Excerpt from Plant and Floral Studies for Designers, Art Students, and Craftsmen A Book on "Plant and Floral Studies" for Designers, Art Students, and Craftsmen, may appear to many art-workers quite unnecessary. Some explanation, therefore, of the aims and object in publishing this book will, doubtless, be expected. In the first place I feel convinced that an inexpensive collection of plant studies in line, from a structural point of view, of a purely practical description, is greatly needed. At the same time I am aware that several books of acknowledged excellence, dealing with this subject and its application to design, have already appeared. The aim of this work is to be a Designer's sketch-book of plant form only. On each plate an inch scale is given; and every study has a short description, giving the time of flowering, the situation, and other details, as colour, height, etc. At times more than one plant is required for the same design, and it is helpful in making the selection to have some such information at hand, or, if it is desirable to introduce insects, birds, or animals, such notes will, I think, be found useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.