JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



low the natural growth of the plant from 

 which your flowers have been gathered. If 

 the flowers have been given you and you 

 are ignorant of their natural tendency, bear 

 in mind that variety is one of your chief 

 aims. If you have only three flowers, do 

 not put the bud at the top, the half-open one 

 for Man, and the full-blown for Earth; but 

 if you start with a bud, mix up the flower 

 forms in some way. As has been already 

 explained, there are two styles in one or 

 the other of which every arrangement of 

 flowers must be made. These styles are 

 also distinguished by the names of in and 

 yo. The colors of flowers are given this 

 same distinction. Purple, red, pink, and 

 variegated colors are classified as masculine, 

 whereas yellow, white, and blue are feminine. 

 This guides one in arranging flowers of 

 different colors in the same vase, the mas- 

 culine colors always taking the most impor- 

 tant and highest position in the group. 

 The one exception to this rule is white 

 flowers. White flowers of every variety 

 hold the highest rank. 



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