JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



have no charms for him. In presenting 

 flowers to a friend they always send them in 

 buds, so that the friend may experience the 

 pleasure of seeing the flowers open in his 

 own home; and a branch of a non-flowering 

 tree would be given while its leaves were 

 forming, so that the pleasure of watching the 

 leaves unfold would not be lost. 



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