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THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. 



to the beauty of the spring landscape than its more honored but 

 severer brother, the plum-blossom." "The orchards of peach-trees 

 in blossom are much frequented by the common people." 



Of the different colors, the pale pink is said to rank first. The 

 peach-blossom, the Japanese name of which is mo mo, meaning "hun- 

 dred," is considered "emblematic of longevity," and is a greater 



DOLLS FESTIVAL. 



favorite in China than in Japan. It is generally associated with 

 oxen, as in the following Chinese saying, depicting a peaceful scene 

 of prosperous country life: "Turn the horse on the flower-covered 

 mountain and the ox into the peach-orchard." 



In the art of Japanese floral arrangement the peach and the 



