CHAPTER THREE 

 FORMING MENTAL LINE PICTURES 



IT will be found far easier to make an 

 effective arrangement of flowers if you 

 first see a composition and then work 

 it out, as the following line diagrams will 

 illustrate. Diagram Number One shows 

 how this may be carried out. Although 

 there are three sprays of peonies, the 

 composition is expressed by only two strong 

 lines. 



The third line or Earth spray is formed 

 by one fully opened flower and a bud, but 

 is too indefinite to be depicted. Short 

 sprays with confused lines are left entirely 

 to the imagination as they do not in any 

 way affect the general outline of the 

 composition. 



The next three-line diagram shows the 

 composition of three magnolia sprays. 



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