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 35
lief, as old as the time ofPliny, in its exhilarating effects; hencethe old saying, Ego borago gaudta semperago, I borage give always courage/The borage, like the comfrey and forget-me-not, belongs to the order Boragi-nacece, and, in common with most of thespecies of that order, is marked by the… … Borage. THE ADAPTABILITY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS. 2; (Latin, stella, a star) flowers, and the general growth of the plant,being admirably adapted to the purposes of design. As anexample we may instance the MS. Hours of Henry VII. in theBritish Museum, where the borage is introduced upon a goldenground…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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