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 29
son of flowering, astowards the close of the year the leaves of the arum die away,and the hedgerows also being stripped of the greater part of their i4 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. foliage, we notice the brilliant scarlet berries of the present plantrising in a dense mass to the height of some three or… … Arum, it will frequently produce blisters. This virulence, however, likethe acrimonious principle met with in the leaves, yields to theinfluence of heat, and in former times an excellent starch wasprepared from the root. In the writings of the old medical authorsand poets we meet with the wild arum…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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