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THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. 



haps than the others of this category, in Japanese literature. The 

 following poems are examples: 



"The bush-clover wavers tenderly in the morning breeze, 

 But the pearls on the leaves enjoy safely their brief happiness," 



or, concisely : 



FLOWER VENDER. 



'Ah ! the waving lespedeza, 

 Which spills not a drop 

 Of the clear dew." 



