34 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



which often finds among liidden things tliat which 

 is essential for the estabHshnient of scientific trnth. 



Bird- foot Violet. 



Tims it is that the ovaries and stigma of the rue 

 anemone {Anemonella thalictroules), and not the 

 leaf, decide that the flower is not a true anemone. 

 But nothing is more attractively symmetrical in plant 

 form than this jiftrticnlar violet's leaf ; pressed flat on 

 a piece of paper, its delicate outline is an interesting 

 study for one who loves the decorative side of Nature. 



