JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



Branches are much used by the Japanese, 

 for, unlike us, they consider them as flowers 

 and use them for their most important 

 arrangements. 



To Put a Large Branch into a Vase 

 without a Support 



Take any well-shaped branch either from 

 fruit trees, maples, or evergreens and you 

 will find you can make an attractive arrange- 

 ment by placing one such large branch in 

 a vase without any trimming or support, 

 provided that you bring the branch into 

 perfect balance. By this we mean that 

 the extreme summit of the branch must be 

 directly over its base. Often, however, when 

 the branch is merely thrust into the vase, it 

 will fall over to one side, thus — forming no 

 attractive lines and usually tipping over the 

 vase as it falls out of balance. If this occurs, 

 split the end for three or four inches at the 

 base, bend one split to the right and the 

 other to the left until these cut ends press 

 tightly on opposite sides of the vase, and so 



[ 114] 



