60 THE PLAXT WOKLD. 



lloxh. Of rninu.s pendula tlie garden had :i very large speci- 

 men, and another tree, wortli nientioninu' is C timamonum lo- 

 ureirii Nees, a medicinal plant known as "Nikkei." 



A greenhouse built in European style contains many inter- 

 esting tropical plants, especially from Formosa. There are als(i 

 several plant houses in Japanese styles, such as the Okamuro. 

 Osakamuro, and Anamuro styles. In the eastern part of the gar- 

 den is the office ])uilding, and close to it stand the buildings of 

 the Botanical Institute. 



Attached to the Botanic Garden, which covers some forty 

 acres, is a fine pleasure garden, part of it in Japanese-garden 

 style. Here is erected a 1)uilding for social gatherings of the 

 scientific societies of Tokyo. Walking along the hillside one 

 passes a large lotus pond (Nelumho nuciferci), and close to it 

 stand trees of Prunus mume, the favorite flowering i»lum of 

 Japan. Several bamboo groves, consisting of different species 

 of Bamhusa, PhyUostachys and Arund'maria, border the rc^ad on 

 one side, while broad-leaved trees of the cold an<l temperate re- 

 gions cover the slope on the other side. 



In this garden students of botany, entomology and phar- 

 macy receive their botanical instruction, and the garden is also 

 open to the general ])ul)lic under certain regulations. 



In ISTovember, 1902, a snmll Alpine Botanic Garden Avas 

 established at Hotokeiwa, near Nikko, the most beautiful place 

 in Japan. The ISTikko mountains have a rich and varied flora, 

 and the location of this new branch of the Tokyo garden is es- 

 pecially adapted to alpine plants. Eepresentatives of the high 

 mountain flora of Japan, as well as of other countries, will be 

 collected and cnltivated. It is expected that measures will be 

 taken to increase the size of this alpine garden, and of the present 

 little laboratory, donated by Dr. Matsumura. Instrnctors and 

 students of the university are now admitted to study and experi- 

 ment on alpine plants at this institution. 



The Japanese have always been excellent gardeners, and it 

 is a. pleasnre to see their gardens, private and ]mblic. Curious 

 dwarfed trees, hundreds of vears old, maonifieent Camellias and 



