Eulalia is a hardy, ornamental grass. Eulalia japonica zebrina has leaves with bars of yellow running across.

Foliage, Fully Expanded, and Young Inflorescences of Eulalia Japonica Zebrina

Eulalia is a hardy, ornamental grass. Eulalia japonica zebrina has leaves with bars of yellow running…

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii an ornamental stove palm. The leaves are four to six feet long. The sheath of the leaves form a triangular, column shaped stem.

Hyophorbe Vershaffeltii

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii an ornamental stove palm. The leaves are four to six feet long. The sheath…

The common name of jasminum is jasmine. The floridum variety has yellow flowers a half inch in diameter. It is a hardy, ornamental shrub.

Flowering Branchlet of Jasminum Floridum

The common name of jasminum is jasmine. The floridum variety has yellow flowers a half inch in diameter.…

The figari melon is an ornamental and small fruited melon.

Figari Melon

The figari melon is an ornamental and small fruited melon.

Acanthopanax ricinifolium variation maximowiczii has leaves that are deeply 5-7 lobed. The lobes are oblong and lance shaped. It is a very ornamental tree.

Acanthopanax Ricinifolium Variation Maximowiczii

Acanthopanax ricinifolium variation maximowiczii has leaves that are deeply 5-7 lobed. The lobes are…

Scarlet runner bean is the common name of phaseolus multiflorus. It is grown primarily for ornamental purposes.

Scarlet Runner Bean

Scarlet runner bean is the common name of phaseolus multiflorus. It is grown primarily for ornamental…

Clerodendron fallax is an ornamental species. The stem is erect, shrubby, and branching after flowering. The flowers are numerous and bright scarlet.

Clerodendron Fallax

Clerodendron fallax is an ornamental species. The stem is erect, shrubby, and branching after flowering.…

Coriaria japonica is a shrub grown chiefly for its ornamental fruits. It grows two to three, but sometimes ten, feet tall. The fruits become bright red in the summer and change to violet black when ripe.

Coriaria Japonica

Coriaria japonica is a shrub grown chiefly for its ornamental fruits. It grows two to three, but sometimes…

Illustrated is a common method of making privet hedge. Privet hedge is an ornamental woody plant grown for its handsome foliage and white flowers.

Privet Hedge

Illustrated is a common method of making privet hedge. Privet hedge is an ornamental woody plant grown…

In heraldry, the griffin is a fabulous animal, with the head and forefeet of an eagle, and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion. The head is represented with pricked ears, symbolical of its vigilance. In mythology, the griffin was a creature similar in form to the griffin of heraldry, which was supposed to find its especial function in watching over hidden treasure, especially in Scythia. It was dedicated to the sun-god Apollo, whose chariot appears in early art as drawn by griffins. It was a favorite ornamental 'theme' in ancient Babylonian and Persian art, and is also found in a similar way on art objects of the Phoenicians, the Mycenæan civilization, and the ancient Greeks. The Romans and art-workers of the renaissance used it as a purely decorative device.

Griffin

In heraldry, the griffin is a fabulous animal, with the head and forefeet of an eagle, and the body,…

"...the triangular space comprehended between the outer curve or extrados of an arch, a horizontal line drawn through its apex, and a vertical line through its springing; also, the wall-space between the outer moldings of two arches and a horizontal line or string-course above them, or between these outer moldings and the intrados of another arch rising above and inclosing the two. In medieval architecture the spandrels are often ornamented with tracery, sculptured foliage, and the like." —Whitney, 1889
<p>Illustration of a spandrel from the cloisters at Mont Saint-Michel in France.

Sculptured Spandrel from Mont Saint-Michel

"...the triangular space comprehended between the outer curve or extrados of an arch, a horizontal line…