THE SWOW PLOWE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue VII, 20 November 1889, Page 2

THE SWOW PLOWE

A French pape*, " Les Jftoiules, jfret a fasolnatlng ocooac.^ 0 ( a newlydlßoovered flower, of which lamonrs hive ' ftom time to tltr,^ reaohed the ears of floriculturists, It is called the mow flower, and, i B eald to have been disoovered by Ouiim knthoekoff m the moat northern poettatx of Siberia, whore the ground i» oontlnually covered with frost. Tot* wonderful object shoots forth from thw feosen soil only on the first day of eaob succeeding yenr. It shlhen : for bat ft single day, and then resolves to Iti original element!. The leaves are throe tn number, and eaoh about three inohea lo diameter. They are developed only on that side of the stem towards the north, and eaoh oeems covered with microscopic crystals of snow. The. flower whon It opens la (star shaped, lt« petal* of the same length as the leaves, and about half «n inch In width, On the third day ;he extremities of the anthem, which ire Ivo In number, show minute glistening ipecks like diamonds, about the alza of » nn'a buod, whloh are the seeds of this youdeiful flower. Anthoskoff collected lomo o{ the Seeds and carried them with ilm to Hi Petersburg. They weea placed a & pot of snow, where t§ey i tmfttne^

lit aoma time. On the lat of the fonowlng January the mUaoulouo anow flower burst ihroogh Its Icy oovetlng and display ea Ub beiotiea to wondering Runslan Royally.