In order to reflect the time of year in which one becomes aware of the approach of autumn, I have selected eleven different species from among flowers that are still lingering on, although heir true season is almost over.

　　When one is using a very large variety of flowers, one is best advised quite severely to trim away from each element all but its most essential flowers and/or leaves, so that that element will not interfere with the others that one will proceed to add to it. This applies particularly to the base of the arrangement: if this gives an impression of disorderly crowdedness, the combination of flowers that one has gone to the trouble of gathering together will not come alive. In this case, I have used a toad lily to unify the base of the arrangement.

　　I have sought to be careful about distribution of color, and have used the leaves of the pampas and the burnet in order to given the arrangement horizontal breadth. The spikes of the pampas satisfyingly suggest the fruitfulness of the autumn to come.