Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . [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-b
Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . [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. luster is in and the duller side yo. Flowersshaded by another flower or leaf are also in. This may seem merely a poetic fancy, butmuch common-sense is back of these appar-ently whimsical ideas, and one finds thatthe turning of the leaves to different sidesgives as much freshness and variety as turn-ing the flowers in different directions. Apply-ing such distinctions gives expression andfeeling and helps in producing the effect ofa growing plant. When a flower by its form, or a leaf by [i96\ SEX IN FLOWERS AND TREES the side presented, represents the mascu-line, it can be put in a more conspicuousplace than a flower or leaf which is feminine— with the exception of buds, which, thoughfeminine, must in most cases be placed inthe top of the arrangement, as that is thenatural way the plant grows. Follow the nature of your flowers growth,and if it buds at the top have a half-open flower for Heaven, with a tiny budabove it. This bud sho
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