VII. THE MORNING-GLORY. 



WHAT is known in the Occident as the morning-glory goes in 

 Japan by the name of asagao, or "morning- face." But the 

 Japanese variety is far beyond comparison with any other variety, as 



A MORNING-GLORY SELLER. 



we learned when our Japanese vines were the wonder and admiration 

 of our Chicago neighbors. And the Tokyo master of the asagao, 

 Suzuki by name, said to Miss Scidmore: "Yes, I know the Korean 

 and the American asagao are little wild things, like weeds, not beau- 

 tiful or \vorth growing." And Miss Scidmore herself testifies as 

 follows: "For size, beauty, range of color, and illimitable variety 

 there attained, this sunrise flower precedes all others, until its cul- 

 tivation has become a craze which is likely to spread to other coun- 

 tries, and who knows? perhaps there introduce the current Jap- 



