VASE OF MANY SECTIONS 



"Upon Musashino prairie I lie with a 

 pillow of grass, and I see a little wild pink, 

 but — it looks higher than Fuji. " 



In arranging flowers in a three-sectioned 

 vase the idea is this: the flowers placed 

 in the highest section should be plants which 

 would grow on a mountain top; in the next 

 section upland-growing plants, and in the 

 lowest place, valley or water-growing plants, 

 for the last section represents also sea or 

 lake level. Thus plants of all altitudes can 

 be brought together in one vase. This order 

 may be changed, but the three-sectioned 

 vase was originated to carry out this idea. 

 Trees are sometimes placed in the highest 

 division, as trees do grow on mountain tops. 



In a vase of two divisions like the one 

 illustrated, only the lower opening is used. 

 The upper place is very shallow and when 

 filled with water is left without flowers and 

 is supposed to represent the reflected moon. 



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