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Journal of Applied Microscopy 



Mr. K. Fuji!, assistant. (In charge of morphology and embryology.) 

 Mr, T. Makino, assistant. (Systematic botany.) 

 Mr. S. Matsuda, assistant. (Systematic botany.) 

 Mr. Y. Yabe, assistant, and secretary of the botanical garden. 

 The Botanical Garden is the great source of living materials for study. It 

 was established in 16(S1, and was long renowned as the " O Yaku Etr' (garden 



Fig. 4 — Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden. 



of medicinal plants). The area occupied by the garden is more than five acres. 

 The plants are placed in rows according to the natural order, each with labels 

 having Latin and common names. In one quarter of the garden medicinal 

 plants are planted in groups. In the greenhouse the tropical plants from various 

 parts of the world are quite well represented. 



Fig. 5. — Cherry trees {Pni iius pseudo-cerasii.':) in blossom in the Botanical Garden. 



A row of large cherry trees (^J''nni us pseii do-ccra sh s) with large pink blossoms 

 is a very beautiful sight at the flowering time in April. A few large Ginkgo 

 trees {Ginkgo bilobd) and several hundred tall bamboos would be a new sight to 

 the Western traveler. 



In a part of the Botanical Garden we have a genuine Japanese garden with a 

 pond. In the pond, lotus {Nclianbo niicifcra), water-lilies {Nymphcea odorata, 

 etc.), and several other water plants are growing. It is also a good collecting 

 place for fresh water algae and planktons. The climbing wistaria {Wistaria 



