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Western tli()ii<i;lit to deeper introspection; and now as the West 

 retumetli unto the East, circHng the glolx", a contrilnition greater 

 tlian in the past will come from the Orient rich in beauty and 

 charm, richer in the unseen things of mind, heart and spirit than 

 the eager, restless ^^\>st has heretofore supposed possible. 



In the "Federation of the World" for the advance of right- 

 eousness and truth, for the development of man unto the fulness 

 of his statur(>, Ja})an stands side by side with l*]ngland and 

 America, through her affinities of blood wielding a mighty 

 influence for the inspiration of the Greater Orient, for the 

 realization of a brotherhood limited by no distinctions of color 

 or of race. ^Ve are then, I repeat, rightly interested in her, 

 tor she is our sister, — in her success, for W'ith it our own is 

 vitally connected in the labor of love whereunto we have set 

 our hands. 



Whatever may tend to make her land more near, her life 

 more real to us, may, therefore, rightly claim your kindly 

 hearuig; and, thus, ladies and gentlemen, it is with peculiar 

 pleasure that I invite your attention to the flora of Japan. 



The woods were God's first temples; and in the flowers is 

 still revealed that love of beauty which is His w^ho filleth all. 

 From those forest temples man heard God's voice; and on 

 the i)lains, star-lit above, flower-lit below, entered hito fellow- 

 ship with his Maker, growing strong of bodj^, Inroad of mind, 

 gentle of spirit, as the trees, the heavens and the flowers amid 

 which he lived. And even now, amid the material wonders 

 of a modern world, there is no place W'hich, rightly appreciated, 

 brings us nobler, sweeter inspiration than do the farmers' 

 flower-decked fields, under the open heavens, surrounded by 

 their wood-crowned hills. He has not left Himself without 

 a witness in any region; and in Japan, though the grandeur 

 of our Western scenery may be lacking, the picturesque and 

 beautiful enfolds every hamlet and extends its influence to the 

 heart of the largest city. 



Off the Eastern coast of Asia, within a day's sail of shore, 

 stretches an Island Empire, from the latitude of northern New 

 Hampshire to that of South Carolina, containing an area of 



