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Several tropical American plants of special texture, shape, or color, in various 
atts of the room, such as cryptanthus, vriesia, and calathea. 
Fifty palms, some of large size, arranged in decorative groups about the room and 
in the corners. 
A number of cultivated plants, common to Europe and America, which have 
furnished motives for design but are not represented by art objects. 
A frame of colored illustrations of wild souen: 
A frame of colored illustrations of fung 
SOME Books on PLANT ForRMS IN ORNAMENT 
Crark, Ernest E. A handbook of plant form for students of design. London, 
1905. 
CoLLinc, James K. Examples of English mediaeval foliage. London, 1874, 
Day, L. F. Nature and ornament. London, 1908-09. 2 vols. 
GoopyEar, W. H. The grammar of the lotus. en 1891. 
RASSET, E. La plante et ses applications ornamentales. Paris. 2 vols. 
Hetme, F. Edward. Plants, their natural growth and ornamental treatment. 
n, 1874, 
Keren s ei ornaments. London 
LILLEY & WripGELEy. Studies in plant form. New York. 
LINDENBERG, H. The acanthus leaf. New Yo: 
Rankin, H. A., & Brown, F. H. B. Simple sn oe to handiwork. Vol. 1. 
New York 
SCHAUERMANN, F. L. Theory and analysis of ornament. London, 1892. 
TOWNSEND, W. G. P. Plant and floral studies for designers, art students, and 
craftsmen. New Vork, root. 
AMERICAN PLANTS AS MOTIVES 
‘One of the chief objects of this exhibit is to direct attention 
to the wealth of American material available for use in decorative 
design. The old traditions have a powerful hold, but continued 
repetition is apt to become monotonous, like playing the same 
tune, however good it may be, over and over again. The normal 
human mind is ever demanding something new. Why not look 
to American plants for new ideas? 
“The arbutus, bloodroot, twinflower, orchids, and other wild 
flowers of great beauty fill our temperate and tropical forests; 
‘Vines like the smilax, honeysuckle, clematis, and climbing bitter- 
Sweet, trail in profusion everywhere; while shrubs like the moun- 
tain laurel, sweet fern, sumac, and button-bush, and trees like 
the holly, sweet gum, and dogwood, are available to designers in 
many sections of our country. 
