Plant and Floral Studies for Artists and Craftspeople

by W. G. Paulson Townsend

• ISBN13: 9780486443775
• ISBN10: 0486443779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Useful reference covering several varieties of plants includes more than 100 precise drawings of flowers, leaves, buds, and growth patterns. Includes detailed depictions of the anemone, arbutus, broad bean, bell-flower, briar rose, dahlia, and lily, among others. A detailed narrative provides descriptions of physical features and general botanical information for each plant. Essential in creating stencils, needlework canvases, and other floral design projects, this thoroughly illustrated guide will be a boon to amateur and professional artists, art students, and crafters. 114 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Acanthus (Spinosa)---Flower details	85	(1)
Acanthus (Spinosa)---Growth	86	(26)
AlstrÆaemeria---Growth and details	112
Anemone---Growth	106	(1)
Anemone---Details	107
Apple---Growth	104	(1)
Apple---Details	105
Arbutus (or Strawberry tree)---Flowers and leaves	31	(1)
Arbutus (or Strawberry tree)---Growth with fruit	32
Bean (Broad)---Growth	8	(1)
Bean (Broad)---Flowers, stem, and leaf joints	9	(68)
Bell-Flower (Nettled-leaved or Campanula)---Growth	77	(1)
Bell-Flower (Nettled-leaved or Campanula)---Flowers, buds, and leaves	78
Bell-Flower (Canterbury)---Growth	71	(2)
Bell-Flower (Canterbury)---Flowers, buds, and joints	73
Bind-Weed---Flowers and buds	49	(1)
Bind-Weed---Growth	50
Briar Rose (Small-leaved sweet)---Flowers and leaves	22	(1)
Briar Rose (Small-leaved sweet)---Growth	23	(71)
Burdock---Flowers and buds	94	(1)
Burdock---Growth	95
Campanula (or Nettle-leaved Bell-Flower)---Growth	77	(1)
Campanula (or Nettle-leaved Bell-Flower)---Flowers, buds, and leaves	78
Canterbury Bell---Growth	71	(2)
Canterbury Bell---Flowers, buds, and stem joints	73	(19)
Cape Gooseberry---Details of fruit, flowers, and leaves	92	(1)
Cape Gooseberry---Growth	93
Clematis (Wild) or Traveller's Joy---Growth	88	(1)
Clematis (Wild) or Traveller's Joy---Details of buds, flowers, and leaves	89
Columbine (White)---Growth	19	(1)
Columbine (White)---Flowers, buds, and joints	20	(1)
Columbine (White)---Leaves, flowers, and joints	21	(28)
Convolvulus (or Bind-weed)---Flowers and buds	49	(1)
Convolvulus (or Bind-weed)---Growth	50	(29)
Crane's-Bill (Meadow)---Growth	79	(1)
Crane's-Bill (Meadow)---Flowers, leaves, and seed vessels	80
Dahlia---Flower and leaf growth	4	(1)
Dahlia---Flowers and buds	5	(1)
Dahlia---Flower and leaf growth	6	(1)
Dahlia---Flowers and buds	7	(46)
Dandelion---Seed head, flowers, and leaves	53	(1)
Dandelion---Growth	54	(42)
Day Lily---Buds and flowers	96	(1)
Day Lily---Growth and detail	97
Delphinium (or Larkspur)---Leaf	68	(1)
Delphinium (or Larkspur)---Growth and bud details	69	(1)
Delphinium (or Larkspur)---Flowers and stem joint	70	(4)
Evening Primrose---Flowers	74	(1)
Evening Primrose---Growth	75	(1)
Evening Primrose---Flowers and buds	76
Everlasting Pea---Flower and buds	47	(1)
Everlasting Pea---Growth	48	(51)
Fuchsia---Flowers, buds and seed vessels	99	(1)
Fuchsia---Growth	100	(1)
Fuchsia---Seed vessels, young growth, and stem joints	101
Grass (Small Hard)	72
Grass (Hauer)	64
Grass (Cyprus)	42
Great Bastard Woade---Growth and flower detail	15	(94)
Great Flowered Ox-eye---Flower and leaves	109	(1)
Great Flowered Ox-eye---Growth	110	(1)
Great Flowered Ox-eye---Growth	111
Groundsel---Growth and detail	63
Hazel Nut---Catkins, structure, and fruit	24	(1)
Hazel Nut---Growth	25	(65)
Hip of Rose (Rosa)	90	(1)
Hip of Briar Rose	91	(7)
Hip of Rose (Rosa indica)	98
Holly (Sea)---Growth and details	87
Hollyhock (Single)---Terminal growth, buds, and seed vessels	17	(1)
Hollyhock (Single)---Growth	18	(43)
Honesty---Growth	61	(4)
Indian Corn (or Blew Turky Wheat)	65
Iris (German)---Flower growth	57	(1)
Iris (German)---Leaf growth	58	(23)
Iris (Yellow)---Flowers	81	(1)
Iris (Yellow)---Growth with bud details	82	(1)
Iris (Yellow)---Buds	83	(1)
Iris (Yellow)---Flowers	84
Larkspur (or Delphinium)---Leaf	68	(1)
Larkspur (or Delphinium)---Growth and bud details	69	(1)
Larkspur (or Delphinium)---Flowers and stem joint	70
Lavender (Spike)	56	(40)
Lily (Day)---Bud and flowers	96	(1)
Lily (Day)---Growth and details	97
Lily (Lilium Croceum)---Growth	2	(1)
Lily (Lilium Croceum)---Flowers, buds, and leaves	3	(25)
Lily (Martagon)---Growth	28	(2)
Lily (Martagon)---Flowers, buds, and leaf joints	30
Lily (Red Lily of Constantinople, from Gerard's Herball)	29	(83)
Lily (Small, Alstraemeria)---Growth and details	112
Lily (White water)---Flowers and leaf	37	(1)
Lily (White water)---Buds and joints	38	(1)
Lily (White water)---Flowers and buds	39	(1)
Lily (Yellow Water)---Flowers and leaf	40	(1)
Lily (Yellow Water)---Flowers and buds	41
Magnolia---Flowers and joints	35	(1)
Magnolia---Growth	36
Marrow (Vegetable)---Flower, buds, and terminal	10	(1)
Marrow (Vegetable)---Flower and leaves	11	(1)
Marrow (Vegetable)---Growth	12	(67)
Meadow Crane's Bill---Growth	79	(1)
Meadow Crane's---Flowers, leaves, and seed vessels	80
Medlar---Fruit	33	(1)
Medlar---Growth	34	(9)
Monk's Hood (or common Wolf's-bane)---Flower	43	(1)
Monk's Hood (or common Wolf's-bane)---Growth	44	(1)
Monk's Hood (or common Wolf's-bane)---Flower and buds	45	(1)
Monk's Hood (or common Wolf's-bane)---Leaves	46	(62)
Nasturtium---Growth	108
Nut, Hazel---Catkins, structure, and fruit	24	(1)
Nut, Hazel---Growth	25	(84)
Ox-eye (Great Flowered)---Flower and leaves	109	(1)
Ox-eye (Great Flowered)---Growth	110	(1)
Ox-eye (Great Flowered)---Growth	111
Pea (Everlasting)---Flowers and buds	47	(1)
Pea (Everlasting)---Growth	48	(55)
Pear---Growth and detail	103
Persicaria (Pink)---Growth	52	(10)
Plantain (Broad-leaved)---Growth and flower details	62	(5)
Plantain (Buck's horn)	67
Plum---Blossom	51
Poppy (Sea)---Growth	26	(1)
Poppy (Sea)---Seed vessel, buds, and leaves	27
Potato---Growth	1	(73)
Primrose (Evening)---Flowers	74	(1)
Primrose (Evening)---Growth	75	(1)
Primrose (Evening)---Flowers and buds	76	(26)
Rice---Growth and detail	102
Rose, Hip of (Rosa indica)	98
Rose, Hip of (Briar Rose)	91
Rose, Hip of (Rosa)	90
Rose (small leaved sweet briar)---Flower and leaves	22	(1)
Rose (small leaved sweet briar)---Growth	23	(43)
Sea Gilloflower (or Thrift)	66	(21)
Sea Holly---Growth and details	87
Sea Kale---Enlarged flowers and buds	13	(1)
Sea Kale---Growth	14	(2)
Sea Kale---Stem and leaf growth	16	(10)
Sea Poppy---Growth	26	(1)
Sea Poppy---Seed vessel, buds and leaves	27
Single Hollyhock---Terminal growth, bud and seed vessels	17	(1)
Single Hollyhock---Growth	18	(13)
Strawberry Tree (or Arbutus)---Flowers and leaves	31	(1)
Strawberry Tree (or Arbutus)---Growth and fruit	32	(34)
Thrift (or Sea Gilloflower)	66
Tomato---Flowers	59	(1)
Tomato---Fruit and leaf growth	60	(28)
Traveller's Joy---Growth	88	(1)
Traveller's Joy---Details of buds, flower, and leaves	89	(24)
Various Treatment of Leaves for Surface Patterns	113	(1)
Various Treatment of Leaves for Surface Patterns	114
Vegetable Marrow---Flowers, buds, and terminals	10	(1)
Vegetable Marrow---Flowers and leaves	11	(1)
Vegetable Marrow---Growth	12	(43)
Vetch (Meadow)	55
Woade (Great Bastard)---Growth and flower detail	15	(28)
Wolf's-bane (or Monk's Hood)---Flower	43	(1)
Wolf's-bane (or Monk's Hood)---Growth	44	(1)
Wolf's-bane (or Monk's Hood)---Flowers and buds	45	(1)
Wolf's-bane (or Monk's Hood)---Leaves	46	(19)
Wheat (Blew Turky) or Indian Corn	65
White Columbine---Growth	19	(1)
White Columbine---Flowers, buds, and joints	20	(1)
White Columbine---Leaves, flowers, and joints	21	(16)
White Water Lily---Flowers and leaf	37	(1)
White Water Lily---Buds and joints	38	(1)
White Water Lily---Flowers and leaves	39	(1)
Yellow Water Lily---Flowers and leaf	40	(1)
Yellow Water Lily---Flowers and buds	41