GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



pastime of cultured people. Moreover, Japan's 

 greatest military men have always practised the 

 art, claiming that it calmed their minds so that 

 they could make clearer decisions on going into 

 battle ! 



Briefly put, the Japanese ideas are as follows: 

 First, to use very few flowers (preferably three, 



BLOSSOMS IN JAPANESE ARRANGEMENT 



five, or seven, with their foliage), and but one kind 

 together. Then to arrange these so that the three 

 main blossoms form a triangle, — the highest point 

 of which they usually call Heaven, the middle point 

 Man, and the lowest point Earth. If five or seven 

 flowers are used, the others are the unimportant 

 ones, and used as ^ ' attributes, ' ' placed near the im- 

 portant points. And as many of their favorite flow- 



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