CONCLUSION. 



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of blossoms or even of a solitary branch or twig without a single 

 blossom. 



The whole theory of Japanese flower arrangement depends 

 upon the "language of line" rather than upon mass or color. Upon 

 this simple base a rigid and complex system has been established, 



which has been carefully and thoroughly studied and analysed by 

 a foreign architect, an Englishman, in the employ of the Japanese 

 Government. It will serve to give some idea of the magnitude and 

 complexity of the subject to state that Mr. Conder's explanation 



