CHAPTER SIXTEEN 

 FLOWERS IN BASKETS 



IT is often the case that whatever is 

 simple and easily procured is overlooked 

 and seldom used. This apparently has 

 been the fate of the many exquisitely beau- 

 tiful forms of baskets made for flowers. 

 There is scarcely a conceivable form which 

 has not been made in this material. 



The Japanese have done more than 

 their part, not only in the constant use in 

 their own land, but they have also ex- 

 ported them in large quantities here. No 

 other vases but those of bronze can equal 

 them for color. 



Although in most cases the flowers are 

 not allowed to touch the handle of the 

 basket because by that it is carried, and 

 handling would mar their freshness, yet 

 as previously described, in some instances 



