THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. 



Fourth month 

 Fifth month 

 Sixth month 

 Seventh month 

 Eighth month 

 Ninth month 

 Tenth month 

 Eleventh month 

 Twelfth month 



(about May) 



June) 



July) 

 August) 



Wistaria. 



Iris. 



Tree peony. 



Lespedeza. 

 September) Eularia. 

 October) Chrysanthemum, 

 November) Maple. 



Willow. 



Paullownia. 



December) 

 January) 



But when Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, many of the 

 floral festivals were transferred to the new T style without regard to 

 the awful anachronism that followed. In the case of the pine, 

 which is chosen for the first month on account of the prominent 

 part that it plays in the New Year's decorations, it makes no special 

 difference whether the New Year begins January I or February 18. 

 But in many other cases the calendar suffers serious dislocation, 

 because some of the "flowers" cannot conveniently be moved back 

 a month or more. The autumn full moon, too, in whose festival 

 certain blossoms figured, cannot be arbitrarily hurried up. Hence, 

 it is rather difficult for the flowers of Old Japan to run on the new 

 Occidental schedule. 



But, taking all these difficulties into consideration, and harmo- 

 nising them so far as possible, we have been able to construct the 

 following modern Japanese floral calendar : 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



This calendar we shall follow in this book. : 



Morning-glory. 



Lotus. 



"Seven Grasses." 



Maple. 



Chrysanthemum . 



Camellia. 



The following is an alternative 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



j Pine and 

 I Bamboo. 



Plum. 



Cherry. 



Wistaria. 



Iris. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Morning-glory. 



Lotus. 



"Seven Grasses. 



Chrysanthemum. 



Maple. 



Camellia. 



