HASHIGAKI. 



Onore Europa no gakusha mo suru, Alphabet \\o 

 motte shokubutsu-no-na wo atsume-min tote, fude wo 

 torihasimeta no ga futa-mukashi amari itsu-tose maye, 

 Meiji \va 12-nen to iu kure no koto de atta. Sono koro 

 wa kakaru shomotsu no okonawaru beku mo arazarishi 

 yo-no-naka de atta kara, shuppan to iu koto mo isogade 

 yoyo Meiji no i6-nen ni itarite yo ni idasu koto to wa 

 natta. Kore ga sunawachi ' Nippon Shokubutsu INIei-i ' 

 to iishi mono nite, Latin-mei no moto ni wa-mei moshi- 

 kuwa kan-mei no tsuke-yeraruru mono nomi wo erabi, 

 agetsuraneta no de, sono kazu wa wazuka ni nisen-shi- 

 hyaku bakari ni suginakatta. 



Kakute hoshi utsuri, mono kawari, yo-no-naka mo 

 shidai ni hirake-yuku ni shitagatte, kakaru shomotsu no 

 hitsuyo mo itsushika idekitareru to tomo ni, sono kaisei- 

 zoho mo yagate unagasarete, Meiji no 28-nen to iu ni 

 * Kaisei-Zoho Shokubutsu-Mei-i ' to daishite saihan wo 

 miru ni ittatta. Saredo, koko ni agetsuraneta kazu wa 

 sansen-san-byaku bakari ; maye no yori wa yohodo fuyeta, 

 keredomo wa-mei ni kagiri areba, Cryptogam no gotoki 

 wa tsune ni oku habukaneba naranu shidai ; gakusha r,i 

 JLibun no manzoku wo ataeru koto no dekinanda wa 

 jitsu ni ikan semban to iu beki de aru. 



Koko wo motte, kotabi wa mattaku sono shikumi 

 wo kae, na sai ' Teikoku Shokubutsu Mei-kan ' to aratame, 

 wa-mei no^-^ru-nashi wo towazu, iyashikumo kita wa 

 Chisima no hate yori, minami wa Liukiu, Taiwan no 

 hazure ni itaru made, Waga Teikoku-nai ni sansuru 

 shokubutsu wa Cryptogam to naku, Phanerogam to 



