ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Plate I. A hillside covered with mitsumata, the Japanese paper plant. Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. — Mitsumata plant two years after transplanting from nursery 

 row. Fig. 2. — Three-year-old shoots from an old mitsumata 

 stump 24 



III. Fig. 1. — A bundle of peeled stems of mitsumata. Fig. 2. — Boards 



covered with drying sheets i >f mitsumata paper 24 



IV. The udo plant in the field - 24 



V. Fig. 1. — Young root cutting of udo planted in the spring, showing 

 new shoot. Fig. 2. — Old root of udo planted in the spring, on 

 which a young shoot has formed. Fig. 3. — Blanched young shoot 

 of udo more than 2 feet long, taken from the forcing bed in May. - 24 



VI. Fig. 1. — Young wasabi plants ready to set out. Fig. 2. — A patch of 



wasabi on a hillside 24 



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