JAPANESE FLOWER VASES 



country, the beautiful baskets made in such 

 variety of shape from bamboo reeds, with 

 their color assuming the soft brown shades 

 of mother earth, so perfect an offset for all 

 the varied tints of the flowers, are entirely 

 practical in any climate. 



Not to be overlooked is the tiny hanging 

 vase found in the simple peasant home — 

 some curious root picked up at no cost and 

 fashioned into a shape suitable to hold a 

 single flower or vine. Such vases could be 

 made with little effort by anyone and find 

 place anywhere in our own land, had we 

 only a keen enough desire to be always sur- 

 rounded by the beautiful. 



After experience with Japanese vases we 

 find ourselves much more critical in the 

 selection of American or European ones and, 

 beholding all the delightful forms of Japa- 

 nese vases depicted in their prints, we grow 

 most regretful of the scarcity of their impor- 

 tation into Europe or this country. 



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