CHAPTER THIRTEEN 

 FLOWERS IN HANGING RECEPTACLES 



VINES of all varieties should be placed 

 in hanging vases, as the nature of 

 their growth can be shown to better 

 advantage in this way. A vine in an upright 

 position is very unnatural, but in a hanging 

 vase it can fall over the edge as though it 

 were creeping over a rock or clinging to the 

 side of a hill. Only the short and unimpor- 

 tant ends are allowed to go upright. 



Arrangements are made in hanging vases 

 according to the same principles of Heaven, 

 Man, and Earth. Heaven is still the long- 

 est branch or spray, only in these receptacles 

 it hangs down instead of standing upright. 

 This is because the character of vines is to 

 droop, and Heaven, the most important ele- 

 ment of the group in flower arrangements, 

 must always indicate in its lines the natural 

 growth of the plant. 

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