...What the causes are that operatein the painting of the skin of an animal no one can say, any morethan one can say how particular spots are arranged on the petal ofa flower or the wing of a butterfly...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
...Correy set her down as neatly and as softly as a rose petal drifts tothe ground...
Various 「Astounding Stories, April, 1931」
...A dewdrop on the petal of a flower is nearly globular; but it is notquite a globe, because the gravitation presses it against the flower andsomewhat distorts the shape...
Robert Stawell Ball 「The Story of the Heavens」
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