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of Iris. This place is really a ])lay,^r()und which is being; devel- 

 opcd by one (»[ the electric railroad companies of Osaka. There 

 is a large pond with man)- hays or inlets, the margins ol" which are 

 ])lanted with hundreds of clumjjs of Iris. \"arious other Japanese 

 ornamental ])lants are found in dilterent ijarts of the same area, 

 and facilities are prmaded for the enjoyment of visitors through- 

 (Uit the year. A somewhat similar development is to he found at 

 Sumi_\-oshi Park near ( )saka. At this place also there is a very 

 large area devoted lo the Iris and, although the devekipmcnt is 

 comparatively new, the flowers already make a hue display. 



Not far from Kobe, in the heart of the ^'aman10to nursery dis- 

 trict, the C'hugai Niu'sery Comjiany is located. It grows a few 

 Iris, but still obtains most of its ])lants from other sources. 



Idle l)Otanic Garden at the lm])erial University of Tokyo has a 

 branch garden at Nikko for al])ine jilants. Here there is a good 

 collection of horticultural varieties of the Iris, as well as a good 

 many jdants of the wild ty])e. 



One of the most interesting features of the trip was the collect- 

 ing of the wild Iris kacuipjcri in the northern ])art of Jajian. 

 About two weeks were spent in going to various ])laces where the 

 wild plant was known to grow. On this tn\) I was accompanied 

 b\- Air. S. Tanaka, a student of the Kyoto Im])erial University. 

 The wdld plant is very common at Senjo-ga-hara, a i^lain among the 

 mountains not far from Xikko. Northward from this point sev- 

 eral stoi)s were made and the wild Iris collected. At Ivlorioka, we 

 were accompanied by Dr. (d. ( ). Shinji, Professor of Juitomology 

 in the Mcirioka Agricultural College, to several places in that vicin- 

 ity. At Aomori, I\Tr. T. Susa. Ilorticidturist of the Aomori Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, accom])anie(l us to various ])laccs 

 nearby. 



After leaving the Afain Island, we went across {o Hokkaido, and 

 at Sapporo we met Dr. S. Ito and Dr. K. Miyabe. Dr. Ito is 

 head of the Botanical Institute of the College of Agriculture of the 

 Hokkaido Im]:)erial Universit}- and also Director of the Botanical 

 Garden, and Dr. IMiyabc is a Professor Emeritus of the same insti- 

 tution. These two men furnished us with a great deal of interest- 

 ing information and also accompanied us to some jilaces nearby. 

 There is a good collection of horticultural varieties in the Botanic 

 Garden. The Toko-eu is located in Sapporo, and this nursery has 



