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All is exquisitely worked and the leaves are pushed
hither and thither lightly by the swords and sceptres
which gives this capital peculiar grace. Its ribs are
most perfectly rounded.
The 17th. On same plan exactly; the lobes a little more ridged
The 19th. Something more modern in look. Great pains have been
taken about it. The leaves sweep more in their flow; the
angle leaves have seven ribs for five; and as this
gives two more great divisions, each div[s]ision is shorter
and has a lobe less; the effect is less graceful; They
are more modulated in surface; and the ribs are not
only morefine, but have a different character about the
joint. Fig 1 p 52 is the general skeleton of the 19th
angle leaf; Fig 2 its upper forks real size. Fig 3 the
forks of the 5th real size (I say so in note, but they are
Note on section A. The projecting mass is the limiting not thick enough)
outline within which the figure and leaf are worked. The vegetable organization is thus much more prononcé in
the 5th. The diminution of the stem as it forks is most
adm rably observed in both.
The 25th. (Seasons) This is the best preserved and most valuable
of the series. The groins of the lobes drawn from its
hroad leaft at p 53 1 are explanatory of the system of
them all.
The Third Order. Sections A through side with figure B. through
angle; C. flower band larger 6 w. St M.
The leaves have all the form of lobe down below by Noah
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