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this subject. Xcvrithclcss, it only goes to show that, however much couven- 

 tionahsation is introduced, the I)()tanical identilication is stih in evidence, 

 which is a great i)oint in its favour as a national llower. In tact, it seems 



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Fig. 10. 



impossible for the designer to carry his art so far as to conventionalise it 

 beyond recognition, as the old masters of Technology have almost done with 

 the Lotus, Acanthus, Honeysuckle, and Fleur-de-lis. 



(d) Column. 



The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns are well known subjects of archi- 

 tecture of both ancient and modern times, and few have cared to de])art from these 

 designs, but in \-iew of such a subject to which this article is devoted, the Austra- 

 lian might now well lay his claim to add an original one in an Australian colunm. 

 To Mr. L. Henry such a structure presented no diliiculties, and the whole one 

 reproduced here (Figure ii) gives his conception in this direction. The capital 

 composed of inner Ijracts with their swelling bases and recurved ti])s, surrounding 

 the flowers, which in turn support the cap, gi\-es an idea of strength and erect- 

 ness. A row of smaller cniter bracts forms a cernuous ring l)elow. 



