CHAPTER SIX 

 SHORT-STEM FLOWERS 



SHORT-STEM flowers not being as 

 decorative as long-stem ones are 

 seldom used. 



With the early spring varieties no at- 

 tempt is made to bring them into the 

 groups so common with other flowers. 



They are not cut from the plant, but 

 are taken up root and all with whatever 

 grass or weeds are growing near to them, 

 and placed with the earth in which they 

 grew into low bowls. 



The principal reason we see so few 

 such arrangements in Japanese homes is 

 owing to the fact that this method of 

 treatment consumes little time or thought. 

 In the East it is considered a real privilege 

 to devote any amount of time not only 

 to the arranging of flowers but to any 



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