JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



outside leaf is masculine and the inside is 

 feminine. 



Leaves growing in the shade gain luster, 

 while the sunny side becomes Iusterless; 

 then the side of the leaf in the shade with 



luster is in and the duller side yo. Flowers 

 shaded by another flower or leaf are also in. 



This may seem merely a poetic fancy, but 

 much common-sense is back of these appar- 

 ently whimsical ideas, and one finds that 

 the turning of the leaves to different sides 

 gives as much freshness and variety as turn- 

 ing the flowers in different directions. Apply- 

 ing such distinctions gives expression and 

 feeling and helps in producing the effect of 

 a growing plant. 



When a flower by its form, or a leaf by 



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