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Show I First Flower of Spring. In tho northern United States the snowdrop 1b tho only garden flower that wo can count on year after year us tho earliest sign of spring. Its pendulous whlto blossoms, with "heart-shaped seal of green" sung by Itossettl often appear before the last snow has gono. Luckily, even city families need not bo without anowdropB, for they have been known to thrlvo in narrow pas-wuRcwnys pas-wuRcwnys between all houses. Most bullous plants llko tho baking hot sun of midsummer In order to ripen their bulbs, but tho snowdrop thrives best In partial shade. It blooms earlier if it has a chunco at the March sun, hut Is ono of tho very fow that will llower regularly, though less freely, in dense shade and with a northern exposure. Country Life In America. |