56 THE JAPANESE FLORAL CALENDAR. . 



thereof covers a hundred pages of the Transactions of the Asiatic 

 Society of Japan.* He has discussed and illustrated by numerous 

 drawings the proper and improper combinations, the language of 

 flowers, and other interesting matters. 



This art of arranging flowers was considered by the Japanese 

 as an "elegant accomplishment," and was an important item in the 



* He has also expanded this into an elegant book called The Floral Art 

 of Japan. 



