All you need to know about mechanics,foliage, excellent diagrams to help you understand the principles behind traditional arrangements. How to condition your plant material.What wild plant material is useful in flower arranging, what season it is available and to what it lends itself in an arrangement, i.e line, filler or focal. What cultivated flower and shrubs are useful in arrangements and again to what they lend themselves.
A truely handy book that no beginner should be without taking you from traditional to modern work.