For this purpose ornamental glazed partitions are preferable to solid walls.
The laudable desire for a handsome architectural exterior, which all public buildings ought to have, is frequently carried to such an extent that utility is completely sacrificed to an ornamental outside appearance.
This may be either fixed or movable, and a good form can be constructed of ornamental ironwork, surmounted by a polished oak or walnut rail, about four to six inches wide, in the style of illustration (Fig.
When dry, the iridescent colours are apparent, and the paper is employed for manyornamental purposes.
Chimney-piece supported on two hollow ornamental pillars corresponding with the short arm of a syphon.
In all ornamental plantings on arbors or pergolas, if fruit is to be considered, the permanent trunk is carried to the top of the structure.
Occasionally slat trellises are put up in gardens but these are not to be recommended for any but ornamental purposes.
The ample, lustrous green foliage makes this variety one of the attractive ornamental plants of the South.
Nevertheless, grapes grown as ornamentals can be trained so as to serve the double purpose of ornamental and fruit-bearing plant.
This method is too expensive for a commercial vineyard but is often used in gardens and for ornamental plantings.
The grape is a favoriteornamental for fences, arbors and to cover buildings; for all of these purposes the vines must be trained as occasion calls.
For a few ornamental persons a knowledge of them may be a pleasing accomplishment.
But they work willingly at the grading of roads and paths, the laying out and planting of flower-beds, the construction of ornamental designs, of doubtful taste but unquestionable sincerity.
Calificadores continued to be appointed, but they seem to have been rather ornamental than useful members of the official family, if we may judge from the variation in the number attached to the different tribunals.
The alguazil mayor seems to have been an ornamental personage, usually a man of distinction, who thereby proclaimed his purity of blood and devotion to the faith.
It's the one with that terribly high, ornamental iron fence.
It was a very grave little girl who opened the ornamental iron gate and proceeded reluctantly up the long driveway to the huge brown stone house, set in the midst of a wide expanse of tree-dotted lawn.
No fence divides its grounds from the public walk, and on the smooth-shaven lawn between the ornamental flower beds and the walk stand two stern mastiffs of iron, emblematic of the solidity and power of their owner.
In short, Bijah was the working bee, and the Honorable Heth the ornamental drone.
Mr. John Simpson-Hodges was there, no less ornamental than in London, and as useful as he was ornamental.
Let them be sawn through, and converted into massive picture frames or ornamental chimney-pieces.
Neither is this fashion more ornamental than convenient.
This would include every variety of ornamental art in which invention and skill are conspicuous, as well as those works more directly inspired by higher motives and intended as a joy forever.
To create a good appearance, narrow, ornamental rockeries may be arranged at the edge of the side staging and beneath it, and in any part of the basement available.
In these large conservatories, Stanhopeas in baskets for suspending are ornamental plants, and Sobralias on the floor or central bed would prove satisfactory.
These lantern clocks with ornamental galleries are furnished with bells as wide as the clock-case suspended from two intersecting arched bands stretching from corner to corner.
These original cases are sometimes met with and are interesting in themselves, but the brass clocks are more ornamental when minus the cases.
But though most of these forms are very ornamental and abundant [134] in parks and gardens, little is as yet known concerning the origin of their varietal attributes and their constancy, when propagated by seeds.
Which of their ornamental features are due to fluctuating deviation from an average is of course unknown.
Ordinarily a yellowish or greenish tinge underlies the ornamental color, and if this latter disappears, the yellowish ground will become manifest.
It was commonly called Syringa vulgaris azurea plena, and seems to have been very rare and without real ornamental value.
Oenothera lamarckiana is considered in Europe as a garden-plant, much prized for parks and ornamental planting.
It is now being applied on a large scale to nearly all ornamental plants.
In the opium-poppy, on the contrary, it is very showy, and heightens the ornamentaleffect of the young fruits after the fading of the flowers.
New varieties which appear from time to time may be ornamental or otherwise in flowers, and more or less profitable than their parents in vegetables and fruits.
The flowering-currant of the Pacific Coast or North American scarlet ribes (Ribes sanguineum), a very popular ornamental shrub, will serve as a good example.
Ceiling-beams were carved into highly ornamental forms before receiving their rich color-decoration of red, green, blue, and gold.
Ornamental details of a debased Roman type appear, mingled with more gracefully flowing leaf-patterns resembling early Christian Syrian carving.
The small number of “carved stones,” bearing singular ornamental patterns, symbolic or mystical rather than decorative in intention, really tends to prove this statement rather than to controvert it.
Several species are cultivated as ornamental garden flowers; there are about 125 species.
The Bindweeds are gay and beautiful flowers, and besides being used for ornamental purposes, many of this order have medicinal properties of great importance.
The Honeysuckle is a very favourite ornamental plant, and the fruit of the Elder produces the Elderberry-wine so much used on Christmas Eve, with toasted bread, in many parts of the country.
A pretty piece of ornamental water was set in flowering bushes and well-contrived rockery, and in a more remote part of the grounds a little dark pond reflected wild-wood banks and fine overspreading elms and beeches.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ornamental" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: aesthetic; artistic; beautiful; fancy; tasteful
