wife

His eyes are fixed upon the balcony above, where Portia still stands, pale as an early snowdrop and thoroughly unnerved. Portia or By Passions Rocked

In your floral department I do not presume to give any hint; the greater will be your responsibility if either violets are drooping or snowdrops and crocuses not in sufficient abundance. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind

The snowdrop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet, And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent, From the turf, like the voice and the instrument. Language of Flowers

"We are friends?" he says, being attracted to the child for her own grace alone, as well as for the charm of her relationship to the pale snowdrop of a girl beside her. Rossmoyne

Then the thought came into her mind that the snowdrops might be out in the church-yard at Castle Magee, so she turned that way. The Weans at Rowallan

Bulbs.—Bulbs, such as tulips, iris, daffodils, crocuses, scillas, and snowdrops, can be grown in pots or deep earthenware saucers that have been filled with cocoanut fibre. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes

The news of the wedding had slipt abroad before the little party came out of the church, and many old and humble friends were there, seeing her look 'like a snowdrop' as they say. Home Life of Great Authors

The summer rains And autumn winds The snowdrop find yet standing; A petal gone, And all alone, Her tender roots expanding. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922

Monica, pallid as an early snowdrop, looks up to see her Aunt Priscilla coming towards her, accompanied by a young man, a very tall and very stout young man, with a rather drilled air. Rossmoyne

With a big bunch of snowdrops Jane felt she could go straight home. The Weans at Rowallan

Bulbs, such as winter aconite, squills, snowdrops, a few daffodils, tulips and irises, will grow well in boxes. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes

And now you will see why the cup-shaped flowers so often droop their heads,—think of the snowdrop, the lily-of-the-valley, and a host of others. Eighth Reader

The borders presented only black mould yet, except where, in sheltered nooks, the first shoots of snowdrop or crocus peeped, green as emerald, from the earth. Shirley

At last the snowdrops came up and looked shiveringly about; and a primrose leaf peeped through the ground, and died of cold. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children

She jumped up to go home—she could come back when more snowdrops were out—but she caught sight of a long black line, slowly climbing up to the church by the road from town. The Weans at Rowallan

You must have tulips and snowdrops; O yes, and crocuses. The House in Town

Dear Mr. Jardine,—I am glad that you liked the box of snowdrops and that they reached you safely, packed in their moss. Tante

Without his being aware of it, the rose had dwindled and faded to a mere snowdrop; bloom had vanished, flesh wasted; she sat before him drooping, colourless, and thin. Shirley

The snowdrops died, and the primrose faded, the cowslips and blue-bells vanished, the thorn grew white with blossom, the wild honeysuckle filled the wood with its fragrance, and soon the fruit began to ripen. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children

There were only a few snowdrops out, and for once the sexton was not to be seen, but a heap of earth at the far corner of the churchyard showed a newly-dug grave. The Weans at Rowallan

All in their nightgowns, snowdrops stand, White little waifs in a lonely land. Pinafore Palace

Gifted, in sooth, beyond them, but no less A snowdrop. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851

It has covered the bulbs of the snowdrops, those white flowers that you so greatly admire, friend Blackbird. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps

Down in the neglected flower-beds the crocuses and snowdrops were nodding and whispering to each other. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon.

By the time the snowdrops were out, however, he was dead. The Rainbow

The old mossy thatch, and the meadows so green, Are covered all over with white; The snowdrop and crocus no more can be seen, The thick snow has covered them quite. Pinafore Palace

The pale snowdrop is springing To —— the glowing sun. —— to the Chief who in triumph advances. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions

"My poor, pale little child!" he said—"you are nothing but a snowdrop this morning!" Say and Seal, Volume II

It was too early for tennis while snowdrops and crocuses were peeping out of the garden borders. Not Like Other Girls

The months went by, and it was Christmas—the snowdrops came. The Rainbow

Her dress, a soft, sad grey, with no decoration but a knot of snowdrops in her bosom. Moods

To Ian Stewart the old panelled house with the walled garden behind, where snowdrops and crocuses pushed up under budding orchard boughs, was a paradise beyond any he had imagined. The Invader A Novel

Not so jocund and blooming certainly; she was more like a snowdrop than a crocus. Say and Seal, Volume II

Then the snowdrops and crocuses were out, and the sky grew black, and she sat on the nursery floor and looked up at it in solemn wonder. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius

There was a little hollow in the wood near Cossethay, where snowdrops grew wild. The Rainbow

Lord, make my spirit pure and clear, As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, That in my bosom lies.' Moods

Under the dial, when I was last in the carefully tended little churchyard, the level turf was studded with snowdrops. Highways and Byways in Surrey

In her face there was no rose at all; it was pure and pale as a snowdrop; and her look, Isoult thought, was like the look of an angel. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution

It was early spring, and the snowdrops and crocuses were out. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius

There was a place where she went trespassing to find the snowdrops that grew wild. The Rainbow

"The frail snowdrop Born of the breath of Winter." The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland

Here is the snowdrop, so white and brave. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

A universally-grown plant, even earlier than the crocus, is the well-known snowdrop. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young

Rooks do not roost on spoons, nor woodcocks snort, Nor dog on snowdrop or on coltsfoot rolls, Nor common frog concocts long protocols. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.

The golden chips of wood shone yellow like sunlight, the snowdrops in the twilight were like the first stars of night. The Rainbow

Many years afterwards the monks were fond of planting the snowdrop in their beautiful gardens. The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland

Here is a little snowdrop out of the solitary wood; here is an evergreen from the flower-pot at the tavern; and here is a simple blade of grass. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

In sheltered places the snowdrops and the crocuses gave the garden the blitheness of an Italian picture; and you felt that on that multi-coloured floor might fitly trip the delicate angels of Messer Perugino. The Explorer

It was in the beginning of spring; the crocus and the snowdrop were blooming around. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales

Grey grass and lichens and a little church, and snowdrops among coarse grass, and a cupful of incredibly warm sunshine. The Rainbow

Does rocking daffodil consent that she, The snowdrop of wet winters, shall be first? Modern British Poetry

The bunches of blue hyacinths and the little white snowdrops jingled their bell-like flowers, as if they were real bells. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Helen looked the snowdrop to perfection, for if the pansies needed Ruth’s gypsy coloring for a foil, the snowdrops needed Helen’s pale blonde daintiness for theirs. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life

She lay, half effaced among her down pillows, as weak and helpless-looking as a snowdrop whose stem is broken. Vixen, Volume III.

But with curious equanimity the returning woman watched the snowdrops on the edge of the grass below, blown white in the wind, but not to be blown away. The Rainbow

And I should like to see the snowdrops you found in November!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

And gathering up Stéphanie like a bunch of snowdrops, the yellow, galvanized iron old lady swept out of the room. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

You must be my fair and lovely lily; then shall come my violet and daffodil; then my narcissus and lilac; then my pansy and modest little snowdrop. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life

She ran over to the window and stood with her back to the door, staring, or pretending to stare, down at the pretty garden beds, gay with crocuses and snowdrops. Hoodie

Philippa wrote that the garden was gay with spring crocuses and snowdrops; then that Ridgeville had never been such a bower of roses as it was that June. Flip's "Islands of Providence"

In season there are daffodils, and snowdrops, and narcissi, and dahlias, and chrysanthemums. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia

Then spring came shyly creeping over the land, with snowdrops nestling in her breast, primroses and violets budding in the grassy banks beneath her feet. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls

“How would a lily, a violet, a 262 pansy, a daffodil, a narcissus, and a snowdrop do?” Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life

After letting out the tortoise-shell butterfly from the window looking into the garden, she moved across to the post of observation on the street, and arranged snowdrops in a little glass vase. Miss Mapp

They went out early, before the sun was up, when the valley was an apricot mist and the mountains were as white as snowdrops in the spring. The Dark Tower

She was still as white as a snowdrop, but he thought her expression far calmer and less agitated. The Silver Butterfly

I was out in the garden this morrow, picking of snowdrops to lay round Blanche’s coffin. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall

Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise: Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes: Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold. Graded Memory Selections

Diva had not missed seeing the snowdrops in the Major’s button-hole, and stood stupefied for a moment at this news. Miss Mapp

However, the strings were wonderful, like giant snowdrops shackled together to do honour to the spirit of Christmas. The Adventures of Bobby Orde

On the table near me stood a bunch of snowdrops that Miriam had culled for her beloved Captain Bradford. A Confederate Girl's Diary

A little child with a face like a snowdrop came and looked up at her, touching her hand. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

The snowdrops were quite up, and the yellow and purple tips of the crocuses bursting through the ground in all directions. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851

In the fall this manure has become fine in texture and makes a splendid winter's mulch for snowdrops, crocus, etc. Making a Garden of Perennials

The snowdrops—January flowers in Wales or Cornwall, fair maids of February in most counties—were late bloomers at Pendlemere, and were never in their prime till St. Patrick's Day. A harum-scarum schoolgirl

In the Rectory gardens now the crocuses and snowdrops were putting out their first dark-green leaves, and showing their tender petals to the faint winter sunshine. A Young Mutineer

Stick a few sprays of asparagus and maidenhair fern in it and a number of white and yellow spring flowers—the crocus, jonquil, daffodil, daisy and snowdrop. Games For All Occasions

Those were the every-day tablecloths, fine and good; but in the drawer above, she knew, was the best damask, snowdrops and other patterns more wonderful, with birds and butterflies. Country Neighbors

Her filmy white dress, exquisitely cloud-like and dainty, was as simple and girlish as the one she had worn the night before; but this time Jack did not compare her to a snowdrop. Mary Ware's Promised Land

After a long and severe winter, the appearance of the golden crocus and the modest snowdrop, peeping from the earth, convey to the mind a glow of unspeakable pleasure. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling

Perhaps if she had seen tufts of snowdrops—it was February—and yew-hedges and cottage windows, she would have broken down. The Lost Girl

O little elves, her tiny body Like a white flake of snow it is, Drooping upon the pale green hood Of the chill snowdrop. Songs of Childhood

Why sinks thy broad head heavily down upon thy tiny hands, while thy pallid temples bend under the weight of thine infant thoughts, like snowdrops burdened with the dew of night? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

I trample on the snowdrops, it gives me pleasure to tread down the jonquils, to destroy the chill Lent lilies; for I am sick of them, their faint-bloodedness, slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. Look! We Have Come Through!

"The snowdrop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet; And their breath was mixed with fresh odour sent From the turf, like the voice and the instrument." The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling

I aye mind the time when I gathered the snowdrops and daisies, and the one rose, on my mother’s birthday. Janet's Love and Service

When the conditions are congenial, love appears, just as the crocus and the snowdrop appear in the congenial air of the spring. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

In spring the fields had been white with snowdrops. The Love Affairs of Pixie

Yes, we had some primrose, violets, snowdrops, daisies, and other roots and small plants, which took up little space, to remind us of old England. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler

The sort of afternoon when late March holds all the promise of May, when early daffodils shine splendidly in sheltered corners, and late snowdrops in a country garden look quite large and solemn. The Ffolliots of Redmarley

Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise; Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes; Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold; Daffodils, daffodils! say, do you hear? The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children

This was true; for he had just been thinking that if his aunt was like a flower at all, she was more like a lily or a snowdrop, or a very white violet. Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place

After the snowdrops came on the wild daffodils and bluebells and primroses. The Love Affairs of Pixie

I resisted all temptation to deck myself with snowdrops and fir twigs; their subdued tones do not match my aura. From a Terrace in Prague

Her little oval face was white as a snowdrop. A Book of Myths

It was the first time that the girl had been out of her room for over two weeks, and she looked frail as a snowdrop, and nearly as white. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa

Here lamps are white like snowdrops in the grass; The town is like a churchyard, all so still And grey now night is here; nor will Another torn red sunset come to pass. Amores Poems

“And now my snowdrops gaily ring A merry peal to herald May— And all rejoice at coming Spring, While I must hasten far away!” Chatterbox Stories of Natural History

Old winter waits for the snowdrop Before he turns to depart, And I have stayed for the coming Of this last joy of my heart. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks

I have never thanked you for the snowdrops. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston

The sea in the north and north-west swarmed with bergs, like great snowdrops on the green undulating fields of the deep. The Frozen Pirate

The lily nods in the wind, the columbine hangs its bell, there the snowdrop first appears and the hip-rose shows her richest blossoms. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

They had resolved to get possession before the snowdrops, with which the beautiful avenue was carpeted, should be over; and they did—but the snowdrops were buried in snow. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author

And how pleasing are the words of the poet Burns: "The snowdrop and primrose the woodlands adorn And the violets they bathe in the weet of the morn." Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.

When the earth is wrapped in snow, and the skies are grey and cold, and no leaf hangs on the tree, the snowdrop puts forth its fair, pure blossom to cheer and comfort us. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles

And see how the sunshine sparkles, making each snowdrop look like a diamond. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods

The flower-beds in front of the house were filled with the early spring flowers; snowdrops, crocuses, violets, and hepaticas were in full bloom. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

A white hemstitched cloth and a bowl of snowdrops adorned the center table, and the cakes were set out on paper doilies. The Princess of the School

The snowdrop, hearing, in the dell Doth tremble for its virgin bell; The crocus feels within its frame The magic of its folded flame; And many a listening patience lies And pushes toward its paradise. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry

The chauffeur, poor fellow, thought there was no flower in the garden of girls as sweet as his white snowdrop. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon

But is it certain that she will not call him back, as she called the snowdrops? Browning's Heroines

They fell down into the middle of a bed of pure white snowdrops, and Christie had to open the garden gate, and walk cautiously over the grass to pick them up. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

By her side was a tiny bunch of snowdrops which Nanna had found in the garden that morning; how kind everyone was to her now! Susan A Story for Children

First snowdrops, aconites, and crocuses, then tulips, then geraniums. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War

It seemed almost a personal offence that she should be so alert and composed while the mare bled and trembled, and that pale, lovely thing lay like a broken snowdrop on the bank. Flaming June

"For each glance of the eye so bright and black Though I keep with heart's endeavour— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my soul for ever—" . . . Browning's Heroines

He put the money in his pocket, and looked down lovingly on the snowdrops. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

The yellow leaves answered: "We go to lie down Where the spring snowdrops grow, Their young roots to cherish Through frost and through snow." Wonder-Box Tales

The grass was beginning to grow green, and the snowdrops and crocuses were in blossom by the front door. Peggy in Her Blue Frock

The girls had brought bobbins of thread with them, and were making their snowdrops into little bunches, with ivy leaves and lambs'-tails from the hazel. For the Sake of the School

Under the damson tree the first white snowdrops came, and the crocuses, whose yellow petals often appeared over the snow, and presently the daffodils and the beautiful narcissus. Round About a Great Estate

Mabel darted into the house, and returned with a large bunch of single white snowdrops, prettily arranged with sprigs of dark myrtle leaves. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

You look so cool—so fair—so like a snowdrop glittering with dew. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author

In the garden I see the heads of the snowdrops and crocuses just out of the earth. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1

How different it would be if she had anybody in England who took an interest in her and cared to receive her snowdrops! For the Sake of the School

In spring they send me the first snowdrops from the Glen, but it is a cruel kindness, for I want to be where they are growing in Clashiegar den. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers

He had a few of the lovely snowdrops and a sprig of the dark myrtle in his hand. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

I miss them so in the winter, when they all go away under the ground to their winter palace, and I am always so happy when I see the first snowdrop come. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls

When the first snowdrops appear, the boys and girls gather some and enclose them in a piece of paper, on which is written a poem. Denmark

Very early in January the garden at The Woodlands could boast brave clumps of snowdrops and polyanthus, a venturous wallflower or two, and quite a show of yellow jessamine over the south porch. For the Sake of the School

Pretty Poll, with small delicate pale features, sits beside him like a snowdrop. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

He carried the snowdrops carefully home, and they taught him a lesson of faith. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

The snowdrop and crocus had long ago hid their faces to make way for more ambitious rivals. The Story of a Dewdrop

They were all white—white roses, white lilies, snowdrops, chrysanthemums—all the flowers that are pure white without any color. A Girl in Ten Thousand

The girls left the snowdrop field with reluctance, though they realized the necessity for hurry. For the Sake of the School

The College is raising red oak, black walnut, oriental sycamore, sugar maple, elm, hackberry, snowdrop tree, Juneberry, hickory, European larch, Norway maple and box elder for this purpose. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921

And Christie smiled when the clergyman said his little prayer, for he thought of the snowdrops. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

In gardens, you may note, amid the dearth, The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop’s tender white and green, The violet in its screen. The Literary World Seventh Reader

Removed from vain fashion, From title's proud ken, In a straw-cover'd cottage, Deep hid in yon glen, There dwells a sweet flow'ret, Pure, lovely, and fair, Though rear'd, like the snowdrop, 'Midst hardships' chill air. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

In pockets of fine river-sand, their roots stretching into the stream, grew the very biggest and finest of the snowdrops. For the Sake of the School

Like a snowdrop, pure and fair, She had blossomed in our home; Her we nursed with tender care, Lest Death's blighting frost should come. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect

It was a weighty matter selecting the flowers; and then the four snowdrops were tied together and given to Christie. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

I've brought some snowdrops; only just a few, But quite enough to prove the world awake, Cheerful and hopeful in the frosty dew And for the pale sun's sake. Poems

Then warmed be our hearts to that kindly Power That scatters bright roses o'er life's rough way; That unfolds the cup of the snowdrop's flower, And mantles the earth with the gems of May! The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

It only resembles the snowdrop as regards the purity and drooping habit of its flowers. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

The butterfly had closed his wings for the last time, and clung feebly, half reversed, to his snowdrop. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron

The snowdrops were very faded and withered when Christie reached the attic that night. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

While February stands arranging the remaining snowdrops in a glass of water on the window-sill, a soft butting and bleating are heard outside. Poems

The evil time was drawing nigh, ushered by gentler gales and snowdrops, when she must be turned out for the spring and summer. Alec Forbes of Howglen

In a cut state they equal either violets or snowdrops, from the beautiful combination of flowers and foliage, and it is a pity that it is not grown in sufficient quantities for cutting purposes. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

Was this chill sunshine that could not quicken his wings, was this grim desert that held no goal for butterfly feet, was this one snowdrop—all? Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron

"Mabel," said her mother, "you must teach Christie the little prayer I told you always to say when you looked at the snowdrops." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

A beautiful girl pushed her way to Jennie's side and lifted a handful of snowdrops. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis

I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun, And crocus fires are kindled one by one: Sing, robin, sing! The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

The leaves resemble those of the snowdrop when overgrown and turning flabby, and have a somewhat untidy and sprawling habit; they are abundantly produced from the rather small cocoon-shaped bulbs. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

Close at hand a snowdrop drooped "its serious head." Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron

"These snowdrops always make me think of the souls washed white in the blood of Jesus." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

Plenty of sorts, the florist said; there were hyacinths all colours and tulips, striped and plain, and very gay; and crocuses, those were of nearly all colours too; and ranunculus, and anemones, and snowdrops. Daisy

It is the snowdrop; growing, snow enfurled; Till it peer forth, undreamt of by the world. Love's Comedy

The snowdrops lay in snowy masses about the grounds—the garden gave promise of beauty as the season advanced. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891

White are my hands as the snowdrop; Swart are my fingers as clay; Dark is my frown as the midnight, Fair is my brow as the day. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

He turned his steps homewards at once, for he did not want the snowdrops to fade before they reached old Treffy. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

Turning away from her, he walked rapidly back along the short grassy path over the snowdrops. The Miller Of Old Church

Possibly the ideal flower may blow, Even as that snowdrop,—hidden by the snow. Love's Comedy

From the library bay windows where they stood, the children noticed dandelions in the grass and snowdrops under the trees and recognised the green signals of daffodil and narcissus. The Danger Mark

So he picked a bunch of the snowdrops and carried them in his paws, while Susie gathered the brighter flowers. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

Then Christie walked up to Treffy, and put the bunch of white snowdrops in his hand. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

As Abel approached, Molly was moving slowly away from him, her long black skirt, which had been made to fit Mrs. Gay, trailing over the snowdrops in the path. The Miller Of Old Church

She is dainty as snowdrops that fall from the skies, Is this dear little Kitten with bright, shiny eyes And velvety ears and pretty pink nose And lovely white suit of soft, furry clothes. Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain

Maynard had been walking with her and Oswald round the garden to look at the snowdrops, and she was resting on the sofa after the walk. Scenes of Clerical Life

You come from a warm country, where there is no snow or snowdrops. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

"Here are my snowdrops," she said, with a cry of joy, as she caught sight of them in the window-sill. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

She looked up, waved a bunch of snowdrops, and went after the bells. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances

When she came down she placed her chair near the window, that she might see the snowdrops and the crocuses. The House by the Church-Yard

For each glance of the eye so bright and black, Though I keep with heart's endeavour,— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my soul for ever!— The Hundred Best English Poems

"If you don't stop pulling my ears you'll freeze!" and with that the bunny uncle pulled out from behind him, where he had kept them hidden, the bunch of white snowdrops. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

The snowdrops were over now, but the primroses had taken their place, and the garden looked very gay and cheerful. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

Mrs. Palma compressed her lips, knitted her heavy brows, and turned the silk sash to the light to observe the effect of the silver snowdrops she was embroidering. Infelice

"Yes, the prince will come through the forest," said the little snowdrop gleefully. Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse

For each glance of the eye so bright and black Though I keep with heart's endeavour,— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my heart for ever!— An Introduction to the Study of Browning

And then the monkey ran away, thinking the snowdrops Uncle Wiggily had picked were bits of real snow. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

"Oh! all sorts of rubbish," said the man with the toothache, "bright cities, and funerals, and snowdrops; and once he got up, and began to sing; I wonder you didn't hear him." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

Pure, pale, almost sad, she looked in that brilliant drawing-room like some fragile snowdrop, astray in a bed of gorgeous peonies and poppies. Infelice

Crocuses, snowdrops, and scillas make a charming border for a lily bed and may be also put between the lilies themselves to lend colour early in the season. The Garden, You, and I

I have always suspected, however, that there should be a semicolon after "Ver," and that "Merry springtime's harbinger, with her bells dim," refers to a totally different flower—the snowdrop, to wit. Adventures in Criticism

She rested upon a fallen log—from decay and death came moss, the snowdrop and the anemone. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service

Mrs. Villiers had made all ready for us, and with her own hand had put on the tea-table a lovely bunch of snowdrops and dark myrtle leaves. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"

He looked at the gay crocus and the pale snowdrop and the budding pansies with a singular affection. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York

To die before the snowdrop came, and now the violet's here. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation

The snowdrop may very well come after the primrose in this song, which altogether ignores the process of the seasons. Adventures in Criticism

As we were resting the Captain of the battery joined us, and in the semi-darkness I saw he was offering me a bunch of snowdrops! Fanny Goes to War

Like the crocus and the snowdrops of northern climates it appears before the grass is green. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

I now see a circle of beauties with the same indifference as a bed of snowdrops: no charms affect me but hers; the whole creation to me contains no other woman. The History of Emily Montague

There's not a flower on all the hills,—the frost is on the pane; I only wish to live till the snowdrops come again. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation

Here and there tufts of snowdrops were in full bloom,—white, frail bells, looking as if they had known only cheerless hours and cold sunbeams, and wept and shrank and feared through them. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance

A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep; Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke

To me unhappily, the snowdrop is much the same as the snow—it feels as cold underfoot—and I have grown sceptical about 'the voice of the turtle,' the east winds blow so loud. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846

A poor man was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour last week for picking snowdrops in Charborough Park. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

Confetti swarmed like dark snowdrops in the hot air. The Day of the Beast

My father took me up to it—at first I saw only the flowers, pale snowdrops and blue violets with green leaves; then I saw a sweet waxen face with closed eyes and lips. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4

From a wreath of snow, Close by the garden walls, the snowdrop springs; And the air rings with tender melodies, Where thro' the dark firs flash the bluebird's wings. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

The white, saffron-haired goddesses are grouped together like stars seen in the topaz light of evening, like daffodils half smothered in snowdrops, and among them, Diana, with the crescent on her forehead, is the fairest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series

I expect bulbs of all kinds will grow well, and I mean to plant a thousand or so of snowdrops, crocuses, squills, daffodils, etc., in the orchard, where they will look lovely. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

To help the growth of a thought that struggles toward the light; to brush with gentle hand the stain from the white of one snowdrop—such be my ambition. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration

One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4

"The sight of the snow makes you cry for joy, and a spoon is used for your drops if you are ill, and you always want snowdrops to-morrow." Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country

And she put down the chalice, and the women went into a chill wind; the pear-trees were tossing, and there were crocuses in the bed and a few snowdrops. Sister Teresa

Not dwelling in wattled huts under the oaks of the primeval forest, but in neat slated houses, with whitewashed walls, looking so bright and pretty in the sunshine, like snowdrops in the distant landscape. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times

Kindly English women gave them nosegays of snowdrops and violets. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front

I sat close by her side and told her how the snowdrops were growing and the purple and golden crocuses made the garden seem quite gay. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4

In the hollows and on the middle slopes canvas villages gleamed like patches of snowdrops. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

His flowers are alive: The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain, The crocus opens Its glowing bud ... The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times

The housemaid, of her own accord, had lit a fire, and had gathered some snowdrops for the dressing table. Elizabeth's Campaign

Early in the month masses of snowdrops lined the paths in Hyde Park. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front

Near the flower bed grew a thrifty bush of pink-flowering almonds; not far distant grew a spreading "shrub" bush, covered with fragrant brown buds, and beside it a small tree of pearly-white snowdrops. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"

"And yet you were ready to run off with him—a pretty character you give yourself, my snowdrop!—and you liked his eyes and hastened to obey?" The Fortieth Door

And crowded snowdrops faintly hung Their fair heads lower for the heat, While in still air all branches flung Their shadowy doubles at our feet. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.

The warrior wooed, the warrior won her, In time of snowdrops they were wed. The Poems of William Watson

They lifted her from out her wat'ry bed— Its covering gone, the lonely little head Hung like a broken snowdrop all aside— And one small hand. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843

It might indeed be called the Australian snowdrop for its hardy little blossom seemed quite insensible to the frost. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2

"Oh, won't I?" said Mabyn, opening the basket at once, and carefully getting out a bouquet of camellias, snowdrops and sweet violets. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875

With February, hope and the snowdrops begin to spring, but January is a month to be warstled through as best we can. Penny Plain

She gives us the wild-flowers by their actual names,—snowdrop, primrose, columbine, iris, scabious. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold

"Ever since the snowdrop gave the first hint of Spring," burbles a contemporary, "we have watched the miracle of the young year unfolding." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919

The picture of the snowdrops pleading for pardon and pining from fright would have been impossible to a poet with the realizing genius of the great writers. Old and New Masters

The snowdrop and parnassia, if well dried, continue white. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden

The garden was adjoined by a sort of wilderness, with big trees and ground-ivy, and open spaces in which aconites and snowdrops were beginning to show themselves. Father Payne

Above floats Fuji, the base wrapped in mists, the peak eternally white, a giant snowdrop swinging in a dome of perfect blue. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration

Cherry, peach, and apple blossoms Scattering fragrance far and wide; Buttercups and pure white snowdrops Tell of gracious, sweet springtide. Home Geography for Primary Grades

The snowdrop image in the first verse is, charming as is the sound of the lines, nonsense. Old and New Masters

The primrose, aye the children's pet, Pale bride, yet proud of its uprooting, The crocus, snowdrop, violet And sweet-briar with its soft leaves shooting. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden

We find a glory in the flowers When snowdrops peep and hawthorn blooms; We see fresh light in spring-time hours, And bless the radiance that illumes. The Illustrated London Reading Book

I walk round the borders, which are all full of the little glossy spikes of snowdrops pushing up, struggling through the crusted earth. The Silent Isle

Deutzia.—A beautiful conservatory shrub, bearing in spring a large quantity of flowers resembling the snowdrop. Gardening for the Million

Spring poets are suffering from suspended animation; there is a slump in crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils and lambkins. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War

Runs the sap in each root and rhizome, Primrose yellow and snowdrop cold, Windyflowers when the chiffchaff flies home, Lenten lilies with crowns of gold. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919

This is altogether in advance of our season, so far as the flowers give evidence,—though we have plucked snowdrops in February. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861

‘There is a bed of young vegetables in that corner, and here are some snowdrops and primroses already in bloom—and there, too, is a yellow crocus just opening in the sunshine.’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

She didn't speak a word after that; she just faded away like a snowdrop, hour by hour. The Village Watch-Tower

To think how well one or two of the modest snowdrops would have become that delicate bodice, and how they were lying neglected outside the parlour window! Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty

In gardens you may note amid the dearth The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop's tender white and green, The violet in its screen. The Poems of Henry Timrod

In the morning we were in the forest; but there are no violets yet, only a few snowdrops, but a tremendous lot of hellebores quite red. A Young Girl's Diary

Now they were gold, now silver, now grass, now palm trees, now ancient cities, now rubies, now mountain brooks, now peacock's feathers, now clouds, now snowdrops, and now mid-sea islands. The Princess and Curdie

She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop. Adam Bede

Wherefore she was taken faint directly; and being duly presented with the crocuses and snowdrops, divined on further consideration that they were the occasion of the languor which had seized upon her spirits. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty

Oh!" shouted the children, as they ran into the garden, "see the snowdrop! Good Stories for Holidays

I almost believe that a child, pale and peaceful as a snowdrop, was born in the Earth within a fixed season from that stormy afternoon. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women

Th' very little ones are snowdrops an' crocuses an' th' big ones are narcissuses an' jonquils and daffydowndillys. The Secret Garden

Next, faith began to cower; And then the snowdrop vanished from my sight. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2

And what do you mean by pulling up the crocuses and snowdrops, eh sir?' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty

He had been wandering about the garden, after church, looking for snowdrops in the snow. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Indeed, this garden was her joy, and the flowers that grew there were for the most part of her own planting—primroses, snowdrops, violets, and, in the shadow of the trees, long hartstongue ferns. Fair Margaret

The westerly gale roared and moaned, the heavy earth was sodden and beaten into hollows and pools through which broke tiny pale points of snowdrops. The Highwayman

For one whole hour I praised the God of snowdrops. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2

She was looking for the earliest snowdrops which were just beginning to bulge from the green stems, pushing up through the dead leaves under the beech trees. Delia Blanchflower

Barbara had worn the snowdrops in the breast of her gown last night. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

It was Mary, who had been planting snowdrops. The Case of Richard Meynell

About these clumps one may plant bulbs of glowing tulips or dainty snowdrops and lilies-of-the-valley; and these may be followed with pansies and phlox and other simple folk. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)

The proud sire Beheld his pride go drooping in the cold, Like snowdrop on its grave; and sighed deep thanks That he was old. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1

Oh, the freshness of the February day—of the spring breathing everywhere!—of the pairing birds and the springing wheat—and the bright patches of crocuses and snowdrop in the gardens along the line. Delia Blanchflower

You come on him walking in his garden looking for snowdrops in the snow. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

And I wanted very much to find the snowdrops hanging in the gloom. Twilight in Italy

A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep, Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time

The blinds were drawn in all the windows when she and Mark went into the front garden to look for snowdrops in the border by the kitchen area. Mary Olivier: a Life

A sheet of snowdrops lay white in the courtyard, where a child's go-cart upset, held the very middle of the stately approach to the house. Delia Blanchflower

"He liked the snowdrops you brought him," she said. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

Here I stood to look for my snowdrops. Twilight in Italy

She was simply but very effectively dressed, and looked as fresh and pretty and cool and sweet as a snowdrop. Jennie Baxter, Journalist

The crocuses and snowdrops in my garden are beautiful; my green-board-edged beds and green trellis make it absolutely a wooden paradise. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2

How shall the rose, the glowing heart of the summer heats, rejoice against the snowdrop risen with hanging head from the white bosom of the snow? Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.

He nourished his resentment on that memory and on the thought that he had got his chill picking snowdrops for Barbara. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

The fragile snowdrop, offspring of a night--the mute herald of a coming and welcome guest--might be seen peering beneath the gnarled oak, or enlivening the emerald circle beneath the wide-spreading elm. A Love Story

In gardens you may see, amid the dearth, The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop's tender white and green, The violet in its screen. War Poetry of the South

Honora had the breakfast table covered with flowers, primroses, violets, polyanthus, and laurustinus, and some of Sophy's own snowdrops, double and single, which obligingly lingered on purpose to celebrate the day. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2

It is only a daisy! only a primrose! only a pheasant-eye-narcissus! only a lily of the field! only a snowdrop! only a sweet-pea! only a brave yellow crocus! Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.

Every day she brought him a bunch of snowdrops, and every day, as the door closed on her little anxious face, he was sorry for Barbara shut out from his room. Mr. Waddington of Wyck

The snowdrops must be making a peep at Glenfaba by this time, and Aunt Rachel will be cutting slips of the rose trees and putting them in pots. The Christian A Story

A rosebud or two, a woodbine, or a sprig of eglantine look well in the braided hair; and if there be raven locks, a lily or a snowdrop may be interwoven with effect. Wanderings in South America

In fact, I can't look at her without thinking of snow and snowdrops and—and graves. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing

Who, after centuries of glory in heaven, would not rejoice to behold once more that patient-headed child of winter and spring, the meek snowdrop? Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.

They lifted her from out her watery bed— Its covering gone, the lovely little head Hung like a broken snowdrop all aside, And one small hand. The Canadian Elocutionist

I had thought of her as a snowdrop at first, then a windflower, the March anemone, with its touch of crimson, then various white, ivory, and cream-coloured blossoms with a faintly-seen pink blush to them. A Traveller in Little Things

People at whom Mrs. Day and her daughters peeped through curtained windows walked by with snowdrops, with violets, and presently with cowslips in their hands. Mrs. Day's Daughters

Transferring her harvest of snowdrops to one hand, she extended the other towards him. The Vision of Desire

You look very appealing—like a snowdrop; exactly. The Happy End

Or of a Massachusetts poet, who finds the snowdrop and the early primrose blooming along his native streams, with the orchis and the yellow violet, and makes the blackbird conspicuous among New England songsters? The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton

The snowdrops in splendor stand garbed everywhere; In here there is feasting, there is joy, there is mirth, More real than any I have found on this earth! Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans

单词	snowdrop
例句	snowdrop On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like the pallid snowdrops. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "But Mother, Dunstan kissed me," said Daisy Hempstock, and she fixed the crystal snowdrop at the front of her bonnet, where it chimed and glistened. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Tristran closed his fingers about the snowdrop, concealing it from view, and he took a couple of steps backwards. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She held the snowdrop above her head then brought it slowly down, so it brushed Tristran's forehead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Take enough for this," he said, picking a pure white snowdrop from the table. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Using two sticks, I lifted the kitten into a clump of nervy snowdrops. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a snowdrop, made all of glass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a snowdrop made of green glass and white glass, cunningly fashioned: it seemed as if it had been plucked from the meadow grass that very morning, and the dew was still upon it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Buried beneath winter’s white blanket, tiny snowdrops unfold their hardy green leaves. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Above it there was a small buttonhole, and in the buttonhole he placed the snowdrop, the glass flower that his father had given him as a luck token when he had left Wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Let me see the snowdrop again," pleaded the old woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The child angel had been cleared of moss and planted all around with snowdrops and white narcissus that poured out an overpowering scent. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened his shoulders, placed the crystal snowdrop in the top buttonhole of his coat, now undone. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "There, now," she said, and she passed him his snowdrop. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Swallows swooped across a bodice; there were patterns of daisies, dandelions and snowdrops; and the sparkle was matched by glittering shoes that looked like they came from over the rainbow. Special Report: Fashion: Louis Vuitton in Full Fetish 2011-03-09T18:28:22Z Botany is supposed to be the dispassionate and scientific study of plants, but, in the case of the snowdrop, the intense focus has served to bring this amazing bulb closer to our hearts. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z By choosing the parent snowdrops, breeders can greatly increase the chances of getting a desired new characteristic. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z One trait that has attracted some breeders is the creation of a spiky-petaled flower that, to my eye, is unrecognizable as a snowdrop. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Within the limited parameters of the snowdrop flower form itself, it is remarkable how much the inner and outer petals have been pushed and pulled and painted in so many ways. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Such precise evaluation has turned snowdrop fanciers into botanists. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z In wild snowdrops, the outer petals are snow white; the inners are white, too, but with an inverted green “V” over the notch at the edge of the inner segment. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The superiority of a triple-tagged specimen is evident now in a sea of potted snowdrops. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It was this face of the snowdrop — as the spreading, naturalized colony — that I thought I preferred over the snowdrop as a pricey, pedigreed individual presented immaculately in its own pot, if you don’t mind. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z I prefer spending $100 on expanding a drift of snowdrops rather than on one or two novel cultivars with yellow markings. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z There was one snowdrop rider left hurt, who couldn’t get home. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z "Snowdrops and lilies were emblems of feminine purity," Dyhouse tells us; factory girls in the late 19th century were encouraged to wear snowdrop badges, symbolising "the white flower of a blameless life". Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse – review 2013-03-15T18:59:01Z To see, say, frost-shriveled red rose hips near a clump of giant snowdrops in December bloom is wonderful, but the sight also seems to signify winter’s altered state. Perspective \| Climate change has altered the winter season and the gardener’s sense of it 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z We are in the early stages of seeing snowdrops suffused with shades of orange and apricot. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The exquisite beauty and variety of show-quality daffodils is evident to the casual observer, but the traits that distinguish one snowdrop from another are harder to understand. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Anne Wright breeds miniature daffodils in northern England and turned her attention to snowdrops in 2006. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, I found a priceless winter vignette: a colony of giant snowdrops at the flared base of an old, white-speckled sycamore tree. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “Still, there will be snowdrops peeking up within weeks, and then the first crocuses. It won’t be long. The year begins again.” ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z A voice comes to a snowdrop and says, you have to leave, a storm is coming. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z SW: Black lambs are the new grey squirrels, snowdrops the new daffodils. The Great British Bake Off review – the great British nod off 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z In the garden, the most frequently seen snowdrops are the broad-leafed giant snowdrops of midwinter, whose floppy outer segments remind me of lop-eared rabbits, and the more slender common snowdrops of late winter. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But the experience of that peculiar solitude, so filled with company, always feels as fresh as the sight of those brave snowdrops reaching for the sun. A Bumper Crop of Gardening Books 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z My first snowdrop appeared Jan. 14 and was later joined by a few others. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The contestants, as homey as your Aunt Jo or Cousin Ned, sweat over their mixers in a tent plopped down on an English estate, where bleating lambs frolic in a field full of snowdrops. Thanksgiving TV: Plan Your Other Binge 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The flowering snowdrops are in 2½ -inch square pots. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The snowdrop is one of the first plants to kick off the growing season, appearing in this part of the world in early March. What this mild autumn means for your plants 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z In Andrew Sheridan's dense, difficult and brave debut play the shoots can barely be glimpsed, but you know that the green is there, somewhere secret and unfurled like a shy snowdrop. Winterlong ? review 2011-02-07T18:26:39Z But from winter into spring, the snowdrop is almost alone in its plucky defiance of the cold. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z And I pause on 1 February to mark Imbolc, the Gaelic festival that marks the start of spring, when the ewes are pregnant and the first snowdrops are appearing. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “I get homesick for snowdrops,” Christopher Gibbs said. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z But his real passion is in growing snowdrops from seeds. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The daffodils are in bud, and the snowdrops are long in bloom. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z That may be taking the snowdrop obsession a bit far. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The yellow ones are among the most coveted by fanciers, and it was such a variety — Carolyn Elwes — that was stolen from a renowned snowdrop garden in England years ago. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The voice answers that the snowdrop’s “Liverei” — its uniform — is white, with a green trim. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The coloration tends to be muddy and weak, and this direction may cause snowdrop purists to throw up their arms. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The obvious companion to winter aconites is the snowdrop. Perspective \| As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Because they are seedlings, the snowdrops are full of quirky individual variation in petal size and display, as well as the markings of their inner petals. Perspective \| An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Contestants in street clothes wield homey back stories while sweating over their mixers in a tent plopped down at Welford Park in Berkshire, where bleating lambs frolic among the snowdrops. Bake-Off in a Tent 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z In Bowles’s day, snowdrops had been in England long enough for colonies to naturalize in undisturbed sites. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z You will find seemingly delicate plants in bold bloom, including snowdrops, cyclamen and winter aconites, but the vitality flows more from the sense of a whole landscape still radiating life. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Wafting through the moist air was the accumulated scent — sweet but not cloying — of dozens of snowdrop blossoms emerging from black plastic pots set on his waist-high growing benches. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Back in the snowdrop greenhouse, he shows me newly emerged seedlings, growing like grass in a six-inch pot. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Those misplaced apostrophes tore at my heart like orphan children, blessed like the first timid snowdrops of February, sparkled like a dusting of precious stones. Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley - review 2012-07-18T07:00:02Z Long oversees March Bank, the deciduous woodland at Winterthur famous for its succession of established colonies of winter aconite, snowdrops, Italian windflowers and other beauties that bridge the shift from winter to spring. Perspective \| As summer’s heat wanes, it’s time to plan (and plant) for late-winter beauty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z You may read that snowdrops should be planted, or moved, only “in the green,” that is, after flowering but while still in leaf and root. Spring will be here soon. Enjoy the last days of winter stillness in the garden. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Strand and Long lead me to the bank on the other side of the stream and to a large wooded pocket where a snowdrop relative named the spring snowflake is beginning to appear. Perspective \| An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z And yes, snowdrops like to grow and spread in the shade, timing things so they appear at the shade garden’s brightest time, when the leaves are off the trees. Perspective \| Why the shade garden is so underrated — and how to create your own 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z You will find a few things actually in flower: the Christmas rose, the stinking hellebore, a few varieties of witch hazel and giant snowdrops. If you’re a restless gardener, there is plenty to do in February 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It is possible to have snowdrops in the garden for five months or more if you planted a species named Galanthus reginae-olgae, a fall bloomer. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z He points out Big Bertha, one of the largest of all snowdrops with broad, gray-green leaves, apple-green inner petals and a green blotch at the tip of the outer petals. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Purchase paperwhites, crocus, hyacinths, and snowdrops in bud or early stages of bloom. Winter White 2013-12-26T06:20:07.280Z Ronald Mackenzie is a rare yellow snowdrop — the ovary and inner petals are a greenish yellow. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Victorian Games And Snowdrop Walks, Ormskirk, Mon to 23 Feb Half-term games in the grand Tudor Great Hall and, like many other rural spots, the ever-popular daily snowdrop walks. This week's new events 2011-02-12T00:05:47Z For most gardeners, spring is when things at last start to grow again and snowdrops bloom and buds swell. From the horticultural greats, garden guidance for all of us 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Some might say that the snowdrop is meant to be white, not green or orange, and that its natural beauty is good enough for any garden. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Lonsdale, who moved from England in the mid-1990s, is a microbiologist turned nursery grower of high-class snowdrops and other specialty garden plants, namely cyclamen, trillium and herbaceous peonies. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In theory, the warmer, shorter winter opens up new possibilities for the garden, allowing landscapes to become alive with such things as the misnamed autumn-flowering cherry tree, witch hazels, camellias, Japanese flowering apricot and snowdrops. Perspective \| How hotter summers and warmer winters are changing the garden 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z From its strap-like leaves — it’s related to the amaryllis — the snowdrop sends up a stem from which its blooms hang like lanterns or teardrop earrings. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z But you shouldn’t judge a snowdrop just by its bloom, he says. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z XX, "To Phaon", is interesting in its imagery, particularly that of the snowdrop entwined with the thistle. Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z Yet clutter, like snowdrops and England itself, is behind him now. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z Nichols’s delight in his cyclamen was nothing against the pride he felt for the December-to-March flowers he cultivated, proving there is more to cold-weather blooms than snowdrops, winter jasmine and Christmas roses. \| Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z Spring is here, but I can’t let the old season go without giving thanks to the snowdrop, a bulb both demure in appearance and mighty in its capacity to cheer. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z On another bench, he shows me a variety named Diggory, famous in snowdrop circles for its distinctive outer petals, cupped and puckered like seersucker. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Certain plants bridge the gulf between winter and spring; I’m thinking of witch hazels and snowdrops, both of which appeared well before the last snowstorm but are still putting on a good show. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The snowdrops were unaffected, but I barely made it home in one piece. Perspective \| An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Then the snowdrops pop, starting with the giant snowdrop and moving to the daintier common snowdrop. Perspective \| An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The plant is a little taller than the snowdrop, the blooms bigger and more spherical. Perspective \| An unsettlingly warm winter unlocks flowering treasures 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Under her Dryad Gold series, she has developed yellow-marked snowdrops that are more upright, sturdier and keener to multiply than seedling varieties. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The frustrating thing is that some of the forced bulbs won’t bloom until April — “and by then I’ve got daffodils outside, and snowdrops,” she said. The art of forcing bulbs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Many of us look forward to the first tiny signs of spring — snowdrops and daffodils popping up to say hello, tiny buds appearing on dormant deciduous trees. Where to find the best wildflower blooms across Washington \| Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Birdsong, snowdrops, blossom and midge bites - these are not things you associate with November in the north of England. Climate change: Dimming Earth, mustard shortages and other odd side-effects 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Woodland natives, snowdrops prefer light shade and well-drained soil that doesn’t completely dry out in summer. These perennial bulbs stand out in a garden ensemble and on their own 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z We sow a first flat of seeds; we gently rake debris from a bed to make way for a winter aconite or snowdrop to poke through and cheer us. Why gardening offers a ‘psychological lifeline’ in times of crisis 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z At the foot of her grave, snowdrops poked up through the soil, their white blooms stooped like heads hung in mourning. A City of the Dead That Inspires the Living 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Outside in early spring, it’s time for snowdrops, crocuses and aconites, which peep out through the frost. Want to make your home cozy? Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage has lots of ideas 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z His company ProViotics uses a strain of bacteria extracted from snowdrops in its health supplements which are sold around the world. Bulgarian election: Kiril Petkov, Assen Vassilev, a battle-bus and a brand new party 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z In mild winters, now no longer uncommon, aconites, snowdrops and early daffodils can appear two to four weeks earlier than in previous years. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden Start spring with snowdrops, one of the early bloomers already emerging on the 250-acre grounds of the New York Botanical Garden. Greet Spring With a Visit to a Public Garden 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z On social media, Nicola Sturgeon was among many who shared an image of snowdrops to remember those who died in the Perthshire town. 'Private remembrance' for Dunblane 25th anniversary 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z A fresh white linen cloth will be spread across a table - a lighted candle, snowdrops perhaps and a photograph on top. No wake, no funeral, just prayers in a cemetery 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z When clumps of snowdrop flowers appear prematurely next to my driveway, their comely blossoms a harbinger of spring, I think of all the other mismatches unfolding in nature. Opinion \| Let It Snow 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z One approach is to increase existing drifts of such plants as daffodils, crocuses and snowdrops each fall. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden Visit this particular garden weekly to see successive spring flowers bloom, starting with six species of snowdrops and, later, a particularly attractive saucer magnolia. Greet Spring With a Visit to a Public Garden 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z A snowdrop discovered on Facebook, a miracle berry that tricks your tastebuds and a rubbery shrub that oozes its own superglue are among new plant species that were discovered in 2019. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Vendors not only sell tulip bulbs but also narcissus, snowdrops, carnations, violets, peonies and orchids. Blooming fakes: Amsterdam tourists hit by tulip scam 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The most popular bulbs for fall planting include daffodils, crocus, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulips, scilla, fritillaria, allium, irises and gladiolus. When to plant bulbs in the fall? Science, nature offer clues 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z In the 1800s, larger farms sprang up as transport links improved and daily trains carried violets from Dawlish, snowdrops from Lincolnshire and narcissi from Cornwall. Celebrating the flower growers of Britain 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Amid this sober coloration splashes of yellow and pink abound, and vivid blues and emerald greens, all tempered by the many snowdrop gaps of unpainted canvas, like floral accents in an English garden. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Imaginary Portraits 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The new snowdrop species was discovered in north-west Turkey when a paediatrician uploaded her holiday photos to Facebook, where they were spotted by a Ukrainian snowdrop specialist. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In gardens, crocus and snowdrop show clean and bright in their brief but long-awaited display. In flower, bud and ‘rib-it,’ signs of spring appear 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z SAT-SUN Celebrate the beginning of spring with thousands of snowdrops, crocus, heather, hellebore, and other early spring flowers in the garden, plants for sale; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And yes, some plants bloom in frigid weather: In my yard, witch-hazel trees’ branches sprout blossoms and snowdrops push their flowers as early as January. How to Plan a Garden That’s Beautiful Come Winter 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Galantamine, derived from snowdrops and now used to treat Alzheimer's disease, was first investigated by the Soviet Union, - but folk law tells of Bulgarians rubbing the flowers on their forehead to cure headaches. Five old remedies that are still healing us today - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The pair returned to the site and collected a sample, which was confirmed as a new species by Kew’s snowdrop expert Aaron Davis. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z “We call them snowdrops,” said activist Lena Remnyova, who was giving out flyers inviting people to a drive to clean up the used needles. While Russia grapples with HIV epidemic, Moscow’s addicts share their filthy needles 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z This March, I discovered a new harbinger of spring: not snowdrops, or budding trees, but sneakers. Spring and Sneakers on the High Line 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Ahead of him, a man with a white bucket treads gingerly among the snowdrops which carpet the floor of this forest just waking from its winter hibernation. The beast of the Danube 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z On one edge, yellow witch hazel hangs over purple crocuses and crisp white snowdrops. Washington’s flowers are blooming, if you know where to look 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The snowdrop has already been assessed as critically endangered. Superglue plant and ‘miracle berry’ among 2019’s new finds 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z “I saw some snowdrops in my garden yesterday for the first time,” said Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post’s garden columnist. Beneath all that snow is spring, if you know where to look for it 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Now the snowdrops are kept locked away and on limited display. The high-stakes world of rare-plant theft 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Four or five different medicines are assembled on a tray on the table, beside some wilting snowdrops. Meeting a Romanian Communist jailer 2014-02-11T13:25:27Z The cool spring also provided a long flowering season for snowdrops, primrose and bluebells. Wildlife 'thrived' after hot summer 2013-12-27T03:29:43Z Don't be fooled by snowdrops – signs of recovery' mask a more complicated picture of the Scottish housing market. Don't be fooled by the green shoots of recovery in Scotland's housing market 2013-01-03T08:35:01Z There's a memorial standing stone in the Cathedral and money raised after the tragedy went to build a sports and community centre where commemorative snowdrops are etched into the windows. Dunblane's lessons for Connecticut 2012-12-15T10:25:14Z This is not a place of courts and alleys, but a considerable area, literally divided into small gardens, where just now the crocus and the snowdrop are telling hopefully of the springtime. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z To help the growth of a thought that struggles toward the light, to brush with gentle hand the earth stain from the white of one snowdrop—such be my ambition. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z At first the snowdrop's bells are seen, Then close against the sheltering wall The tulip's horn of dusky green, The peony's dark unfolding ball. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z "Well, if you wish to know," he confessed, shamefacedly, "I was looking at those snowdrops." Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z A snowdrop bulb recently sold for £725, and researchers unearthed a forest in northern China preserved under a layer of ash deposited 300 million years ago. Quiz of the week's news 2012-02-24T01:19:19Z How pure and frail and white The snowdrops shine! Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z All the ground was white with snowdrops, like drops of manna scattered over the red earth, on the grey-green clusters of leaves. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z His was a real but not a retiring purity; a white column rather than a snowdrop. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z It was a trifle, to which nine men out of ten would not have given a thought, for it was no more than a clump of snowdrops in the wood on his right. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Azaleas by the scarlet quince flame up Against the lustrous grape-vines trellised high To pigeon-cote and old brick wall where hide First snowdrops and the bravest violets. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Both prophecy and prophesy, snowdrops and snow-drop, traveller and traveler, were used in this text. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Other flower companies are glad; stately barbaric hordes of bluebells, merry-headed cowslip groups, even light, tossing wood-anemones; but snowdrops are sad and mysterious. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "Samson and Delilah!" she laughingly exclaimed, putting her snowdrop hands through the ruddy curly beard of her husband. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z "Farmers don't look at snowdrops, Mr. Ovington," with a gleam of fun in her eyes. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z But it was a very pretty spot, a real wood, where up through the undisturbed dead leaves of autumn came snowdrops and violets and primroses in the spring. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z February went by with her showers and her celandines, her snowdrops and thrushes that sing on bare branches. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z She exclaimed with surprise, and I found that I was walking, in the first shades of twilight, over clumps of snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In the garden plots crocuses and snowdrops and golden daffodils nod to one another across the ground, primroses and violets scent the air, and hyacinths ring their merry chimes. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z She stared at the snowdrops and then at him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Already in Kensington Gardens the silly birds had begun to sing, and the snowdrops and the little regiments of crocuses had come up in double file to listen. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z A second species called the snowdrop tree skirts the swamps along the South Atlantic and Gulf coast and follows the Mississippi bayous to southern Arkansas. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z She ran for the handful of snowdrops that lay among the roots of the trees. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Then the snowdrops peeped out, and soon the whole garden woke up, and the spring came. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Flower-beds edged with box adorned the well-kept lawn, already gay with variegated crocuses and snowdrops. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z Last year at this time the sun was warm, the air was balmy, the crocuses, primroses, snowdrops, and even the tulips were in bloom, and the brown earth was soft and dry. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z "If you keep on going to the right, when you see the snowdrops' mother, there you will find your landmark." The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z The snowdrops are full out among the grass in the front garden—and such a lot. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And what do you mean by pulling up the crocuses and snowdrops, eh, sir?” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z And the bonnie bell-like snowdrops nodded their heads to the passing breeze and murmured “Spring is coming.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Others, the crocus and tulip, were better; but best of all were the snowdrops, which were sweet and nutty, and of these Stubbs ate all he could find. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z There are the baby snowdrops asleep in their earthy cots. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Look at all the snowdrops"—they hung in dim, strange flecks among the dusky leaves—"look at them—closed up, retreating, powerless. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z One great law controls their being,— To their utmost bids them rise; From the snowdrop, her bell freeing, To the bow that leaps the skies; For the universal order of the world in freedom lies. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z And it is sad to think of the buried snowdrops, of the crocuses, yellow and blue, and the sweet-scented primroses. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z In the neighbourhood of Spalding crocuses and snowdrops are less extensively grown than used to be the case. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z She sat down upon a piece of rock to rest, and noticed the sunbeam pointing straight at a little woe-begone snowdrop sticking up out of the snow before her. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z And isn't she a toff, in her fine hat and furs and snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Ninety times the snowdrop had hung her white flower under the sheltering wall. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Lilacs, musky of the May, And bluer violets and snowdrops lay Entombed in crystal, icy dim and fair, Like teardrops scattered in her heavenly hair. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z Footnote 22: The snowdrop is, in Denmark, called "sommergi�k"--a summer "geek," or fool. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z She dropped her eyes; her face had become as white as a snowdrop. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z "We have been gathering snowdrops," said Lettie, fingering the flowers in her bosom. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Now they were gold, now silver, now grass, now palm-trees, now ancient cities, now rubies, now mountain brooks, now peacock's feathers, now clouds, now snowdrops, and now mid-sea islands. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z It blooms steadily on until it can say "Good-day" to spring's first blossom—the little snowdrop; and so, through all the year, there are flowers blooming in our dear Northern land, Denmark. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z In two narrow spaces at each side of the head, are introduced the crocus and celandine, and the snowdrop and violet, treated with a rare union of natural beauty and sculpturesque method and subordination. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z She stopped at the end of the walk to clear away a corner of the bed, where a little colony of snowdrops lay crushed by a tiny avalanche that had fallen upon their meek heads. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Get out!" replied his opponent, "I've got some snowdrops—don't they suit me, an innocent little soul like me? The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z April came, and the snowdrops and crocuses were up in the garden beds. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z So we sent a large wreath of bay, introducing, in the place of the conventional berries, single snowdrop flowers. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z When Miriam returned in the afternoon, she had scarcely sat an hour to Cornelius before she said to me— "Daisy, I never thanked you for your beautiful snowdrops; you must forgive me the omission." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z The snowdrops were out; he had put some on the grave. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z No—it's the snowdrops, and the man, and the children—and everything. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Their companion was bending among the grass and brambles picking snowdrops. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z When the first birds sing We can hear them, dear, And in early spring There are snowdrops here. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z Cornelius gathered the freshest and fairest for his mistress; but some snowdrops which she admired especially, he did not gather. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z One of these stories Narcissa liked so much that she wrote it down, and after Violet was dead,—for, like the snowdrops and wild roses, our Violet died at last,—she read it to me. Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z Surely I must have dreamed of that brick city, and of those large white houses set in such roomy gardens, even then beautiful with snowdrops and many colored crocus flowers. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Clumps of snowdrops were growing among the grass in the orchard under old apple trees, some of whose branches held boughs of mistletoe. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z To the sick must I take the flowers of kindness that are now as snowdrops blossoming under the mantle of the winter of grief. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z One of them was burnt to death in reaching to get from the chimney-piece the snowdrops represented in her hand; the other died of consumption caused by too much rowing. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Page 19, line 6.—An allusion to the painting by Seghers, which represents the Virgin Mary with lilies, dahlias, and even snowdrops. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Mrs. Rodney, however, has been foraging on her own account during this brief interlude, and now brings triumphantly to light a little basin filled with early snowdrops. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Towards me he was cool enough at our last meeting; a temperature in which at most the snowdrops of friendship flourish. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Take to them that are sick the flowers of thy kindness, that shall be as the snowdrops blossoming under the mantle of the winter of thy grief. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z How well I remember many happy birthdays at Stoke, when before breakfast I had a wreath of snowdrops, and at dinner a little pudding with my name in plums.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z While walking in Thornly I plucked a snowdrop, far through the hedge, and carried it to James Mercer's and hung it up in his kitchen. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z "I am very ignorant I know," says Mrs. Geoffrey, with her sunny smile, "but I think I should prefer a snowdrop to a thistle." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Some snowdrops are thrown carelessly among the folds of the tulle that covers and softens her silk gown; a tiny spray of the same flower lies nestling in her hair. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z A gleam of hope came: it was in the month of March, the garden was already strewn with snowdrops, primroses, and crocuses. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Two wooden bridges in succession led to the principal island, which was covered with fine old willow-trees, beneath which perfect masses of snowdrops came up in spring. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The last feathery flakes of snow, fallen in the night, had not yet melted away, when the first snowdrop, which had sprung up in the dark, glinted at the dawning sun. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Close beneath her lay stretched a large and well-kept garden, old-fashioned paths bordered with box, and flower-beds of various geometrical shapes, in which crocus and snowdrop, wallflower, and polyanthus spread themselves in picturesque confusion. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z "What is it?" asks Lilian, white as the snowdrops in her trembling hand. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z In the garden we begin with little rings of white snowdrops; then the crocuses come up in lines, yellow and purple; and the daffodils; and then, on those beds behind, the hyacinths. The Hillman And to the actual snowdrops and winter aconites that pierce the cold ground, spring is a new and glorious experience. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History The name was that of the Countess Anya Yarnova, a frail flower of early spring, as spotless as the little snowdrop. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Before even the snowdrops at our feet and the maples overhead have thought of blossoming, a soft breath may blow across our path filled with this wondrous fragrance. The Jonathan Papers In Denmark our well known snowdrop, one of the earliest messengers of spring, has been since olden days held sacred to St. Valentine. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Among the most elegant rice straw bonnets are those lined with white tulle and ornamented with tufts of violets and snowdrops, the exterior decorated with a wreath of the same flowers. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 "We shall be having the snowdrops before we know where we are," Mrs. Gainsborough said. Sinister Street, vol. 2 As I stooped down to pick the little snowdrop, I saw the words inscribed on the white marble slab, and then sorrow's heavy hand was laid upon my heart. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The snowdrop has been called the Fair Maid of February, because it was supposed to flower on Candlemas Day, 2nd February, which would be 15th February according to the modern calendar. Springtime and Other Essays "Little maiden fair and neat, Here on stalk so light, Fine as silk by fairies spun, Hangs a snowdrop white; From a friend I come— Tell me now—from whom?" Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions He would have broken it, and I should have died, and you would have put up a touching, and elaborate tablet to my memory, and somebody would have planted snowdrops on my grave. Faith and Unfaith The two friends had planned to finish their garden and to plant the delightful collection of snowdrops, crocuses, and tulips which Mrs. Lindsay had sent them. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Harebells nodding upon their delicate stems, primroses, snowdrops, and small blue pansies are also common. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia For all the sunlight of St. Valentine, the snowdrops looked like very foolish virgins as they shivered in the wind about the blackened grass, good sport for idle sparrows. Carnival The flowers are like the snowdrop in shape, hence the name, and there are two distinct sections, American and Asiatic. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The very snowdrops—pale blossoms, born of bitter winds and sunless skies—have perished out of sight. Faith and Unfaith We meant to put the snowdrops in the middle, you know. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story As it will soon, in snowdrop, violet, Windflower and columbine and maiden's tear; Each letter of that pretty alphabet That spells in flowers the pageant of the year. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 One Sunday afternoon in the middle of February—St. Valentine's Eve, to be precise—when the snowdrops drift in myriads across the London parks, Jenny went to pay her farewell visit. Carnival The snowdrops—fair maids of February—faded in the school garden, and their pale, ethereal, green-tipped blossoms were replaced by golden daffodils that seemed to reflect the stronger sunshine. The Head Girl at the Gables Wild hyacinths and little white snowdrops jingled merry bells. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series We wept and were in great fear, but Zeus granted to Persephone to return to earth with the first snowdrop, and remain with her mother, Demeter, till the last rose had faded. Tales of Troy and Greece The snowdrops are in bloom already, and the pansies show their buds among the leaves.” Jan Vedder's Wife His eyes are fixed upon the balcony above, where Portia still stands, pale as an early snowdrop and thoroughly unnerved. Portia or By Passions Rocked In your floral department I do not presume to give any hint; the greater will be your responsibility if either violets are drooping or snowdrops and crocuses not in sufficient abundance. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind The snowdrop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet, And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent, From the turf, like the voice and the instrument. Language of Flowers "We are friends?" he says, being attracted to the child for her own grace alone, as well as for the charm of her relationship to the pale snowdrop of a girl beside her. Rossmoyne Then the thought came into her mind that the snowdrops might be out in the church-yard at Castle Magee, so she turned that way. The Weans at Rowallan Bulbs.—Bulbs, such as tulips, iris, daffodils, crocuses, scillas, and snowdrops, can be grown in pots or deep earthenware saucers that have been filled with cocoanut fibre. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The news of the wedding had slipt abroad before the little party came out of the church, and many old and humble friends were there, seeing her look 'like a snowdrop' as they say. Home Life of Great Authors The summer rains And autumn winds The snowdrop find yet standing; A petal gone, And all alone, Her tender roots expanding. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Monica, pallid as an early snowdrop, looks up to see her Aunt Priscilla coming towards her, accompanied by a young man, a very tall and very stout young man, with a rather drilled air. Rossmoyne With a big bunch of snowdrops Jane felt she could go straight home. The Weans at Rowallan Bulbs, such as winter aconite, squills, snowdrops, a few daffodils, tulips and irises, will grow well in boxes. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes And now you will see why the cup-shaped flowers so often droop their heads,—think of the snowdrop, the lily-of-the-valley, and a host of others. Eighth Reader The borders presented only black mould yet, except where, in sheltered nooks, the first shoots of snowdrop or crocus peeped, green as emerald, from the earth. Shirley At last the snowdrops came up and looked shiveringly about; and a primrose leaf peeped through the ground, and died of cold. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children She jumped up to go home—she could come back when more snowdrops were out—but she caught sight of a long black line, slowly climbing up to the church by the road from town. The Weans at Rowallan You must have tulips and snowdrops; O yes, and crocuses. The House in Town Dear Mr. Jardine,—I am glad that you liked the box of snowdrops and that they reached you safely, packed in their moss. Tante Without his being aware of it, the rose had dwindled and faded to a mere snowdrop; bloom had vanished, flesh wasted; she sat before him drooping, colourless, and thin. Shirley The snowdrops died, and the primrose faded, the cowslips and blue-bells vanished, the thorn grew white with blossom, the wild honeysuckle filled the wood with its fragrance, and soon the fruit began to ripen. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children There were only a few snowdrops out, and for once the sexton was not to be seen, but a heap of earth at the far corner of the churchyard showed a newly-dug grave. The Weans at Rowallan All in their nightgowns, snowdrops stand, White little waifs in a lonely land. Pinafore Palace Gifted, in sooth, beyond them, but no less A snowdrop. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 It has covered the bulbs of the snowdrops, those white flowers that you so greatly admire, friend Blackbird. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps Down in the neglected flower-beds the crocuses and snowdrops were nodding and whispering to each other. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. By the time the snowdrops were out, however, he was dead. The Rainbow The old mossy thatch, and the meadows so green, Are covered all over with white; The snowdrop and crocus no more can be seen, The thick snow has covered them quite. Pinafore Palace The pale snowdrop is springing To —— the glowing sun. —— to the Chief who in triumph advances. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions "My poor, pale little child!" he said—"you are nothing but a snowdrop this morning!" Say and Seal, Volume II It was too early for tennis while snowdrops and crocuses were peeping out of the garden borders. Not Like Other Girls The months went by, and it was Christmas—the snowdrops came. The Rainbow Her dress, a soft, sad grey, with no decoration but a knot of snowdrops in her bosom. Moods To Ian Stewart the old panelled house with the walled garden behind, where snowdrops and crocuses pushed up under budding orchard boughs, was a paradise beyond any he had imagined. The Invader A Novel Not so jocund and blooming certainly; she was more like a snowdrop than a crocus. Say and Seal, Volume II Then the snowdrops and crocuses were out, and the sky grew black, and she sat on the nursery floor and looked up at it in solemn wonder. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius There was a little hollow in the wood near Cossethay, where snowdrops grew wild. The Rainbow Lord, make my spirit pure and clear, As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, That in my bosom lies.' Moods Under the dial, when I was last in the carefully tended little churchyard, the level turf was studded with snowdrops. Highways and Byways in Surrey In her face there was no rose at all; it was pure and pale as a snowdrop; and her look, Isoult thought, was like the look of an angel. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution It was early spring, and the snowdrops and crocuses were out. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius There was a place where she went trespassing to find the snowdrops that grew wild. The Rainbow "The frail snowdrop Born of the breath of Winter." The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland Here is the snowdrop, so white and brave. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades A universally-grown plant, even earlier than the crocus, is the well-known snowdrop. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Rooks do not roost on spoons, nor woodcocks snort, Nor dog on snowdrop or on coltsfoot rolls, Nor common frog concocts long protocols. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. The golden chips of wood shone yellow like sunlight, the snowdrops in the twilight were like the first stars of night. The Rainbow Many years afterwards the monks were fond of planting the snowdrop in their beautiful gardens. The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland Here is a little snowdrop out of the solitary wood; here is an evergreen from the flower-pot at the tavern; and here is a simple blade of grass. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen In sheltered places the snowdrops and the crocuses gave the garden the blitheness of an Italian picture; and you felt that on that multi-coloured floor might fitly trip the delicate angels of Messer Perugino. The Explorer It was in the beginning of spring; the crocus and the snowdrop were blooming around. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Grey grass and lichens and a little church, and snowdrops among coarse grass, and a cupful of incredibly warm sunshine. The Rainbow Does rocking daffodil consent that she, The snowdrop of wet winters, shall be first? Modern British Poetry The bunches of blue hyacinths and the little white snowdrops jingled their bell-like flowers, as if they were real bells. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Helen looked the snowdrop to perfection, for if the pansies needed Ruth’s gypsy coloring for a foil, the snowdrops needed Helen’s pale blonde daintiness for theirs. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life She lay, half effaced among her down pillows, as weak and helpless-looking as a snowdrop whose stem is broken. Vixen, Volume III. But with curious equanimity the returning woman watched the snowdrops on the edge of the grass below, blown white in the wind, but not to be blown away. The Rainbow And I should like to see the snowdrops you found in November!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster And gathering up Stéphanie like a bunch of snowdrops, the yellow, galvanized iron old lady swept out of the room. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol You must be my fair and lovely lily; then shall come my violet and daffodil; then my narcissus and lilac; then my pansy and modest little snowdrop. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life She ran over to the window and stood with her back to the door, staring, or pretending to stare, down at the pretty garden beds, gay with crocuses and snowdrops. Hoodie Philippa wrote that the garden was gay with spring crocuses and snowdrops; then that Ridgeville had never been such a bower of roses as it was that June. Flip's "Islands of Providence" In season there are daffodils, and snowdrops, and narcissi, and dahlias, and chrysanthemums. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Then spring came shyly creeping over the land, with snowdrops nestling in her breast, primroses and violets budding in the grassy banks beneath her feet. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls “How would a lily, a violet, a 262 pansy, a daffodil, a narcissus, and a snowdrop do?” Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life After letting out the tortoise-shell butterfly from the window looking into the garden, she moved across to the post of observation on the street, and arranged snowdrops in a little glass vase. Miss Mapp They went out early, before the sun was up, when the valley was an apricot mist and the mountains were as white as snowdrops in the spring. The Dark Tower She was still as white as a snowdrop, but he thought her expression far calmer and less agitated. The Silver Butterfly I was out in the garden this morrow, picking of snowdrops to lay round Blanche’s coffin. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise: Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes: Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold. Graded Memory Selections Diva had not missed seeing the snowdrops in the Major’s button-hole, and stood stupefied for a moment at this news. Miss Mapp However, the strings were wonderful, like giant snowdrops shackled together to do honour to the spirit of Christmas. The Adventures of Bobby Orde On the table near me stood a bunch of snowdrops that Miriam had culled for her beloved Captain Bradford. A Confederate Girl's Diary A little child with a face like a snowdrop came and looked up at her, touching her hand. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not The snowdrops were quite up, and the yellow and purple tips of the crocuses bursting through the ground in all directions. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 In the fall this manure has become fine in texture and makes a splendid winter's mulch for snowdrops, crocus, etc. Making a Garden of Perennials The snowdrops—January flowers in Wales or Cornwall, fair maids of February in most counties—were late bloomers at Pendlemere, and were never in their prime till St. Patrick's Day. A harum-scarum schoolgirl In the Rectory gardens now the crocuses and snowdrops were putting out their first dark-green leaves, and showing their tender petals to the faint winter sunshine. A Young Mutineer Stick a few sprays of asparagus and maidenhair fern in it and a number of white and yellow spring flowers—the crocus, jonquil, daffodil, daisy and snowdrop. Games For All Occasions Those were the every-day tablecloths, fine and good; but in the drawer above, she knew, was the best damask, snowdrops and other patterns more wonderful, with birds and butterflies. Country Neighbors Her filmy white dress, exquisitely cloud-like and dainty, was as simple and girlish as the one she had worn the night before; but this time Jack did not compare her to a snowdrop. Mary Ware's Promised Land After a long and severe winter, the appearance of the golden crocus and the modest snowdrop, peeping from the earth, convey to the mind a glow of unspeakable pleasure. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Perhaps if she had seen tufts of snowdrops—it was February—and yew-hedges and cottage windows, she would have broken down. The Lost Girl O little elves, her tiny body Like a white flake of snow it is, Drooping upon the pale green hood Of the chill snowdrop. Songs of Childhood Why sinks thy broad head heavily down upon thy tiny hands, while thy pallid temples bend under the weight of thine infant thoughts, like snowdrops burdened with the dew of night? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I trample on the snowdrops, it gives me pleasure to tread down the jonquils, to destroy the chill Lent lilies; for I am sick of them, their faint-bloodedness, slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. Look! We Have Come Through! "The snowdrop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet; And their breath was mixed with fresh odour sent From the turf, like the voice and the instrument." The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling I aye mind the time when I gathered the snowdrops and daisies, and the one rose, on my mother’s birthday. Janet's Love and Service When the conditions are congenial, love appears, just as the crocus and the snowdrop appear in the congenial air of the spring. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year In spring the fields had been white with snowdrops. The Love Affairs of Pixie Yes, we had some primrose, violets, snowdrops, daisies, and other roots and small plants, which took up little space, to remind us of old England. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler The sort of afternoon when late March holds all the promise of May, when early daffodils shine splendidly in sheltered corners, and late snowdrops in a country garden look quite large and solemn. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise; Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes; Sweet little violets hid from the cold, Put on your mantles of purple and gold; Daffodils, daffodils! say, do you hear? The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children This was true; for he had just been thinking that if his aunt was like a flower at all, she was more like a lily or a snowdrop, or a very white violet. Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place After the snowdrops came on the wild daffodils and bluebells and primroses. The Love Affairs of Pixie I resisted all temptation to deck myself with snowdrops and fir twigs; their subdued tones do not match my aura. From a Terrace in Prague Her little oval face was white as a snowdrop. A Book of Myths It was the first time that the girl had been out of her room for over two weeks, and she looked frail as a snowdrop, and nearly as white. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Here lamps are white like snowdrops in the grass; The town is like a churchyard, all so still And grey now night is here; nor will Another torn red sunset come to pass. Amores Poems “And now my snowdrops gaily ring A merry peal to herald May— And all rejoice at coming Spring, While I must hasten far away!” Chatterbox Stories of Natural History Old winter waits for the snowdrop Before he turns to depart, And I have stayed for the coming Of this last joy of my heart. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks I have never thanked you for the snowdrops. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston The sea in the north and north-west swarmed with bergs, like great snowdrops on the green undulating fields of the deep. The Frozen Pirate The lily nods in the wind, the columbine hangs its bell, there the snowdrop first appears and the hip-rose shows her richest blossoms. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure They had resolved to get possession before the snowdrops, with which the beautiful avenue was carpeted, should be over; and they did—but the snowdrops were buried in snow. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author And how pleasing are the words of the poet Burns: "The snowdrop and primrose the woodlands adorn And the violets they bathe in the weet of the morn." Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. When the earth is wrapped in snow, and the skies are grey and cold, and no leaf hangs on the tree, the snowdrop puts forth its fair, pure blossom to cheer and comfort us. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles And see how the sunshine sparkles, making each snowdrop look like a diamond. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods The flower-beds in front of the house were filled with the early spring flowers; snowdrops, crocuses, violets, and hepaticas were in full bloom. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" A white hemstitched cloth and a bowl of snowdrops adorned the center table, and the cakes were set out on paper doilies. The Princess of the School The snowdrop, hearing, in the dell Doth tremble for its virgin bell; The crocus feels within its frame The magic of its folded flame; And many a listening patience lies And pushes toward its paradise. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry The chauffeur, poor fellow, thought there was no flower in the garden of girls as sweet as his white snowdrop. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon But is it certain that she will not call him back, as she called the snowdrops? Browning's Heroines They fell down into the middle of a bed of pure white snowdrops, and Christie had to open the garden gate, and walk cautiously over the grass to pick them up. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" By her side was a tiny bunch of snowdrops which Nanna had found in the garden that morning; how kind everyone was to her now! Susan A Story for Children First snowdrops, aconites, and crocuses, then tulips, then geraniums. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War It seemed almost a personal offence that she should be so alert and composed while the mare bled and trembled, and that pale, lovely thing lay like a broken snowdrop on the bank. Flaming June "For each glance of the eye so bright and black Though I keep with heart's endeavour— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my soul for ever—" . . . Browning's Heroines He put the money in his pocket, and looked down lovingly on the snowdrops. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" The yellow leaves answered: "We go to lie down Where the spring snowdrops grow, Their young roots to cherish Through frost and through snow." Wonder-Box Tales The grass was beginning to grow green, and the snowdrops and crocuses were in blossom by the front door. Peggy in Her Blue Frock The girls had brought bobbins of thread with them, and were making their snowdrops into little bunches, with ivy leaves and lambs'-tails from the hazel. For the Sake of the School Under the damson tree the first white snowdrops came, and the crocuses, whose yellow petals often appeared over the snow, and presently the daffodils and the beautiful narcissus. Round About a Great Estate Mabel darted into the house, and returned with a large bunch of single white snowdrops, prettily arranged with sprigs of dark myrtle leaves. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" You look so cool—so fair—so like a snowdrop glittering with dew. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author In the garden I see the heads of the snowdrops and crocuses just out of the earth. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 How different it would be if she had anybody in England who took an interest in her and cared to receive her snowdrops! For the Sake of the School In spring they send me the first snowdrops from the Glen, but it is a cruel kindness, for I want to be where they are growing in Clashiegar den. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers He had a few of the lovely snowdrops and a sprig of the dark myrtle in his hand. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" I miss them so in the winter, when they all go away under the ground to their winter palace, and I am always so happy when I see the first snowdrop come. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls When the first snowdrops appear, the boys and girls gather some and enclose them in a piece of paper, on which is written a poem. Denmark Very early in January the garden at The Woodlands could boast brave clumps of snowdrops and polyanthus, a venturous wallflower or two, and quite a show of yellow jessamine over the south porch. For the Sake of the School Pretty Poll, with small delicate pale features, sits beside him like a snowdrop. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 He carried the snowdrops carefully home, and they taught him a lesson of faith. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" The snowdrop and crocus had long ago hid their faces to make way for more ambitious rivals. The Story of a Dewdrop They were all white—white roses, white lilies, snowdrops, chrysanthemums—all the flowers that are pure white without any color. A Girl in Ten Thousand The girls left the snowdrop field with reluctance, though they realized the necessity for hurry. For the Sake of the School The College is raising red oak, black walnut, oriental sycamore, sugar maple, elm, hackberry, snowdrop tree, Juneberry, hickory, European larch, Norway maple and box elder for this purpose. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921 And Christie smiled when the clergyman said his little prayer, for he thought of the snowdrops. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" In gardens, you may note, amid the dearth, The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop’s tender white and green, The violet in its screen. The Literary World Seventh Reader Removed from vain fashion, From title's proud ken, In a straw-cover'd cottage, Deep hid in yon glen, There dwells a sweet flow'ret, Pure, lovely, and fair, Though rear'd, like the snowdrop, 'Midst hardships' chill air. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century In pockets of fine river-sand, their roots stretching into the stream, grew the very biggest and finest of the snowdrops. For the Sake of the School Like a snowdrop, pure and fair, She had blossomed in our home; Her we nursed with tender care, Lest Death's blighting frost should come. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect It was a weighty matter selecting the flowers; and then the four snowdrops were tied together and given to Christie. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" I've brought some snowdrops; only just a few, But quite enough to prove the world awake, Cheerful and hopeful in the frosty dew And for the pale sun's sake. Poems Then warmed be our hearts to that kindly Power That scatters bright roses o'er life's rough way; That unfolds the cup of the snowdrop's flower, And mantles the earth with the gems of May! The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It only resembles the snowdrop as regards the purity and drooping habit of its flowers. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The butterfly had closed his wings for the last time, and clung feebly, half reversed, to his snowdrop. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron The snowdrops were very faded and withered when Christie reached the attic that night. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" While February stands arranging the remaining snowdrops in a glass of water on the window-sill, a soft butting and bleating are heard outside. Poems The evil time was drawing nigh, ushered by gentler gales and snowdrops, when she must be turned out for the spring and summer. Alec Forbes of Howglen In a cut state they equal either violets or snowdrops, from the beautiful combination of flowers and foliage, and it is a pity that it is not grown in sufficient quantities for cutting purposes. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Was this chill sunshine that could not quicken his wings, was this grim desert that held no goal for butterfly feet, was this one snowdrop—all? Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron "Mabel," said her mother, "you must teach Christie the little prayer I told you always to say when you looked at the snowdrops." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" A beautiful girl pushed her way to Jennie's side and lifted a handful of snowdrops. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun, And crocus fires are kindled one by one: Sing, robin, sing! The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book The leaves resemble those of the snowdrop when overgrown and turning flabby, and have a somewhat untidy and sprawling habit; they are abundantly produced from the rather small cocoon-shaped bulbs. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Close at hand a snowdrop drooped "its serious head." Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron "These snowdrops always make me think of the souls washed white in the blood of Jesus." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" Plenty of sorts, the florist said; there were hyacinths all colours and tulips, striped and plain, and very gay; and crocuses, those were of nearly all colours too; and ranunculus, and anemones, and snowdrops. Daisy It is the snowdrop; growing, snow enfurled; Till it peer forth, undreamt of by the world. Love's Comedy The snowdrops lay in snowy masses about the grounds—the garden gave promise of beauty as the season advanced. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 White are my hands as the snowdrop; Swart are my fingers as clay; Dark is my frown as the midnight, Fair is my brow as the day. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar He turned his steps homewards at once, for he did not want the snowdrops to fade before they reached old Treffy. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" Turning away from her, he walked rapidly back along the short grassy path over the snowdrops. The Miller Of Old Church Possibly the ideal flower may blow, Even as that snowdrop,—hidden by the snow. Love's Comedy From the library bay windows where they stood, the children noticed dandelions in the grass and snowdrops under the trees and recognised the green signals of daffodil and narcissus. The Danger Mark So he picked a bunch of the snowdrops and carried them in his paws, while Susie gathered the brighter flowers. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods Then Christie walked up to Treffy, and put the bunch of white snowdrops in his hand. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" As Abel approached, Molly was moving slowly away from him, her long black skirt, which had been made to fit Mrs. Gay, trailing over the snowdrops in the path. The Miller Of Old Church She is dainty as snowdrops that fall from the skies, Is this dear little Kitten with bright, shiny eyes And velvety ears and pretty pink nose And lovely white suit of soft, furry clothes. Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain Maynard had been walking with her and Oswald round the garden to look at the snowdrops, and she was resting on the sofa after the walk. Scenes of Clerical Life You come from a warm country, where there is no snow or snowdrops. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods "Here are my snowdrops," she said, with a cry of joy, as she caught sight of them in the window-sill. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" She looked up, waved a bunch of snowdrops, and went after the bells. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances When she came down she placed her chair near the window, that she might see the snowdrops and the crocuses. The House by the Church-Yard For each glance of the eye so bright and black, Though I keep with heart's endeavour,— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my soul for ever!— The Hundred Best English Poems "If you don't stop pulling my ears you'll freeze!" and with that the bunny uncle pulled out from behind him, where he had kept them hidden, the bunch of white snowdrops. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods The snowdrops were over now, but the primroses had taken their place, and the garden looked very gay and cheerful. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" Mrs. Palma compressed her lips, knitted her heavy brows, and turned the silk sash to the light to observe the effect of the silver snowdrops she was embroidering. Infelice "Yes, the prince will come through the forest," said the little snowdrop gleefully. Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse For each glance of the eye so bright and black Though I keep with heart's endeavour,— Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back, Though it stay in my heart for ever!— An Introduction to the Study of Browning And then the monkey ran away, thinking the snowdrops Uncle Wiggily had picked were bits of real snow. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods "Oh! all sorts of rubbish," said the man with the toothache, "bright cities, and funerals, and snowdrops; and once he got up, and began to sing; I wonder you didn't hear him." Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" Pure, pale, almost sad, she looked in that brilliant drawing-room like some fragile snowdrop, astray in a bed of gorgeous peonies and poppies. Infelice Crocuses, snowdrops, and scillas make a charming border for a lily bed and may be also put between the lilies themselves to lend colour early in the season. The Garden, You, and I I have always suspected, however, that there should be a semicolon after "Ver," and that "Merry springtime's harbinger, with her bells dim," refers to a totally different flower—the snowdrop, to wit. Adventures in Criticism She rested upon a fallen log—from decay and death came moss, the snowdrop and the anemone. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Mrs. Villiers had made all ready for us, and with her own hand had put on the tea-table a lovely bunch of snowdrops and dark myrtle leaves. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" He looked at the gay crocus and the pale snowdrop and the budding pansies with a singular affection. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York To die before the snowdrop came, and now the violet's here. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The snowdrop may very well come after the primrose in this song, which altogether ignores the process of the seasons. Adventures in Criticism As we were resting the Captain of the battery joined us, and in the semi-darkness I saw he was offering me a bunch of snowdrops! Fanny Goes to War Like the crocus and the snowdrops of northern climates it appears before the grass is green. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan I now see a circle of beauties with the same indifference as a bed of snowdrops: no charms affect me but hers; the whole creation to me contains no other woman. The History of Emily Montague There's not a flower on all the hills,—the frost is on the pane; I only wish to live till the snowdrops come again. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Here and there tufts of snowdrops were in full bloom,—white, frail bells, looking as if they had known only cheerless hours and cold sunbeams, and wept and shrank and feared through them. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep; Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke To me unhappily, the snowdrop is much the same as the snow—it feels as cold underfoot—and I have grown sceptical about 'the voice of the turtle,' the east winds blow so loud. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 A poor man was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour last week for picking snowdrops in Charborough Park. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 Confetti swarmed like dark snowdrops in the hot air. The Day of the Beast My father took me up to it—at first I saw only the flowers, pale snowdrops and blue violets with green leaves; then I saw a sweet waxen face with closed eyes and lips. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 From a wreath of snow, Close by the garden walls, the snowdrop springs; And the air rings with tender melodies, Where thro' the dark firs flash the bluebird's wings. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The white, saffron-haired goddesses are grouped together like stars seen in the topaz light of evening, like daffodils half smothered in snowdrops, and among them, Diana, with the crescent on her forehead, is the fairest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series I expect bulbs of all kinds will grow well, and I mean to plant a thousand or so of snowdrops, crocuses, squills, daffodils, etc., in the orchard, where they will look lovely. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 To help the growth of a thought that struggles toward the light; to brush with gentle hand the stain from the white of one snowdrop—such be my ambition. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 "The sight of the snow makes you cry for joy, and a spoon is used for your drops if you are ill, and you always want snowdrops to-morrow." Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country And she put down the chalice, and the women went into a chill wind; the pear-trees were tossing, and there were crocuses in the bed and a few snowdrops. Sister Teresa Not dwelling in wattled huts under the oaks of the primeval forest, but in neat slated houses, with whitewashed walls, looking so bright and pretty in the sunshine, like snowdrops in the distant landscape. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Kindly English women gave them nosegays of snowdrops and violets. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front I sat close by her side and told her how the snowdrops were growing and the purple and golden crocuses made the garden seem quite gay. My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 In the hollows and on the middle slopes canvas villages gleamed like patches of snowdrops. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria His flowers are alive: The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain, The crocus opens Its glowing bud ... The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The housemaid, of her own accord, had lit a fire, and had gathered some snowdrops for the dressing table. Elizabeth's Campaign Early in the month masses of snowdrops lined the paths in Hyde Park. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Near the flower bed grew a thrifty bush of pink-flowering almonds; not far distant grew a spreading "shrub" bush, covered with fragrant brown buds, and beside it a small tree of pearly-white snowdrops. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" "And yet you were ready to run off with him—a pretty character you give yourself, my snowdrop!—and you liked his eyes and hastened to obey?" The Fortieth Door And crowded snowdrops faintly hung Their fair heads lower for the heat, While in still air all branches flung Their shadowy doubles at our feet. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. The warrior wooed, the warrior won her, In time of snowdrops they were wed. The Poems of William Watson They lifted her from out her wat'ry bed— Its covering gone, the lonely little head Hung like a broken snowdrop all aside— And one small hand. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 It might indeed be called the Australian snowdrop for its hardy little blossom seemed quite insensible to the frost. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 "Oh, won't I?" said Mabyn, opening the basket at once, and carefully getting out a bouquet of camellias, snowdrops and sweet violets. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 With February, hope and the snowdrops begin to spring, but January is a month to be warstled through as best we can. Penny Plain She gives us the wild-flowers by their actual names,—snowdrop, primrose, columbine, iris, scabious. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold "Ever since the snowdrop gave the first hint of Spring," burbles a contemporary, "we have watched the miracle of the young year unfolding." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919 The picture of the snowdrops pleading for pardon and pining from fright would have been impossible to a poet with the realizing genius of the great writers. Old and New Masters The snowdrop and parnassia, if well dried, continue white. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The garden was adjoined by a sort of wilderness, with big trees and ground-ivy, and open spaces in which aconites and snowdrops were beginning to show themselves. Father Payne Above floats Fuji, the base wrapped in mists, the peak eternally white, a giant snowdrop swinging in a dome of perfect blue. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration Cherry, peach, and apple blossoms Scattering fragrance far and wide; Buttercups and pure white snowdrops Tell of gracious, sweet springtide. Home Geography for Primary Grades The snowdrop image in the first verse is, charming as is the sound of the lines, nonsense. Old and New Masters The primrose, aye the children's pet, Pale bride, yet proud of its uprooting, The crocus, snowdrop, violet And sweet-briar with its soft leaves shooting. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden We find a glory in the flowers When snowdrops peep and hawthorn blooms; We see fresh light in spring-time hours, And bless the radiance that illumes. The Illustrated London Reading Book I walk round the borders, which are all full of the little glossy spikes of snowdrops pushing up, struggling through the crusted earth. The Silent Isle Deutzia.—A beautiful conservatory shrub, bearing in spring a large quantity of flowers resembling the snowdrop. Gardening for the Million Spring poets are suffering from suspended animation; there is a slump in crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils and lambkins. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Runs the sap in each root and rhizome, Primrose yellow and snowdrop cold, Windyflowers when the chiffchaff flies home, Lenten lilies with crowns of gold. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 This is altogether in advance of our season, so far as the flowers give evidence,—though we have plucked snowdrops in February. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 ‘There is a bed of young vegetables in that corner, and here are some snowdrops and primroses already in bloom—and there, too, is a yellow crocus just opening in the sunshine.’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall She didn't speak a word after that; she just faded away like a snowdrop, hour by hour. The Village Watch-Tower To think how well one or two of the modest snowdrops would have become that delicate bodice, and how they were lying neglected outside the parlour window! Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty In gardens you may note amid the dearth The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop's tender white and green, The violet in its screen. The Poems of Henry Timrod In the morning we were in the forest; but there are no violets yet, only a few snowdrops, but a tremendous lot of hellebores quite red. A Young Girl's Diary Now they were gold, now silver, now grass, now palm trees, now ancient cities, now rubies, now mountain brooks, now peacock's feathers, now clouds, now snowdrops, and now mid-sea islands. The Princess and Curdie She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop. Adam Bede Wherefore she was taken faint directly; and being duly presented with the crocuses and snowdrops, divined on further consideration that they were the occasion of the languor which had seized upon her spirits. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Oh!" shouted the children, as they ran into the garden, "see the snowdrop! Good Stories for Holidays I almost believe that a child, pale and peaceful as a snowdrop, was born in the Earth within a fixed season from that stormy afternoon. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Th' very little ones are snowdrops an' crocuses an' th' big ones are narcissuses an' jonquils and daffydowndillys. The Secret Garden Next, faith began to cower; And then the snowdrop vanished from my sight. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 And what do you mean by pulling up the crocuses and snowdrops, eh sir?' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty He had been wandering about the garden, after church, looking for snowdrops in the snow. Mr. Waddington of Wyck Indeed, this garden was her joy, and the flowers that grew there were for the most part of her own planting—primroses, snowdrops, violets, and, in the shadow of the trees, long hartstongue ferns. Fair Margaret The westerly gale roared and moaned, the heavy earth was sodden and beaten into hollows and pools through which broke tiny pale points of snowdrops. The Highwayman For one whole hour I praised the God of snowdrops. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 She was looking for the earliest snowdrops which were just beginning to bulge from the green stems, pushing up through the dead leaves under the beech trees. Delia Blanchflower Barbara had worn the snowdrops in the breast of her gown last night. Mr. Waddington of Wyck It was Mary, who had been planting snowdrops. The Case of Richard Meynell About these clumps one may plant bulbs of glowing tulips or dainty snowdrops and lilies-of-the-valley; and these may be followed with pansies and phlox and other simple folk. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The proud sire Beheld his pride go drooping in the cold, Like snowdrop on its grave; and sighed deep thanks That he was old. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 Oh, the freshness of the February day—of the spring breathing everywhere!—of the pairing birds and the springing wheat—and the bright patches of crocuses and snowdrop in the gardens along the line. Delia Blanchflower You come on him walking in his garden looking for snowdrops in the snow. Mr. Waddington of Wyck And I wanted very much to find the snowdrops hanging in the gloom. Twilight in Italy A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where daffodil and jonquil sleep, Only the snowdrop wakes to weep. The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time The blinds were drawn in all the windows when she and Mark went into the front garden to look for snowdrops in the border by the kitchen area. Mary Olivier: a Life A sheet of snowdrops lay white in the courtyard, where a child's go-cart upset, held the very middle of the stately approach to the house. Delia Blanchflower "He liked the snowdrops you brought him," she said. Mr. Waddington of Wyck Here I stood to look for my snowdrops. Twilight in Italy She was simply but very effectively dressed, and looked as fresh and pretty and cool and sweet as a snowdrop. Jennie Baxter, Journalist The crocuses and snowdrops in my garden are beautiful; my green-board-edged beds and green trellis make it absolutely a wooden paradise. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 How shall the rose, the glowing heart of the summer heats, rejoice against the snowdrop risen with hanging head from the white bosom of the snow? Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. He nourished his resentment on that memory and on the thought that he had got his chill picking snowdrops for Barbara. Mr. Waddington of Wyck The fragile snowdrop, offspring of a night--the mute herald of a coming and welcome guest--might be seen peering beneath the gnarled oak, or enlivening the emerald circle beneath the wide-spreading elm. A Love Story In gardens you may see, amid the dearth, The crocus breaking earth; And near the snowdrop's tender white and green, The violet in its screen. War Poetry of the South Honora had the breakfast table covered with flowers, primroses, violets, polyanthus, and laurustinus, and some of Sophy's own snowdrops, double and single, which obligingly lingered on purpose to celebrate the day. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 It is only a daisy! only a primrose! only a pheasant-eye-narcissus! only a lily of the field! only a snowdrop! only a sweet-pea! only a brave yellow crocus! Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. Every day she brought him a bunch of snowdrops, and every day, as the door closed on her little anxious face, he was sorry for Barbara shut out from his room. Mr. Waddington of Wyck The snowdrops must be making a peep at Glenfaba by this time, and Aunt Rachel will be cutting slips of the rose trees and putting them in pots. The Christian A Story A rosebud or two, a woodbine, or a sprig of eglantine look well in the braided hair; and if there be raven locks, a lily or a snowdrop may be interwoven with effect. Wanderings in South America In fact, I can't look at her without thinking of snow and snowdrops and—and graves. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Who, after centuries of glory in heaven, would not rejoice to behold once more that patient-headed child of winter and spring, the meek snowdrop? Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. They lifted her from out her watery bed— Its covering gone, the lovely little head Hung like a broken snowdrop all aside, And one small hand. The Canadian Elocutionist I had thought of her as a snowdrop at first, then a windflower, the March anemone, with its touch of crimson, then various white, ivory, and cream-coloured blossoms with a faintly-seen pink blush to them. A Traveller in Little Things People at whom Mrs. Day and her daughters peeped through curtained windows walked by with snowdrops, with violets, and presently with cowslips in their hands. Mrs. Day's Daughters Transferring her harvest of snowdrops to one hand, she extended the other towards him. The Vision of Desire You look very appealing—like a snowdrop; exactly. The Happy End Or of a Massachusetts poet, who finds the snowdrop and the early primrose blooming along his native streams, with the orchis and the yellow violet, and makes the blackbird conspicuous among New England songsters? The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The snowdrops in splendor stand garbed everywhere; In here there is feasting, there is joy, there is mirth, More real than any I have found on this earth! Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans
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