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JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT the space your flowers are to be placed in. When they are not to be placed in the center of a mantel-shelf or table but at one side, Earth should project towards the widest space, not towards the end. Otherwise let the natural curves of the flowers decide the sex of your arrangement. So that if Heaven or central flower has naturally a decidedly In bend, make a feminine arrangement, with Earth going to the right.

Or should Heaven have a natural curve in the opposite direction, put Earth to the [78]