32 THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. 



anese custom of five-o'clock-in-the-morning teas and garden par- 

 ties." 



The asagao is said to have been brought from China into Japan 

 by scholars and priests who went over there to study Buddhism. 



CONVULVULUS. OR MORNING-GLORY. 



And a Chinese priest who came to Japan wrote a poem to the fol- 

 lowing purport : ''The asagao blooms and fades so quickly, only to 

 prepare for to-morrow's glory." It is quite likely this connection 



