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who paints a flower-picture does not crowd 

 his canvas, still it glows with color, and the 

 impression it gives you, at first sight, is that 

 he has depicted a wealth of bloom. But a 

 careful analysis of the pictures will show you 

 that he has secured the result he aimed at by 

 painting a few flowers so arranged that each 

 one has a chance to assert its individuality to 

 the utmost. Then you begin to understand 

 that quantity is not so important as quality in 

 work of this kind, and you learn that what the 

 artist has done in arranging his flowers on the 

 canvas is precisely what you must do in ar- 

 ranging yours for the decoration of the home. 

 All the difference is — his are on canvas, yours 

 are in a vase. The same rule applies to both. 



Aim to make a ^picture of each arrangement 

 you undertake. Think how it would look on 

 the wall if it could be perpetuated by the brush 

 of the artist. If you do not think you would 

 care to have it so perpetuated there is some- 

 thing wrong with it. Find out what it is that 

 is wrong before you go on with your work. 



The use of several kinds of flowers is often 

 as great a source of disappointment as the use 

 of too many. There may be harmony of color 

 but not of form or habit. A pink Rose and a 



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