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"Regret not what you see ; 

 Decay and bloom alike are morning-glory's truth." 



With the recommendation to read Miss Scidmore's il- 

 lustrated article, quoted above, for an insight into the occult 

 features of morning-glory culture in Japan, we close with 

 her final sentence: "The asagao is the flower of Japanese 

 flowers, the miracle of their floriculture, and one may best 

 ascribe it to pure necromancy, and cease to question and 

 pursue." 



