Vol. I: VIII. Botany for Painters and Elements of Landsca...
The Da Vinci Notebooks
The plant which gives out the smallest ramifications will preserve the straightest line in the course of its growth.
206:203 : This passage is illustrated by two partly effaced sketches. One of these closely resembles the lower one given under No. 408, the other also represents short closely set boughs on an upright trunk.