JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



splitting; the stick should be in 

 proportion to the size of the vase, 

 usually about the thickness of 



Fig one's thumb. Split the stick at 



one end, a little to one side of 

 the middle, for about an inch, 

 or long enough to admit all 

 the branches you wish to pass 



Fig 2 through; then at the end of this 

 slit, or where the opening stops, 

 make a notch with a knife 

 through the bark on the thinner 

 side and bend this thin side back 

 until it forms a fork like Fig. i. 



Fig. 3 This notch forms a hinge which 

 can be opened wide enough to 

 admit of many flowers or closed 

 so as to hold only one. It also 

 prevents the slit from running 

 the entire length of the stick. 



In measuring the stick place 

 one end an inch below the top 

 edge of the vase, slanting the 

 other end over the top edge on 



Fig. 4 



