Proserpina ; also, Ariadne florentina ; The opening of the Crystal Palace ; St. Mark's rest ; Lectures on art ; The elements of perspective (1890)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Ariadne Florentina, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Opening of the Crystal Palace, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. St. Mark's rest, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Lectures on art, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Elements of perspective · Boston : Aldine Book Pub. · leaf 136

An illustration from Proserpina ; also, Ariadne florentina ; The opening of the Crystal Palace ; St. Mark's rest ; Lectures on art ; The elements of perspective, 1890, leaf 136 — s grow last, and are therefore youngest, the plant is said to grow from the outside. You know that ' ex ' means out, and that 'gen' is the first syllable of Genesis (or creation), there- fore the old botanists, putting an o between the two syllables, called the plants whose outside leaves grew… … Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Greek botanists, to return the compliment, will of course call Endogens 'WeiS/Sopi/ISes, and Exogens "Oirro-etS/^opviScs. In the Oxford school, they will be called simply Inlaid and Out- laid. 3. You see that if the outside leaves are to grow last, they may conveniently grow two…

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