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(called Vermilion Gate on account of its being painted with 
vermilion) stands at the foremost position. Entering this gate one 
comes to the Chokugaku-Mon, or the gate bearing a tablet written 
in it by an Emperor. 
Passing through this he finds two well-houses for purifying hands, 
one located on each side. Then he comes to the aramon, or 
Middle Gate. Beyond this gate, he sees the Hele buildings com- 
f 
or Main Hall. ‘Ihis group of the ee which compose en 
mausoleum is called the House of Spirit. The Main Hall is 
every way like the building of Buddhist temples in subabeaction, 
double rafters being used. A statue representing the second 
Shogun is placed in the innermost part of the hall incased in a little 
shrine. The real tomb is situated on a hillock, a little way behind 
the sacred buildings. It is one mass of beauty and 7 pape the 
best art of both engraving and sculpture being lavished upon 
The miniature in question represents the House of eet con- 
and even the most insignificant parts have not been overlooked, 
since the internal structure, ceiling, furniture, &c. have been 
completed with the same minute care as the exterior ; it is, there- 
ores a matter of regret that a perfect view of the interior "cannot 
~._ be obtained. 
The work was commenced in the middle of August and completed 
towards the end of December last year, the average number of 
island outlying the Bay of Tokyo, on account of their ates 
similarity to the original. 
Ginkgo biloba—H.M. Tue Kine or Irary has graciously 
presented to Kew a large consignment of ripe seeds of Ginkgo biloba 
from the trees in the Quirinal Gardens. 
Botanical paensine e December.—The plants figured are Pinus 
Armandit, Franch. (t. 8347); Neoglaziovia pies -C. H. Wright 
(t. 8348); Corylopsis Paiknes Bean (t. 8349); Jacobinia 
suberecta, André (t. 8350); and Dendrobium " Sandias, Rolfe 
t. 8351). 
The Piss is a native of South-western China and has been 
introduced into cultivation by Mr. ‘Augustine Henry, who sent 
