. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 92 FAMILIAS GAKBEX FLOWESS. "history repeats itself/^ Limifens nameil the phiut knowiii as jiiidrom/'ilti, because he found it blooming in the midst of a watery waste, hke Andromeda, the daughter of Cassiope, chained to the rock and assailed by sea-monsters^ but sure of deliverance when Perseus (the spring) should come. In this there is fancy enough, Ijut no myth. The flower Cdmmemorates the ladj- who competed M'ith the nymphs for the prize of beauty, and it needs only one touch to transfer it from the region of fact,
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 92 FAMILIAS GAKBEX FLOWESS. "history repeats itself/^ Limifens nameil the phiut knowiii as jiiidrom/'ilti, because he found it blooming in the midst of a watery waste, hke Andromeda, the daughter of Cassiope, chained to the rock and assailed by sea-monsters^ but sure of deliverance when Perseus (the spring) should come. In this there is fancy enough, Ijut no myth. The flower Cdmmemorates the ladj- who competed M'ith the nymphs for the prize of beauty, and it needs only one touch to transfer it from the region of fact, as reiiards the work of Linnipus. Let us then accomplish the ti-ansference. Linna?us did not name the flower, for its name is coeval with its existence. Andromeda was not saved by Perseus; she perished in her chains, and the flower sjirang from her grave. Reverse the process, and the classic names of plants become commemorative, and all the mythical features are 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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