Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 198
i9°5] HOW SOME FLOWERS GOT THEIR NAMES. 727 … or lions tooth; thetuiip so called because it looks likea turban, and tulip was another name for turban ? The beautiful gladiolus is a sword-lily:gladiolus in Latin means a little sword.It is so called from the shape of its leaves.The asphodel is from the Greek word mean-ing kings-spear. The name…
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