JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



the end so (see cut) by cutting and apply- 

 some dry Sansho in the openings made; 

 then put the branch in water for two or 

 three hours. 



These simple and well-thought-out methods 

 do more towards preserving cut flowers than 

 the complicated drug mixtures which are so 



secretly held back by the masters; or, I 

 should say, were held, for the teachers today 

 give more liberally of this knowledge. In 

 ancient times the rules for preserving flowers 

 were completely withheld from the pupils. 

 A master would sometimes reveal one rule 

 or secret at a time to an advanced pupil, 

 but it was impossible for any student to find 

 out all the rules, unless in the case of the 

 master's death, when to a favorite pupil 

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