How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 166
Fig. 95. some trees will furnish very good designs and the differently Botany as Applied to Art. 149 formed roots of plants and flowers will aid you in ornamen-tal art. So we find that Nature offers us exquisite designs, in many … Fig. 96. shapes and forms, and we have only to stretch out our handand take what we want. ** Beauty doth truly inhabit everywhere, for ** it is mindalone that is beautiful, and in perceiving beauty, we only con-template the shadow of our own affections.