. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. from a scries of dyed silks the hues o( a l»iittcrciii)? Drawing and painting sharpen tlie eye, and make tin- fingers its trained and fiady servants. I'roni the very beginning of ones tasks in limning Imd and blussuni, we see tlu-m richer in grace and loveliness than ever before. \\ hen ivild llowers are sketched as they grow it is often easy to give them a new interest by aildingthe portraits of tlieir insert servitors. Amateurs who are so fortunate as to visit the West Indies hav
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. from a scries of dyed silks the hues o( a l»iittcrciii)? Drawing and painting sharpen tlie eye, and make tin- fingers its trained and fiady servants. I'roni the very beginning of ones tasks in limning Imd and blussuni, we see tlu-m richer in grace and loveliness than ever before. \\ hen ivild llowers are sketched as they grow it is often easy to give them a new interest by aildingthe portraits of tlieir insert servitors. Amateurs who are so fortunate as to visit the West Indies have an opiiortunity to paint the wonderful lilossoms of the Mangravia, whose minister, a humming- bird, (luivers above it like a bit of rainbow loosened from the sky. Flowers In Design. Early in the history of art the wild flowers lent their aid to decoration. The acanthus which gave its leaves to crest the lapital of the cohmin, tlie roses conveniionaliiicd in the rich fabriis of ancient I'ersia, until they have been thoiiglit sheer inventions of the weaver, are among the first items of an indebtedness which h:ts steadily grown in volume until today,when the designers whofind their inspfration in the flowers are a vast and in- creasing host. In a modern mansion of the best type the outer -wmUs are enriched with the leonine l)i'auty of the sun-flower; within, th;- floors, the silk and paper hangings, repeat themes buggestcd by the vine, the wild clematis and the May-flower. The stained-glass windows, from New York, where their manufacture e.\eels that of AMarici».Tr« any other city in the world, are exquisite with boldly treated lilies, poppies and columbines. In the drawing-room are embroideries designed by two young wom,.n of Salem, ! who have established a thriving industry in trans- ferring tlie glow of wild flowers to the adornments ot noble houses such as As one goes from studio to studio it is cheering to find so men a
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