PLATE XXVII. 



GENTLEMAN'S GARDEN, BANCHO. 



The garden illustrated in this Plate is that of a gentleman's suburban villa 

 in the district called Bancho. The residence, which is partly one-storied and partly 

 two-storied, is an ordinary middle class dwelling. The grounds are partly turfed, with 

 an earthen walk immediately in front of the building; and, across the turf and beaten 

 earth alike, pathways are formed of large irregular slabs of Nebukawa stone a kind 

 of schist produced in the neighbourhood of Odawara. In the background may be 

 seen a sunken gravelled basin, representing a stream, crossed by a curved wooden 

 bridge which is connected with the principal line of stepping stones. On the opposite 

 side of this bridge is a low hillock thickly planted with small trees and adorned with a 

 large stone lantern and quaintly shaped rocks. Still further in the background may 

 be seen three other granite lanterns of different shapes, and a stone well-border with 

 a frame made out of a tree-trunk, with a cross-piece, and tiny roof to protect the 

 well-pully. Azalea and olea bushes occupy the foreground, which is simple and 

 somewhat bare in character. 



