Medical Notes in Siam, China and Japan
1878; Springer Nature; Volume: 5; Issue: 115supp Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/scientificamerican03161878-1832csupp
ISSN1946-7087
Autores Tópico(s)Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
ResumoTHOUGH unfortunately the lack of color must perforce with trust," and the needle makers, "They sewed leaves deprive us of one of its greatest beauties-the delicate tints together and made themselves aprons." of the apple blossom-the drawing will nevertheless give the designer a ¥ ood deal of the detail of the plant.Though we miss the aelicate streakings of pink on the snow-white petals, and the delicate grays that give the shade tints of these beautiful but fragile-looking blossoms, and the tender green of the foliage, all the forms are given-the bosses of OLEANING ENGRAVINGS.-Put the engraving on a smooth board; cover it thinly with common salt finely powdered; squeeze lemon juice upon the salt, so as to dissolve a con siderable portion of it ; elevate one end of the board, so that it may form an angle of about 45° or 50° with the horif"Y ,\u S 1"\ .... .. LU S.""PH .. f SUGGESTIONS IN DECORATIVE ART -THE APPLE.blossom that succeed each other with such rich profusion on the stems.and the vigorous outspringing of the leaves so recently burst, under the genial influence of spring, from the bud in which they have so carefully been wrapped and pre served amid the cold winds and nipping frosts of winter.The colors of the apple blossom are so attractive a feature that its use where this feature can be rendered, as in chintzes, wall-papers, and pottery-painting, would be clearly an advantage.Our illustrations probably tell their own story.The first two are natural growths, giving the quaint crumpled look of the opening flowers, the form in which they are massed, and the way the foliage springs from certain points on the stems, while Nos. 3 and 4 are back and front views respectively of a fully expanded blossom.As the tree in its flowering state is an especially beautiful feature in the spring flora, it might very well be employed by the designer as typical of that season.We have ourselves employed it as one of a series of twelve floral designs illustrative of the months, and we may further be allowed to add that we have in our "Familiar Wild Flowers" given a colored drawing that will probably he of service to the designer, for, though the subject there illustrated is the wild apple of the hedgerow, the colors of the wildling and the garden species are identical, thciligh the forms of the latter are naturally fuller and richer, theresult of cultivation.'--F.E. H.,inBuildingNews.THE trade mottoes of some of the London associations are curious.The blacksmiths, for instance,have" By hammer and hand all arts do stand ;" the distillers, "Drop as rain, distill as dew:" the founders, ' " God the only founder ;" t�e
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