THE snowdrop has several alternative names, of which ‘flower of hope’ is perhaps the most expressive: after the dark days of a long winter, the brave green shoots breaking through hard-frozen ground and perhaps a covering of snow, then forming drifts of white under the budding trees, allow us to hope that the brighter days of spring may really be on their way.
Another name for the flower …
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