has always been sought for and admired. It requires perfect
conditions, of materials and tools; i.e., _complete Technical
appliances_.

CONVENTIONALISM--the result of _incomplete Technical appliances_, and
the attempt to render so much of the Beauty of the original as is
possible, with due regard to their capabilities--is the aim of the
Decorative-Artist. It is not the highest aim; though a necessary curb
in Decorative-Art, both for the technical reason, and also as a result
of the Position or Function of the object.

It will thus be seen that the two words, when used with regard to
foliage of any kind, refer to the _Method of representing it_, and not
to its Kind or its manner of Growth.


§ 9.--SCALES FROM REALISM TO CONVENTIONALISM.

These two methods, when applied absolutely, form the two
extremes:--The most complete REALISM being at one end, and the most
limited CONVENTIONALISM at the other. There are scales of gradual
reduction between them, which may be shown on two charts:

(i) Reduction in the NUMBER OF PARTS which preserve their Realistic
rendering.

(ii) Reduction in the DEGREE OF REALISM through all parts.

(i) According to the number of the features or parts of the design
which are treated with less than realism. Thus there might be a panel