CHAPTER TWELVE 



HOW TO SUGGEST THE SEASON 



OF THE YEAR IN FLOWER 



ARRANGEMENT 



THE Japanese describe the growth of 

 the plant from flower to fruit as the 

 moving of the plant soul from flower 

 to leaf and from leaf to fruit, according to 

 the four seasons of the year. In spring the 

 soul is in the flowers, in summer it' is in the 

 leaves, and in autumn it comes into the fruit, 

 while in winter it spreads into the branches. 



Spring Arrangement of Flowers 



In the spring let your flowers be loose 

 and spreading. Have some branches bending 

 slightly toward the front and others toward 

 the back. Heaven is always upright, but 

 with the branches representing Man let some 



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