INTRODUCTION 



In Ike-bana the Japanese have given us 

 a scientific arrangement of flowers which 

 excels all others in beauty of line and brings 

 into our homes the refreshment derived from 

 growing plants — a quite different sensation 

 from that given by other arrangements of 

 cut flowers. 



By the aid of the following pages, I sin- 

 cerely hope that a simple but beautiful 

 arrangement of flowers may be easily at- 

 tained by all who have felt the desire for 

 something less confused in flower arrange- 

 ment than has yet been reached by Western 

 people. 



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