Shadowings 



of landscape-gardening, where it is used to cover 

 spaces that must always be kept spotless and 

 beautiful, and never trodden, except by the 

 gardener. 



MATERIAL NOUNS USED AS NAMES 



O-Gin ..... "Silver." 



O-lsbi ..... "Stone." 



O-lwa ..... "Rock." 



O-Kani .... "Bronze." 



O-Katf 1 .... " Air," perhaps Wind 



O-Kin ..... "Gold." 



O-Ruri*l "Emerald," emeraldine? 



Ruriko > 



" Fine Metal." 



O-Sato ..... "Sugar." 



O-Seki ..... "Stone." 



O-Sbiwo .... "Salt." 



O-Sana ..... "Sand." 



O-Supi ..... "Tin." 



O-Tani .... "Seed." 



O-Tetsu .... "Iron." 



The following five yobina are aesthetic names, 

 although literally signifying things belonging 

 to intellectual work. Four of them, at least, 



1 I cannot find any explanation of this curious name. 



8 The Japanese name does not give the same quality of aesthetic 

 sensation as the name Esmeralda. The ruri is not usually green, but 

 blue; and the term " ruri-iro" (emerald color) commonly signifies a 

 dark violet. 



