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There arc several ])Iaces of Iris interest in the vicinity of Yoko- 

 hama. The office of the ^'okohama Nursery Company. I.tcL, is 

 located within the Hniits of the town, and the grounds w^liere they 

 s^row their ])lants are found in nearl)y localities. Vov mrmv \'ears 

 they have 1)een ])rominent i^rowers of the Iris. A "'rcat deal of 

 information was seciu'cd from Air. Seizo Suzuki, the President of 

 the company, and also from Air. S. Alanami. it was possihle to 

 consult many of their old records and rdso study the various col- 

 ored drawings of varieties which had keen made. These men, as 

 well as other members of the firm, accompanied us to the grounds 

 and su])plied us with all possihle facilities for making observations 

 on the Iris. 



Air. T. Sakata, the head of the firm T. Sakata (!v Com])an\-, was 

 also hel])ful in many ways. Some years ago this firm was jjrom- 

 inent in the exjiorlation of plants, but in recent years it has devoted 

 itself \er\' largely to seeds. Within recent }ears, A'Ir. H. Nishida 

 has started a nurserv near ^'okohama and is now growing a large 

 muiiber of varieties of Iris. As yet, however, his |)lace apparently 

 is not known outside of Japan. I was able to visit his nursery and 

 observe his varieties when they were in excellent flower. 



Not far from Yokohama, at Ofuna, the Kanagawa Agricultural 

 Experiment Station is located. Here, for a nimiber of years. Dr. 

 1), AIi\-aza\va carried on studies of the herbaceous peony and the 

 Iris. .Although he is no longer connected with this institution, the 

 studies are being carried on. I visited this st.ation at ])eony time 

 in com])any with Air. T. Sakata, and again at Iris time with sev- 

 eral members of the \^)kohama Nursery Company. There is not 

 oniv a good collection of naiued varieties, l)ut many new seedlings. 



About three weeks were spent in the vicinity of Kyoto. At the 

 Kyoto Botanic (hardens there is a collection of about sixty varieties 

 of Iris which make a fine display l)y the edge of the brook. In 

 company with J)r. T. I lemmi and Dr. Isawo Namikawa, meiubers 

 of the Faculty of the College of Agriculture, K}-oto Cniversity, 

 nianv of the tem])le gardens, as well as the Imi)erial Palace grounds, 

 were visited. Alost of these gardens are the usual Japanese land- 

 scape type and very few of them have any large plantings of Iris. 

 In the Heian Shrine, however, there is a fine collection of the Iris 

 bv the edge of the pond. 



Not far from Kyoto, at .Ayameike, there is an extensive planting 



