PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
Nature clothes the Poppy in red to suggest 
power and strength. The royal purple of the 
Aster and the Violet is purposely calculated to 
arouse a feeling of mystery and awe. 
Our man-made cloth designs often show 
various plant forms intact in the weave. The 
same is true of lace, while one has only to look 
at the miniature flower gardens which women 
wear on their heads to realize the potent influ- 
ence of plants in the domains of millinery. An 
important plant element seems to run through 
many fields of applied art. 
In some ways, the beauties of form and struc- 
ture are more appealing than chromatic charms. 
Lines are more refined and fundamental than 
colours. A feathery mass of tree-twigs seen 
against a distant horizon is exquisitely beau- 
tiful. A symmetrically shaped tree comes very 
close to presenting an idea of pure form. One 
may argue that it is impossible to dissociate 
all idea of colour from a natural object. This 
is theoretically true, but practically, while we 
are impressed by thc colour of the Rose, it is the 
structural beauty of the Palm and Weeping 
Willow which attracts our eye. 
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