. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE SNOWDEOP. 'V will a])[)ear tr) tlie casual reailer that the snowdrop is reg'arded, in the lig'ht of its name^ as "a dro^i of ; Tlie philologists often remind us that " obvious '" derivations are always wrong. We niay douljt if the s\veej>ing- declaration is a good one ; but the present case justifies it so far^ because the snowdrop is not a drop of snow. The reader may have seen iu the jewellers' shops and in the ears of some fair lady imitations of fuchsia Howers in precious stones, and call
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE SNOWDEOP. 'V will a])[)ear tr) tlie casual reailer that the snowdrop is reg'arded, in the lig'ht of its name^ as "a dro^i of ; Tlie philologists often remind us that " obvious '" derivations are always wrong. We niay douljt if the s\veej>ing- declaration is a good one ; but the present case justifies it so far^ because the snowdrop is not a drop of snow. The reader may have seen iu the jewellers' shops and in the ears of some fair lady imitations of fuchsia Howers in precious stones, and called " fuchsia-drops.'' The word before us is an exact parallel thereto. These flowers are likened to eardrops, and they are called " white flower- drops/' and that is the proper interpretation of snowdrops. The name is from the German schiieetrojr/'eii; it implies that the flower affords a typte of a class of personal adorn- ments, and to copy it in jewellery woidd be in perfect taste, other matters Iniving concurrent consideration. The Germans. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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