The Japanese manufacture paper 
Fusi Yama, 
from 
Broussonetia p the road des. 
Buddlea sp., grown largely at the foot of Mount | 
Decemsrr 22, 1860.}. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. r 1127 
from ` Mess o Atame I met with three noble) Onoclea sp. nova? foot of Mount Fusi Yama. | Indian corn aromaty mall quantities with variegated 
a p pater per in the midst of a small Pauloynia imperialis, Muryyana and other parts. foliage; I only sa e patch of this near Fusi 
village, ab fre 170 it Se Be 16 ei 6 eey Pernettya sp. nova, "habit dwarf, 9 inches, berries ‘sora trp. several s sorts both dwarf and running. . 
in circum: ia 4 “iM oe groun ink, Mount Fusi Yama. eas, a dwar! Tobacco, 
Near Atame yi sed a f ite est re aT for the} Pinus Misoa a, ng, a , the avenues are often | grown in fields 
cher straight hx S M4 e ea, ey grown A obthin Pins: Pi ges 2 
B clos ximity to each other and itera? eM had i 8 È k ayer prety thoes » Turnips, Onions, Pumpkins, Gourds, Cu- 
e pro 4 t Ei han becha Tie n Mount Hakone and other tae Chilie k h grown in cottage gareng Also 
iost, the groa er por e G iR rire $f h s aeae Tobira, a common shrub in low poa: | preety, little oe peculiar to Japanse taste only. 
= ly À carpus macro us, foot of Moun otto: 
Tam om of ship amet Mount Hakone, 7 me i Po es ag f Pi Mount. Hakon C d Thea Bohea, 
elevator, ti clothed to the top with dense forests of | ne ees E So ‘shrub, ed ‘not extensively grown in the coun- 
Cryp ia, Thinjopsis Cages Thuja pendula and | Poinciana regia, Odaw hrough. But oceasional fields of the 
ented is, obtusa and pisifera. Quercus cuspidata, common ; Q. glabra, between Hara ' forme or mantle of the latter, are met with. 
The following are 
pr es fie oi VEGETATION AS NOTED AT THE DIFFERENT FLEVATIONS ON MOUNT “FUSI YAMA,” THE HIGHEST JAPANESE FRUIT. 
pe ian ae SN a MOUNTA JAPAN. othi 
eae raw with dur- ing is more 
i Crater. ieee to Eu- 
ADE OBE GOULET ies: 14,000 feet Pe eat 
Ap pic r EE : ropeans visiting 
firma, A. bifida, No Vegetation Japan for the first 
g Tsu $ on : time than the gear- 
Fusi 12,000 city of fruit 
Yama. Ae a6 a everywhere p 
Acer, a | theinsipid flavour 
growing come cain pa S, of what is produced. 
dwarf 8 | Conifers No i ry oo 
Adia S more favourably 
nt Hakone. 8000 feet } situated for its culti- 
wade) the fo ot Ae oo oe kra aa tog 
r), the = st 2t ý 
F RU teas), 30 to 40 feet du tive. The climate 
ee eS ome Fie A S a ce ie x all be can ded 
lia eduli Ly gh- 
ae S ne "Sie Kal Pona out the entire empire 
boldi, mmon Abies Firma, 90 to 120 feet fruit is scarce and 
in all valleys. » bifida, 70 to bs feet bad. From the short 
Aucuba japonica, » Tsuga, 50 fee’ ag oi I pr 
common; foliis had during my stay 
varie; tis, com- 2000 feet ei parts I can 
mon. arcely | 
Asplenium fonta- Fai otir aa E a oA opinion in the 
num, slopes of ter, but from the little 
ount Hakone ; 7. pio I con- 
sider the secret to 
n orra ur Beech, Alder, Lime, Mountain Ash, Hazei, &c. lay in the Japanese 
: sple paying no attention 
bushes, plentiful 7 on yo fh a= 
i fi of fruit. The or 
oie el Coni Ora ‘ont Fern kinds have in all 
etake, probability ped 
common in f : grown year aft 
ener forests; ea oe p- year, 13 
foliis variegatis, We ascended at this point been takı im- 
bal mana ingar- si ue oe prove them. 
further hre. 
ened in this opinion on finding that one or two varie- 
and Messima’; sp. unknown, foliage very large, 
betw 4 : iio only iy one For 
oa kind of MBs 
z] little fd a r 
or th 
gniis foot of Fusi Yama. is no difference in point of shape or 
sty el nen also a fol confident tha if a fow of our English fruit t 
Havi 
aneit ‘panies, “eplendi i ‘unknown, Mount Fusi Yama. a fair trial given ppan: ve 
Car F a J ponica, splendid trees, common in all << = Cas cee itis taking eves prove ria beg mi cliantar of Sayan reste 
Morell sp., resembling ©, Fortuni, Mount rg produc ing fruit equal to any country in- 
Hakone ; another pom —_ very pointed and| Thea straggling bushes throughout “our| The following fruits are met with :— : 
rt Moun ie pleated near Omio nuts, Paap Grapes, Oranges, Pears, 
Castan ar Mead Topas dolabrata, 40 to 50 feet high, forests on | Walnu 
Chamz: 52, oe E constantly the whole trip a ees e 
to the | ik of] oe Thuja pen ae Mount Hakone; T. orientalis, foot : 
Citrus j seston vig in n valleys s and gardens. of Mount are OBSERVATIONS AT PORT KENNEDY ON THE 
Clematis, 2 me 3 i not seen in flower. eigela rosea, foot of sg Fusi Yama; another ee ed OF THE SOIL, &o. 
Convolvulus , Many varieties, very ee species not seen in flow WALKER. 
Corylus avellana (the Hazel), tea Fusi Y: istaria sinensis, rambling aes the woods. On the 14th aula te 1858, as soon as it app 
Cryptomeria japon: gs in allvalleys on Mount no | Woodwardia japonica, on slopes of Mount Hakone. | probable that we should winter at Port Kei 
at 7000 feet ; not found on ama, a brass tube 2 feet 2 inches vertically in the ground, and 
Cycas revolu on in all temple gardens. THE AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND VEGETABLES OF JAPAN. |; oi a a petted the J eee 
Daphne ja variegatis, near Messima. The main of the country passed throug! ime of sinking the t 
Deutzia scabra, common on yas sides of hills. | tban generally i in low fpf valleys, and irri- w the surface, and it was with great diffic 
Diervilla, two or {three sp. on Mount Hakone, not | gated as in China. where the ground does | [ could get the tube sufficiently far 
seen in Mer pa aan F eet eo nd is cultivated which | (surface) was simila e , but 
obo a dry il. "The a bot erie ho wev' ver, 18 om below 6 inches it mud. The 
thermometer used was one of very eet sa with a 
ica, near Om 
a a Oion shrub. 
i Yama 
80 
meek, less p gig ran 
Hills 
omma 
in flo 
= sia A 
onymůs 
pe sylvation Į(Beech), foot of Mount Fusi 
and Hak 
Fors 
F 
p ENT 
hepa suspensa near Kanagawa. 
Ei ED: ET ange an) 
ong stem finely nite (it had been prepared for 
taking the a eee of trees). 
From the 18th to 29th September, no register was 
1% E 
b 
i 
1 are terraced to the we pro- 
and g 
p, a 
wo t | pict d fertil made, si ies 2 ship was not in port; also from the 10th 
Two species of M are grown largely. (1). to the 28th March, 1859, as I was the 
us  mntabilis, single and double, purple and | Dwarf, 2 to 3 fate 0. Tall, 5 to 6 feet. The dwarf ship travelling, The minimum temperature 
a mon. | kind is grown ds, similar to an English as +0.5, ch 10, 1859; the Oak. 
Se ee ta and hirta. field, so geet or in drills. ey at Zero, on the 16th March, ‘The 
i ci um and religiosum, near Odawa is when young’ in single rows round the continned i 
ok Bp. animon, 10 to 12 feet, near Hakone ad outer the fields'in which the dwarf Millet is jand the thermometer was frozen to 
TH the val he grown. poh not be detached, 
Tris sp., one white, unknown, near Minady ; Solanum. esculentum Ae Egg. plant) is. mae Column 2 gives the apie of the 
anothe er is “plated on the ridge of the t Col th a 
cottages $ in all the natives. uantity ov. 
Juniperus nem a0 oi 40 fest, unknown, Atam Caladium | esculentum, Sweet Potato , Dioscorea a A OS the iam 1859, Rae kie placed 
Laurus Cin mio and most Someta. Batatas), and Ginger, of} 1 foot 1 inch pie ina pot of shingle and earth; 5 
an ellos, foot ‘of Hakone. the first both leaves and roots are largely pimen int this a thermometer was placed. The position of the 
gnolia Moun t Fusi Yama; foliage similar to y upon it, the 
st = M. E M. macrophylla tain the cause: ofall the Japanese vegetal s being | co! constant removing it } as socn as 
iaca, the Plantain, Muryyana and }more or less in aiat From the Hehe I she faci deposited, register of this ther- 
Me of their modes of lunin I consi 2 ithe 12th, 1859, a tube was 
Nerium ion m, Muryyan: ton too much stro: ze poing sgen n thom be 2 barony on the surface of the ben 
rdenia florida and rad Mema comm ‘in a growing, state. vehi shy w rank|snow lying over the place where thermometer No. 1 
= Orontium japonicum, common throughout the sant tasteless. Many of our voi in gi ope ar @ very was sunk, and the temperature as shown by 
woods; a variety, foliis variegatis, grown in pots. | similar. | thermometer (Column 5) was registered until all the snow: 
