The book is _Making the Most of Life_ by J.R. Miller. The description occurs
in the first text paragraph of Chapter 22: God's Winter Plants.

http://making-the-most-of-life.jr-mi...er-plants.html

I was hoping to put a picture of the Siberian Snow Flower on line.

Is there a specialist site that deals with northern plants?

Len Jones


"Cereus-validus....." wrote in message
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Now you know just how worthless common names are.

That description is very vague.

Without a picture there is no way anyone can put an ID on an actual plant.

What is your 1891 book?


"Len Jones" wrote in message
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Siberian Snow Flower

Please, can someone ID this flower.

I came across this description in a book that was published in 1891.

"One of the papers tells of a newly discovered flower. It is called the
snow flower. It has been found in the northern part of Siberia. The plant
shoots up out of the ice and frozen soil. It has three leaves, each about
three inches in diameter. They gown on the side of the stem toward the
north. Each of the leaves appears to be covered with little crystals of
snow. The flower, when it opens, is star shaped, its petals being of the
same length as the leaves, and about half an inch in width. On the third
day the extremities of the anthers show minute glistening specks, like
diamonds, which are the seeds of this wonderful flower."

The normal Google searches have failed, so has browsing botanical web
pages. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Len Jones