OBSERVATIONS O]^ FLO\VERI]\"G PERIODS OF CERTAIN CACTI, ol 



arms of a geisha girl, carrying a graceful bouquet of beautiful 

 clirysanthcmums. After a short ride through green rice fields, 

 iris gardens and peony farms, we reached Tokyo, the capital of 

 the Mikado. Armed with a — to our eyes — curious letter of in- 

 troduction written in Japanese, we proceeded to the botanic gar- 

 dens. Dr. Matsumura, the director, was absent in Europe, so 

 his head gardener took us through the gardens and greenhouses. 

 Afterwards we called on Dr. Miyoshi, and thanks to his courtesy 

 and Mr. Hayato, assistant in botany, I obtained the following 

 data relating to the history of the gardens. 



Figure 11. Greenhouse in Tokyo Botanic Garden. 

 (To be continued.) 



OBvSEEVATIONS OX THE FLOWERING PERIODS OF 



CERTAIIN^ CACTI. 



By Professor Francis E. Lloyd. 



The following notes on this subject have been gleaned dur- 

 ing the flowering season of 1906, and while somewhat scattered, 

 will be of some value as such, there being comparatively little 

 accurate knowledge derived from continual observation of cacti 

 in the field, the great need for which was pointed out by Ganong 



