Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers (1872)
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909, Glaisher, James, 1809-1903, Mackie, Samuel Joseph, Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887 · London, Virtue & co. · leaf 100
of it, tosome other natural object; thus we get cranes-bill, cocks-footgrass, larks-spur, bee-orchis, pheasants-eye, and many othersuch examples among our common names for plants. As afamily, the buttercups must be regarded with suspicion on accountof their strongly developed acrid qualities; thus… … Water Crowfoot. soms, as we see them in our English pools. The water crow-foot affords us also a beautiful example of that adaptability ofform to the circumstances of the plants existence which we mayso frequently trace in the works of nature. It will be noticedin the illustration that two very…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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