JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



turn the kubari in the vase a little to the 

 right or left as the case may require. 



Then see that the stems are all together 

 at the base for about four inches. This is 

 absolutely necessary in order to make the 

 few cut flowers seem one whole and growing 

 plant. The stems, in keeping close together 

 and appearing as one, form the parent stalk 

 and give strength to the whole arrangement. 

 This also is its most Japanese characteristic, 

 the feature wherein the Japanese arrange- 



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