PLATE XXXVIII. 



GARDEN AT KAGOSHIMA. 



A glance at the accompanying illustrations will reveal a special character 

 belonging to this garden, somewhat different from that of other examples. It is one 

 of the gardens of Shimazu, the Daimio of Satsuma, at Kagoshima, and is rather more 

 severe in treatment than the landscape gardens of Tokio. The almost complete 

 absence of large trees and the important part played by high rockeries and artificially 

 clipped bushes impart a quality to the composition, which, though highly refined and 

 artistic, is, at the same time, somewhat austere. The lake, beginning in a wide pool at 

 the base of the highest bush-covered cliffs, assumes a serpentine form and terminates 

 in a narrow stream crossed by a wrought granite slab. The borders of the lake in 

 front of the residence are neatly finished with rocks and stone slabs of a variety 

 of shapes, separated by low spherical bushes and occasional evergreens. At one point, 

 an important group of rocks forms the support to a stone lantern-head. In the back- 

 ground of the lower illustration on Plate XXXVIII. may be observed an elevated 

 rock-basin, backed by a bush-covered rockery and hills, and containing overflowing 

 water. This is the garden cascade, detached in the present instance from the lake, 

 and having its own lower pool or basin with surrounding boulders. In one place, a 

 clump of palms assists in imparting a distinctly tropical appearance to the garden. 



