Excerpt from The Secret of Pictorial Art, or Self-Instructor in Painting on Glass, China, Satin, and Paper: It Teaches the Oil Photo Miniature, Grecian Oil, Antique, Oriental, Crystal and Pastel Paintings, Crystalline, Decalcomanie and Diaphanie Transferring<br><br>Fellow-green is the color nature assumes at the falling of the leaf, and this was Worn in the days of chivalry the emblem of despair, Red indicates anger, and sometimes guilt. Green denotes tranquility and melancholy. In heraldry it is used to express liberty, love. Youth and beauty; and at one time all letters of grace were signed with green. The cypress is acknowledged as the. Emblem of mourning;-the myrtle of love; the aloe, of con stancy; the violet, of modesty the tulip, of vanity; the mulberry, ot prudence; the lily of the Valley, of innocence; the rose, of beauty; the fuchia, of magnificence; and the palm and laurel. Of honor and victory; the oak, of strength; the olive, of peace; and the willow, of sorrow.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.