Wild Mustard Design
The small, yellow blossoms of the wild mustard and its compound leaves make very dainty designs. [Fig. 25] is one of them.
Fig.25 - Wild Mustard design.
| Fig.26 - Wild Mustard. | Fig.24 - The Daisy Fleabane grows like this. |
From the drawing of the wild mustard ([Fig. 26]) you will see that the flowers do not grow close to the leaves as they are placed in this design, but on tall stems which lift them far above the scattered leaf-sprays. The design [Fig. 25] was made by cutting off a number of flower-clusters and leaves, and grouping first one flower-cluster and one leaf-spray together, with the ends of their stems touching, then another flower-cluster and another leaf-spray. The arrows in [Fig. 27] show where the stems are brought together, and the design [Fig. 25] shows how the joining of the first two is covered with one of the small leaves of the second leaf-spray, and how the joining of the second two is hidden under a leaf of the third leaf-spray, and so on.
Fig.27 - Parts of Wild Mustard design.
There are four flower-clusters and five leaf-sprays in the design. You can have as many as you wish but must end them with a leaf-spray.
Fig.28 - Buttercup design.