In The Little Plant, the exuberant growth of the flowering plant indoors is counterpoint to the animated energy of the thick screen of trees outside. FitzGerald’s greatest concern was to express a unity in all the elements of the picture so that indoors and outdoors were joined together as one living entity. By wresting a rhythmic geometry from the tangle of nature, FitzGerald creates a world at once more animated and more tranquil than what appeared before his eyes.