June 13, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



867 



THE CHEnKY-BLOOM. 

 By YaeKicUi Yabc. 



Lite begets charms; it brings bliss 

 and joy, it procreates pleasure and de- 

 light. The heart becomes exhilaraut, 

 the spirit gets exultant, and the mind 

 isolated. To live then is worth while. 



The fascination cast by the sight of 

 beautiful blossoms, enticement created 

 by the presence of fragrant bloom, in- 

 deed is a cause of profound gratitica- 

 tion. It is unique and sublime, exciting 

 one's esthetic feeling to a high pitch. 



Nothing strikes the sense with so 

 alluring an effect as does the delicate 

 pink of the cherry. The exquisite form 

 of its petals, the freshness and un- 

 stained purity of its hue and liveliness 

 of its bearing merit intense adoration. 



The flowers cover the tree from the 

 extremeties of its boughs and twigs 

 to the pinnacle of its trunk and 

 branches. It is pleasing to view these 

 rich, magnificent sights. A grove or 

 row of such trees discloses an impos- 

 ing scene, a pile of clouds or of thick 

 mist at a distance, a mass of shining 

 snow upon the trees as nearer beheld, 

 and huge sheets of gorgeous vividness 

 when seen at the spot. 



Strolling an avenue of the trees or 

 beneath the dense vaults of the blos- 

 som-laden branches, bathed in the 

 bright, sprightly sun that permeates 

 through in a soft, pellucid radiance, 

 tinting the atmosphere with a pink 

 and snow-white shade, one is apt to be 

 completely bewitched. 



The.sMfrun(.the.Iapan cherry, has been 

 adored with an almost fervent passion 

 by the Japanese from time immemorial 

 and its beauty glorified in poetry and 

 prose. Some of the most subtle, loft- 

 iest sentiments of the people, those 

 peculiar emotions which are excited at 

 the grandeur of nature, were expressed 

 almost invariably in association with 

 the virtue of the cheery-bloom. 



The cherry thus constitutes a favor- 

 ite theme of the Japanese artist, who 

 in depicting a spring view never omits 

 it. And It has come to be the em- 

 blem of spring just as the moon has 

 been made to represent autumn. Nor 

 our admiration ceases in this, for we 

 have honored it and come to speak of 

 it as the Flower of Spring or the Flow- 

 er of flowers. 



But the blossom of the sakura is not 

 only the cause of our highest artistic 

 gratification. Fair and superlatively 

 beautiful as it is, the flower is likewise 

 the course of our loftiest moral in- 

 spiration. 



Brilliant is the career of the cherry- 

 bloom, glorious is the life it pursues. 

 But more brilliant and more glorious 

 is the end it faces. 



For the bloom tarries not till its 

 beauty fades, its fame departs. It 

 lingers not on the branch till its stalk 

 is rotten, and it corrupts and falls 

 amid shame and disgrace. It bravely 

 meets its doom ere It loses the adora- 

 tion it acquired. 



Like a gallant, intrepid hero, walk- 

 ing unflinchingly into the gulf of dan- 

 ger and death the blossom of the sa- 

 kura falls, leaving behind it a sweet 

 fragrant air and a radiant reminis- 

 cence. 



The cherry thrives for a brief time: 

 but its fame survives long. Man lives 

 but one generation, yet his name lasts 

 for ages. It is a cause of our pro- 

 found satisfaction, sullen, yet exalted, 

 to be crushed a precious stone and die. 



rather than, to remain a worthless 

 brick and live. 



For sweet is the thought to the seri- 

 ous-minded race that the future genera- 

 tions will ever remember us with a 

 revering and cherishing memory when 

 we are dead and gone. 



We shall leave this world, if not to- 

 day, then tomorrow, if not this year, 

 the next year, or in decades hence. 

 Sooner or later we are destined to 

 face our doom, that stern promise 

 which every life is called to fulfil. We 

 desire thus to live a life that shall be 

 as noble and sumptuous, as exalted 

 and splendid, as the conditions allow. 

 We covet as bright and as worthy a 

 career as we are permitted to follow. 



But it is likewise our wishes that 

 our end should be as brilliant and 

 bright a scene as our career has been. 

 Nobly had the cradle of man been 

 rocked, nobly has he played the little 

 game of life; he deserves to be laid 

 on his grave with befitting honor and 

 splendor. 



The blossom of the cherry in its 

 brief course teaches us the loftiest les- 

 son of life and death, a precious spirit- 

 ual aspiration of the people. It is the 

 source of the moral strength, the 

 spring of the exalted acts of self-de- 

 nial, loyalty and patriotism. — Japan. 



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