snowdrop

• 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 1845-1846
• It's a vigorous (26cm tall) snowdrop, the foliage glaucous like that of G. nivalis, but bigger and broader. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• Botanists disagree on whether the snowdrop is a native British plant or an ornamental flower which was brought in and has now become naturalised. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• There was the 14-year-old boy who died in a road crash and picked out his favourite schoolteacher; the father who thanked his daughter for the snowdrop she dropped on his coffin; even a recently deceased poodle who popped up to say hello to her grieving owner. —  Shropshire Star
• 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 This charming, pensive little flower should be prepared from double white wax. —  The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling

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