46 THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. 



forehead. He afterward saw that his concubine had a wound in 

 the corresponding part of the head, and thus discovered her true 

 nature." 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The chrysanthemum is also associated with the crane. 

 On the occasion of the Chrysanthemum Festival, it was custom- 

 ary to wear a special dress, called Kiku-gasane, purple outside and 



