JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XX April, 1919 No, 232 
THE EXHIBITION OF PLANT FORMS USED IN 
DESIGN 
(WITH PLATES 230 AND 231) 
As announced in the Journaz for February and also by cards 
mailed to all members, a joint exhibition of plants and of art 
objects decorated with plant forms was installed in Class-room B 
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was available for public 
examination and instruction from March 15 to April 21, 1919. 
The exhibition was largely attended, many classes of students 
as well as individuals taking advantage of the opportunity, and 
the display elicited much favorable comment on its beauty and 
on its educational value. 
The exhibition was the natural development from a similar, 
but much smaller, one given at the Mansion, New York Botanica] 
Garden, last October, when Mrs. Britton, assisted by Miss 
Alice Donlevy and Dr. E. B. Southwick, showed a small loan 
collection of art objects and illustrated them by living specimens 
of the plants which were used in their decoration. At that time 
Miss Alice Donlevy made a plea for less copying of old designs 
and Mrs. Britton for the use of native plants in ornament. Mr. 
Richard T. Bach, of the Metropolitan Museum, also spoke to 
art students from the Cooper Institute who were present.* 
The installation and description of the botanical part of the 
exhibition were referred to Dr. W. A. Murrill, Supervisor of 
Public Instruction at the Garden, who was aided by other em- 
Ployeesand members. Dr. Murrill was in attendance throughout 
* Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 19: 299. 
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