. The Decorator's assistant. ility oftheir inven-tive genius,the Greekscontrived so to modify and to combine inelaborate convolutions, as, in some examplesof this intricate and florid decoration, known,for that reason, as the Greek honeysuckleornament, to preserve scarcely a vestige ofthe floral prototype. Of the truth of thisremark, our readers will be enabled to judgeby a comparison of the two forms, the naturaland artificial, represented in our latter is a specimen of the celebratedGreek honeysuckle style, which we givefrom classical authority; its variations are sonumerous
. The Decorator's assistant. ility oftheir inven-tive genius,the Greekscontrived so to modify and to combine inelaborate convolutions, as, in some examplesof this intricate and florid decoration, known,for that reason, as the Greek honeysuckleornament, to preserve scarcely a vestige ofthe floral prototype. Of the truth of thisremark, our readers will be enabled to judgeby a comparison of the two forms, the naturaland artificial, represented in our latter is a specimen of the celebratedGreek honeysuckle style, which we givefrom classical authority; its variations are sonumerous, as almost to preclude the possibilityof transferring them to our pages. The more striking and elegantly combinedportions of thisstyle of enrichment, for friezes,cornices, andscroll-work, weshall occasionally insert, as opportunities mayoffer, when treat-ing, more in de-tail, of curvi-linear and fo-liated decoration. One of these varieties,generally known as the semi-honeysuckle,has been frequently found in combination with. the next subject to which we shall directattention, namely, the lotus or water-lily. THE decorators ASSISTANT. 61 As a favourite ornament, the lotus appearsto have heen common to most of the nations ofantiquity. A very general opinion has pre-vailed that its original adoption it due to theEgyptians. But sufficient evidence is nowavailable to prove that the claim of Hindustanis, in this respect, of far greater priority. Theadaptation of this beautiful aquatic plant to
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