Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 126
teristicwhich only belongs to one individual is unnatural, andtherefore to be discarded. To copy Nature as she ispresented to us, with all the accidents and defects,would be to render her realistically. To correct herby our knowledge of her derived from a wide studyof her works, would be to treat… … Nos. i and 2 cannot be regarded as ideal or naturalleaves, because the shapes are not like average ones, themajority of the leaves being like No. 3. Nos. 1 and 2are certainly actual leaves, but they cannot be saidto be in accordance with the intentions of Nature;they bear unmistakable signs of…
Decoration and ornament
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