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 79
like the mistletoe, draws its nourishment from the tree isnow no longer held, as it has been satisfactorily proved that theso-called rootlets (or, as they are perhaps more expressivelytermed by De Candolle, crampons) which we see thrown out fromthe clinging stems do not drain the sap of the… … have to be scaled, and that the plant thrives with equal vigourwhere support is clearly their sole function ; and if, on the otherhand, the ivy runs upon the ground, the crampons are not deve-loped, as no such supporting members are then needed. Theivy is one of the plants indigenous to Britain,…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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