FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF JAPAN 23 



and pergola in and around Boston, but I never knew the full glory 

 of the Wistaria until I saw it in Japan. There it is not only wild 

 in profusion but is abundantly planted by the sides of ponds, 

 ditches, and streams, and it is trained over arbors and trellises. 

 There are numerous varieties and on one I measured racemes of 

 flowers sixty-four and a half inches long, and they were not mere 

 individual examples but there were thousands upon thousands of 

 them equally long! 



About Wistaria time too the Moutan Peonies, the Iris, and the 

 Azaleas make wonderful displays of color. Japanese Maples with 

 colored leaves of various shape and form are well known in western 

 lands but only a few of the varieties thrive with us. Japanese 

 gardeners who specialize in Maples recognize over three hundred 

 varieties, and Tokyo boasts its Maple Club, where everything 

 from the tea-cups and the carved screens to the waiting-maids' 

 dresses are marked with Maple leaves. 



To mention in detail all the favorite garden plants would take 

 up too much time and space but in addition to those already enum- 

 erated the following are to be found in gardens from Tokyo south- 

 ward: Camellias, Bamboos, Hydrangeas, Box (Buxus microphylla), 

 Black Pine {Pinus Thunhergii), White Pine (P. parviflora), Table 

 Pine (P. densi flora var. umbraculifera) , Umbrella Pine {Sciadojntys 

 verticillata) , Arborvitae {Chamaecyparis obtusa), Ginkgo biloba, 

 Illicium religiosum, Cryptomeria japonica, Cinnamomum Camphora, 

 Podocarpus macrophylla, Tr achy car pus excelsus, Chhnonanthus 

 Jragrans, Magnolia denudata, M. liliflora, Pieris japonica, Faisia 

 japonica, Daphne odor a, Nandina domestica, Pittosporwn tobira, 

 Ilex Sieboldii, Mains HaUiana, Ternstroemia jajyonica, Enkianthus 

 japonicus, Cycas revoluta, Chloranthvs brachystachys, Quince 

 (Cydonia lagenaria), Weeping W^illow {S. babylonica), Tea Plant 

 {Thea sinensis), and Physalis Franchetii. 



"The Japanese are true lovers of scenery; no people have a 

 keener feeling for a beautiful landscape; to them a moon rising 

 over Mount Fuji is a poem, and their pilgrimages to see Almonds 

 in blossom or the glories of the autumn tints are almost proverbial, 

 and 3^et, strange to say, in their gardens they seem to delight in 

 setting at defiance every one of those canons which Nature has laid 

 down so unmistakably for those who will be at the pains to read 



