ARRANGEMENT IN HIGH VASE 



done each flower, twig, and leaf stands out 

 in clear-cut outlines and the arrangement 

 appears full; but if heedlessly done and the 

 wrong parts are sacrificed, it appears poor 

 and scant, although there may be no confu- 

 sion of line or actual faults. This is a very 

 important part of flower arrangement and 

 only great care and practise will bring about 

 the proper result. It is not so difficult as 

 it at first appears, however. 



Every arrangement of flowers should have 

 some buds, some half-open flowers, and some 

 fully open ones. Use the half-opened for 

 Heaven, the full-blown for Man, and the 

 bud for Earth. If you have two full-blown 

 flowers, use one high and the other low and 

 arrange a leaf just above the one in the 

 lower position, half covering it. This is 

 because flowers blooming under leaves are 

 considered In or feminine, and take the 

 lower places. 



Do not forget that while it is allowable for 

 branches to bend down toward the earth, 

 at their ends they must be bent up toward 



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