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This is also called " sandwiching." " Dew-dropping" is the use of 

 a leaf so weak in the stem that it assumes a wilted appearance 

 and could not support a drop of water. "Equal ranging" is 

 placing flowers at equal heights as shown in the accompanying 

 illustration of Spanish Iris (page 354.) 



It is also considered objectionable for one branch to intersect 

 another. All twigs which so cross in the line of vision are' 

 carefully cut out when arranging material. This is called 

 "cross-cutting." (See illustration of 

 Oriental Poppy, page 354.) "View 

 cutting " is the crossing of a twig with 

 the main trunk of the branch. This, 

 however, is allowed in arranging 

 Plumblossoms, for such a crossing is 

 characteristic of the growth of the 

 species. Parallelism occurs when two 

 adjacent stems or branches are ex- 

 actly parallel to each other. There are 

 several other objectionable features 

 in arrangement recognized by the 

 Japanese, but the ones cited are fea- 

 tures particularly objectionable in any 

 arrangement of flowers. There are 

 other features described by Conder 

 which, if observed by Americans in 

 their arrangement of flowers, would 

 add much to the interest of any com- 

 position by creating variety and elim- 

 inating monotony: 



Siih Principe 



Three distinct characters are observed 

 both in flowers and leaves. In flowers 

 there are the full blossoms, the half-open 

 blossoms, and the buds; and in leaves, 

 the young green leaf, the full leaf, and the 

 reddening or falling leaf. In flower ar- 

 rangements with one material, as for example, the Cherry or Peach 

 blossoms, a different character of blossom is selected for the chief lines 

 of the composition. For the principal, full-blown flowers will be used; 

 for the secondary, half-open flowers; and for the tertiary, buds are em- 

 ployed. Some designers, on the principle that the half-open flower is 

 more powerful than the full-blown blossom, use the half-open flowers 



A FIVE-LINE COMPOSITION 



The Umbrella Palm (Cyperus alternifolius) 

 in a type of arrangement much favored by 

 the Japanese. (Explained on preceding page) 



for the principal and the full-blown blossoms for the secondary. 

 Straight leaves are considered strong, and curled or bent leaves weak; 

 the strong flowers should be near the weak leaves, and the strong 

 leaves near the buds or over-blown flowers. A flower below a leaf is 

 weaker than one above. In thinning out leaves in a composition, two 

 strong leaves must remain for every weak one. 



The appropriate placing of flowers in the home is carefully 

 considered by the Japanese. The placing of their furniture, 



wall decorations, and pictures is very 

 definite, and the flowering material is 

 carefully set so it in no way detracts 

 from other decorative features in the 

 home. Regarding this point Miss 

 Harada says : "Flowers go to the place 

 of honor in the home. The style of 

 the room in which they are to be ar- 

 ranged plays a great part in the ar- 

 rangement. We carefully consider 

 the other decorative features in the 

 room, whether they are rich tones or 

 soft, quiet ones. As a rule, our draw- 

 ing rooms are decorated in gray and 

 mostly with one or two paintings. 

 The flowers are placed in a definite 

 position in a recess and we have but 

 few other ornaments in our rooms. 

 We have only those things in our 

 home which give one rest and repose, 

 as he comes in from the busy world. 

 Flowers do this." 



The Japanese consider carefully the 

 scenery portrayed in a painting and 

 aim to make the floral compositions 

 placed near it harmonize as closely as 

 possible. If the picture represents 

 lake or river scenery, water plants are used in the flower ar- 

 rangement. If a painting of Plum blossoms is hung on the 

 walls, Plum blossoms would not be selected for the vases, but 

 species which are seasonable with the flowering of the Plums 

 would be chosen. 



A Photograph Competition for Flower Arrangements will he announced shortly 



A PROMISE OF PERFECT PEACHES 



JOHN L. DOAN 



Easily Grown, Luscious Fruit of the Orient that Has Found a 

 Congenial Home — Certain Soil Affinities that Vary According to Latitude 



Editors' Note: This is the seventh article in the series dealing with the fruits for the home garden, and the home viewpoint. To- 

 gether they form a handy compendium of practical facts for the man who is growing fruit to use in his own household or eat at his own table. 



JRULY an American fruit is the Peach. You may 

 think "that cannot be, for it came from the Orient"; 

 Hi k ut we are thoroughly American, though only a few 

 generations removed from Europe. The Peach was 

 brought over when the Colonies were founded, before any 

 Federal Horticultural Board issued quarantine orders and, in 

 much of our territory, found a soil and climate as congenial as 

 in China, its native home, or Persia, the country from which it 

 was carried to Europe. Long before the Revolution Peaches 

 were growing wild in abundance in Virginia and the Caro- 

 linas. No wonder that with these favorable natural conditions, 

 we now produce more of this excellent fruit than all the rest 

 of the world together. Where conditions are reasonably 

 favorable Peaches may be very satisfactorily grown in any 

 garden. 



Near the middle of the last century occurred one of the most 

 important events in the annals of American horticulture — the 

 introduction of the Chinese Cling. No gala day celebrated the 

 event nor was its importance realized for many years; yet it has 

 revolutionized and greatly extended Peach growing in the 

 United States, for a majority of our leading commercial varieties 

 are descendants of the Chinese Cling; and they are grown from 

 southern Maine, Michigan, Iowa, and British Columbia, to 

 Georgia and California. Excepting the Elberta, most of them 

 are white-fleshed. As a group, they are superior in quality, 

 hardiness, vigor, and productiveness to the Persian race of 

 Peaches. 



In the North, the Peach prefers a warm sandy or gravelly 

 loam, though it will grow well on a considerably heavier soil 

 that has been thoroughly drained, and will flourish on a very 



