Show JAPANESE BOOK OF FLOWERS important part of aducat on in th land of cherry blossoms A nice 1 atle japanese woman who came to this country recently brought with her one of the most important ot the educational works upon which she was brought up this Is her beoh of flowers japernese Jap enese women are be ing better educated now but aret tore they have been taught little but the etiquette eti quete of the country what was necessary for them to know concern ing household duties a little music to strum a little on the and the arrangement of flowers this last Is important in a country where a single branch does duty for what an american would require a big boquet as and where the cherry trees are cultivated not for their arnit but tor the beautiful blossoms she Is an ignorant damsel indeed who cannot make a poem of a single branch of any flowering plant at her command it is to illustrate tor her how thi Is to be done that the flower beoh Is necessary it Is a pamphlet of 52 pages with a flexible blue cover the title being on the right hand corner the contents are read as in all japa nese books from right to left the first cover page Is red with large black letters four pages after that are devoted to text and the rest of the book Is given up to the ll lustra alons each page shows a flower in some kind of a low jar or tall vase and rest ing upon a graceful stand some high and others very low all more or less graceful in shape delicate in outline and as a rule with curving legs these repeat the curves of the flower stalk which outline half circles curves with which we are familiar in this country in the more exah outlines of the japanese miniature trees on each page Is a little text a poem appropriate for the illustration wall panels are in the background with their decorations of storks and the japanese sacred mountain showing the general decorations of a room |