VII. THE MORNING-GLORY. 



WHAT is known in the Occident as the morning- 

 glory goes in Japan by the name of asagao, or 

 "morning- face." But the Japanese variety is far beyond 

 comparison with any other variety, as we learned when 

 our Japanese vines were the wonder and admiration of 

 our Chicago neighbors: And the Tokyo master of the 



A MORNING-GLORY SELLER. 



asagao, Suzuki by name, said to Miss Scidmore: "Yes, I 

 know the Korean and the American asagao are little wild 

 things, like weeds, not beautiful or worth growing." And 

 Miss Scidmore herself testifies as follows: "For size, 

 beauty, range of color, and illimitable variety there at- 



