I.-ARCHITECTURE. 



(a] Bracket. 



There appears to be no portion of decorative architecture to which the sul)- 

 ject of this work does not lend itself, and no one recognised this l)ettfr than 



Mr. L. Henry, although his original ideas 

 .iVL' too many to produce here, hut a few 

 will !)(_• given. He has, inter alia, left on 

 record a design for a bracket (Figure 7), 

 and if we follow his adaptation of the 

 Waratah, we see how dexterously he 

 has placed it on the swell of a bracket 

 and produced decoration at once. The 

 heads of the individual flowers form a 

 beautiful centre or jiyramid of balls, 

 graduating in size from the base to the 

 apex; next the persistent bracts (eight 

 in this case), rising from a circle, are by 

 undulations boldly treated, the ])()ints 

 forming a pleasing central star or figure 

 for a background. Then, surmounted 

 in the upper portions, are three leaves 

 having a slightly exaggerated venation 

 and irregular edges, the whole producing 

 a bold, but consistent conception of Horal 

 design. whilst throughout, tht^ ])lant iden- 

 tification is well maintained. Not many 

 flowers could be so utilised, and even 

 these only by a master hand, as in this 

 Fig. 7 example. 



