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 spreading. Bring as much variety into the bend of your branches as possible. Shallow vases, with a wide expanse of water, are most used at this season.

In autumn use a few golden or yellow leaves in your arrangement, to suggest the harvest time.

Make your arrangements less full, using fewer sprays and branches.

The Midzu-giwa becomes longer, about four inches; for at this time the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees and one sees more of the trunk and branches.

The Japanese tell us to make at this season an arrangement expressing serenity and peace. By this they mean that we should make a simpler arrangement than in spring or summer and give more attention to beauty of line than foliage or flowers.

In winter arrange flowers with few curves. Make your sprays or branches more flat. [130]