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 The Ashirai must not be too close to the main arrangement nor too widely separated, but what the Japanese call "ideally" separated; then the effect is exquisite.

If, as often happens after you have finished an arrangement of shrubs or tree branches, it appears rather blank and "lonely" near the water, add Ashirai and the result will be charming.

As the original groups have been already placed in the support and fill it completely, the Ashirai is placed outside the support and the end of each stem split at the base and turned back as shown in the cut. This holds [160]