Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 214
ave never seen,that I recall, any mention of thederivation of the name in anybotany or elsewhere; but noone having seen it once canever doubt where the plant gotits name. Neither can I tellanything of its origin, except that I havebeen told it is a very old name runningack to a similar plant in… … Seed-pod of dog-tooth violet split at one of the sutures andpartly opened to show that the rows of seed and pod resemble adogs teeth and mouth. 748 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [June, WE WILL WRITE TO ST.NICHOLAS ABOUT IT. THE NEST-BUILDING OF THE BARN-SWALLOWS. PAR Rockaway, L. I. Dear St.…
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