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tion to be reconciled to the questionable resem- 

 blance. 



There is a great deal in pure imagination — more 

 than some of us are willing to take any part in. For 

 instance, who ever saw any resemblance between a 

 " big dipper " and a " big 

 bear " ? yet these are both 

 one series of celestial, im- 

 aginative outlines which are 

 intimately associated with 

 the north star! But Solo- DogtToofh. ^fKx^'o'th 



. . . Violet. 



mon s seal is a suggestive 



name, and we should not quarrel with it. As a sim- 

 ilarity of outlines is suggestive, however, I would 

 like to draw attention to the fact that the petal of 

 the dog's-tooth violet closely resembles a canine 

 tooth ; but, strangely enough, this is not the reason 

 why the flower was so named, as the previous descrip- 

 tion of it will explain. 

 False Solomon's The false Soloinon's seal is in my 

 ^ estimation even more beautiful than 



Smilacina racemosa. . -r •^ r n ^ • 



the true. Its spike oi nne wmite 

 flowers is like the Spiraea Japonica / besides, its 

 wavy, bright green leaf with the parallel veining is 

 particularly graceful. Most wild flowers, like the 

 true Solomon's seal, have rather insignificant blos- 

 soms ; but there is nothing meager about the bloom 



