CHAPTER NINE 



NEW AND OLD FORMS OF FLOWER 

 HOLDERS 



HAVING had unusual opportunities 

 for collecting flower holders, and 

 considerable practise in using them, 

 there are several which were not before de- 

 scribed that I should like to advocate. 



There is one in particular when no 

 sticks are to be had large enough to make 

 the usual forked kubari, that will be found 

 very useful. This can be made from the 

 ends of the stems of whatever flowers are 

 being used. It is made as follows: Split 

 the stem of the flower directly in half for 

 at least five inches, cut from some flower 

 not to be used several stems a trifle wider 

 than the mouth of the vase, into the slits 

 already made insert these shorter pieces 

 of stem horizontally and place in the vase 

 as cut shows. In some instances two or 



