Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 630
e the proportion quite accurately in b; butas the difference between the second and third leaflets ishardly discernible on so small a scale, it is somewhat exag-gerated in a. f Nature is often far more subtle in her propor-tions. In looking at some of the nobler species of lilies, fulli the front… … 130 THE STONES OF VENICE. they form a symmetrical six-petaled star; but on examiningthem more closely, we shall find that they are thrown into agroup of three magnitudes by the expansionof two of the inner petals above the stamensto a breadth greater than any of the fourothers; while the third…
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