PLATE XXVIII. 



MERCHANT'S GARDEN, FUKAGAWA. 



This is a garden attached to one of the numerous villas situated near the 

 Sumida River, in Tokio. The lower illustration shows the garden lake, over which 

 is constructed a trellis for wistarias, carried on props rising from the water. On 

 the opposite banks may be seen the usual dwarf pine-trees and spherical bushes, a 

 number of ornamental rocks, a picturesque lantern, and a little summer-house. Here 

 and there, blossoming trees are planted amid the evergreens. The foreground is 

 occupied by an old bent pine-tree leaning over the water and supported on poles. 

 The upper illustration exhibits some characteristic garden detail, consisting of a stone 

 standard-lantern of the shape called Kasuga, an old plum-tree, and a rare specimen 

 of the Sophora japonica, entirely hollowed out from age and decay. The common 

 kind of bamboo fence, called Kenninji, after a temple of that name, is also shown. 

 The lantern and plum-tree mark the' approach to a little shrine reached through 

 a Shinto archway by means of a row of stepping stones. 



