. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. Eri/lhroii'n'iii (Jvus-nniis. of |,l;ints wlio cndeuNoui' to iinderj^tanil their names have usually a touij;'h task before them. ]\Iaiiy nameSjinileecl .carry their meanings in their faces, Ijut mauv have no meaning at all; and, a;;ain, many are founded on sueh sulitle distinctions or fanciful notions that it is not in the })lant but in the mind of the \V)- meiielator that we must seek t(ir the coveted explanation, lilt whatever the vices of 111 tinical terniinoloo-y — and the) are terribly num
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. Eri/lhroii'n'iii (Jvus-nniis. of |,l;ints wlio cndeuNoui' to iinderj^tanil their names have usually a touij;'h task before them. ]\Iaiiy nameSjinileecl .carry their meanings in their faces, Ijut mauv have no meaning at all; and, a;;ain, many are founded on sueh sulitle distinctions or fanciful notions that it is not in the })lant but in the mind of the \V)- meiielator that we must seek t(ir the coveted explanation, lilt whatever the vices of 111 tinical terniinoloo-y — and the) are terribly numerous— there arc many reasons wh\- names inteudi'd to be dcsenpti\'e should lie foun<led on obvious characters that are displayed above yround. Here is a dog's-tooth violet, and the iiKjuiring amateur may be led to search leaves and Howers for some resemblance to the dog's-tooth moulding that so often occnrs in architecture,. 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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