

people 



ofter 



rhule of all that the most a: 



mplish, not only to the better 



tion of wild flowers and the salvation of at 



it natural scenery, I would refer you to a 



lied heathen, to a 'land that is wondrously 



to tread hopefully 



in the pathways she has marked out, f( 

 has accomplished a western nation can repeat, though the way be 

 long. There the spirit of the flowers and the love of them has 

 entered into the very lives and pursuits of the people, young 

 and old. 



The priests of a temple point with pride to a tree that succes- 



thousand years or more. One such tree, its branches supported 

 by bamboo columns, forms a veritable green-roofed temple in 

 itself, capable of sheltering an audience of some two hundred 



Ther 



Like 



imily whose members for three generations 

 o devote their time and attention to the cultr 

 iwer, the morning glory, and hundreds visit 

 await the early opening of the wondrous bios 



and a 



until 







with blossoms a yard long. In th( 

 nities flock to the orchards to study and admire the blossoms of 

 the cherry and peach. Thus far the growing western regard for 

 like blossoms has only reached the destructive stage and is all too 

 apt to find expression in the breaking off of great branches for 

 the blossoms, which generally scarce survive the journey to the 



despoi 





The Japan, 

 for the beauties of i 

 screen which hides hi 



hild is bor 



