288 
Fic. 10. Tsutsuji, or Azalea. The specimen, a Satsuki variety in a 
Shigaraki pottery jar, is about forty years old. (6175 
is mixed with ordinary loam. Pebbles or broken bricks are placed 
over the drainage holes in order to facilitate the drainage. 
SPECIMENS IN THE CONSERVATORIES OF THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC 
GARDEN 
The potted Japanese trees described under the following illustra- 
tions were the generous gilt to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden from 
Mr. Ernest F. Coe, then of New Haven, Conn. There were 32 
trees and shrubs, representing 21 species, imported from Japan by 
