musk-mallow's

Updated: May 31, 2025

How many of us, unused to the task of careful observation, can tell the number of the musk-mallow's petals, or mark on paper the depth of fringe on a gentian, or match from a series of dyed silks the hues of a common buttercup? Drawing and painting sharpen the eye, and make the fingers its trained and ready servants.

- Little Masterpieces of Science:: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer