Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT left in over night and will in no way injure the leaf. Aspidistra is one of the few plants ar-ranged not entirely according to its naturalgrowth, but the nature of its growth isimproved upon —art here aiding [i94] CHAPTER NINETEENSEX IN FLOWERS AND TREES THE Japanese are fond of applying adistinction of sex to inanimate distinguish between male andfemale rocks and stones, male and femalewaterfalls, etc., and this same distinctionis carried out in flower arrangement. Allflowe
Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT left in over night and will in no way injure the leaf. Aspidistra is one of the few plants ar-ranged not entirely according to its naturalgrowth, but the nature of its growth isimproved upon —art here aiding [i94] CHAPTER NINETEENSEX IN FLOWERS AND TREES THE Japanese are fond of applying adistinction of sex to inanimate distinguish between male andfemale rocks and stones, male and femalewaterfalls, etc., and this same distinctionis carried out in flower arrangement. Allflowers and grasses in general belong to thein — female sex — while the trees belong tothe yo or male. These distinctions are alsoapplied between different forms of buds are female; fully opened andperfect flowers are male; and the over-blown and withered again return to even distinguish between the frontand the back of leaves, though it is merelya contrast of color. The front of a leaf ismale and the back female. If two leavesgrow together, as shown in the cut, the JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT outside leaf is masculine and the inside isfeminine. Leaves growing in the shade gain luster,while the sunny side becomes Iusterless;then the side of the leaf in the shade with
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