JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



For if your stems are left blunt and round at 

 the ends the kubari will be split apart; or if 

 you slant off each one separately as you 

 finish bending it, you are apt to cut it wrong; 

 for if the branches are not all slanted off 

 on exactly the same side they will fall apart 

 at the base, where they must be joined as 

 one. No amount of twisting and turning 

 will bring them into proper place if they have 

 been cut on opposite sides. 



Next put Man in the kubari and pull as 

 far forward into the fork of the kubari as 

 possible. When it stands firmly erect by 

 itself follow it with Heaven, pulling that 

 close to Man, and then Earth goes in last at 

 the back and is pulled close to the other 



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