. Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden. Gardening; Gardening; Cookery; Gardening. APPENDIX 355 Although one of my objects is to show how much the English method may be improved without too great a sub- servience to the strictest laws of the Japanese art, yet it would be difficult to make myself understood by the uninitiated without first giving an outline of that science, which was originally, it is supposed, a religious rite, and which to-day is still a much- reverenced art in Japan. For this purpose I shall quote freely from Mr. Conder's book, as it would be impossible to improve. JAPANESE HOSE {


. Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden. Gardening; Gardening; Cookery; Gardening. APPENDIX 355 Although one of my objects is to show how much the English method may be improved without too great a sub- servience to the strictest laws of the Japanese art, yet it would be difficult to make myself understood by the uninitiated without first giving an outline of that science, which was originally, it is supposed, a religious rite, and which to-day is still a much- reverenced art in Japan. For this purpose I shall quote freely from Mr. Conder's book, as it would be impossible to improve. JAPANESE HOSE {rOSA BUOOSa) IS A METAL VASE upon his lucid and concise treatment of the subject. The following are selected as the most important rules to be observed:— The surface ol the water in which the flowers are placed is technically considered to be the soil from which the floral growth springs, and the designer must here convey the impres- sion of stability and strength. The springing, or point of origin of the floral group, is A A 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Earle, C. W. , Mrs. , 1836-1925; Lytton, Constance, Lady, 1869-1923. New York, E. P. Dutton


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