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appeared in rai)id successiou. In 1815, the Kengyu Uinruiko appeared, 

 treating of 160 forms of the flower, with illustrations; and also the 

 Kwadan At-jof/aivo Tsu in 2 volumes. In 1817, the Kengyu Bin with 

 20 colored plates, and the Asagaivo So also with colored plates, and 

 the Tei chfi Asogaivo Fu which treats of 50 forms of the morning 

 glory appeared simultaneously'. In J 8 18, the Af-agcnoo 31idsn Kagami 

 in wliich different forms of leaves and flowers of the morning glory 

 are described and also the best mode of its cultivation. In ]821, an 

 exhibition of the flowers of the morning glory was held at Uyeno, and 

 catalogue of the exhibited flowei'S x'^'i^ted. From this year onward 

 lovers of the morning glory often held exhibitions, and this custon was 

 gradually transuntted to Osaka, Nagoya and other places. Almost synchro- 

 nously with the cultivation of the morning glory, the cultivation of different 

 forms of the Rhoedia Japonica, Goodyera Schlechtendaliana, Psitolum 

 triquetrunj. Primula cortusoides, and Dendrobium moniliforme com- 

 menced and books wdth illustrated descriptions of these flowers ajipeared. 

 Investigations of food substances in general was begun as 

 early as 1630 and a book entitled the Shoka motsn JVaJm Honzo in 

 2 volunjes was published, but we will here mention only those books 

 relating to plants available in case of scarcity. In 1675, Ino Jaksui 

 compiled a book on edible plants in 12 voluuics in which wild edible 

 ])lants are also mentioned. In 1716 three Chinese works on edible 

 ]>lants in case of scarcity namely the Kyu Kivo Honzo (^^;^;^), 

 the Kyu Ewo Ya Fu (i^^^m), and the IM i^^^t§Wr^) 

 were reprinted by Matsuoka Joan. In 1789, the wood cuts of the 

 reprint were burnt to ashes in the great Are in Kyoto. However, the 

 works was once more reprinted in 1799 by Ono Ranzan, revised and 

 the explanations lacking in the fruit section filled up by adding a 

 supplemental volume. In 1758, Takebe Seian wrote, the 31in kan hi 

 Invo liohu in 2 volumes in which edible plants in case of scarcity are 

 described in great detail. This was printed in 1770 with the illustra- 

 tions in a supplemental volume. In 1817, Iwasaki Tsunemasa wrote a 

 commentary on the Kyu Kioo Honzo in 8 volumes but this has not 

 yet been printed. In 1829, a catalogue of edible wild plants wath 

 provincial names of the plants was printed and distributed among 

 people gratis in the territory of the lord of Komatsu in Kaga. In 

 1833, Tate Eyuwan wrote a book entitled Ko nen ju ryo Shi in which 

 he desci-ibed methods of preparing food for human being from acorns, 

 horsechestnuts, the roots of the Puerarja hirsuta, and from the rhizomes 



