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 43
edicinalqualities possessed by some of the species of Potentilla. The rootof the tormentil [P. tormentilia,an allied species, is very powerfullyastringent; it has occasionally been substituted for oak-bark intanning, and with equal success, the leather being found to be in 28 ART-STUDIES FROM… … Cinqjiefoil. greater at a time when stronger foreign astringents were not soreadily procurable. Tormentil root is still, however, retained inthe Pharmacopoeia. The distinctive specific name of the present THE ADAPTABILITY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS. 29 plant, reptanSy has evident allusion to the marked…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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