Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Plant and Floral Studies for Designers, Art Students, and Craftsmen
Several excellent books on plants, reproduced by photographic processes, are now obtainable, and for the general reader such illustrations serve the purpose admirably, but for the Designer there is much more required than is usually given. A slight line drawing from nature, intended to] be utilized for design, may strike some of those stimulating notes which present themselves to an ornamentist, thereby acting as an inspiration for an applied ornament, while fully expressing the characteristics of the plant, and the salient facts of growth combined with truth. A photograph is exceedingly useful when a reliable drawing cannot be had, or the special plant you require is um obtainable. Such works as Curtis's Londinensis, or Sowerby's Botanical Magazine, and more recent productions of this description, valuable andthoroughly satisfactory as they are to the Botanist, are not what the Designer requires; he is working in a totally different direction; and they certainly miss many of the most precious and interesting features that an art-worker is in search of. Plant Form, by F. E. Hulme - which is, i believe, now out of print - has been of great service to the Designer; so also has Plant Studies, by G. C. Haite. The latter contains an invaluable collection of interesting details with the text, the fine, large plates being vigorously drawn. This work also is out of print, and therefore practically impossible to obtain.
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