12.3b Sago Palm, Hoso, or Tree Formed Palm 



This is one of the most vaUiable of its kind, because it is 

 most rare. It has fifteen bulbs branching out from the main 

 bulb, each crowned with its own cluster of leaves. These 

 projecting bulbs give the whole an appearance of a tree. 

 The leaves are uniform and perfectly shaped. Age, 75 

 years. Height, 2i< feet. Pot, Ruri of the iSth century. 

 (See illustration.) 



124c Bon Kei 



This is a maple that struggled into life between two rocks on 

 a mountain. The small space — the closeness of the rocks 

 caused the trunk to assume an almost grotes{|ue form. 

 The branches, too, have peculiar twists that make this one 

 of the most novel maples in the collection. Examine it 

 carefully. Age, cannot be definitely ascertained. One 

 foot high. Dish Oribe ware of the iSth century. 



125c Bon Sai 



Two maples. Remarkably well trained. The trimk of one 

 measures 2V2 inches in diameter. Olitained from the private 

 collection of Mr. Otori, of Tokio. Height, i'^ feet. Age, 

 65 years. Pot, natixe wood. 



12G Garden Statue 



, Shoki — or god of punishment — holding a devil in one hand, 

 very striking. Old Bizen ware of the i 7th century. Height, 

 2 feet, 10 inches. 



127.A- Jasminum {Taiwanese Ohai) 



In early spring it bears jture yellow flowers before the leaves, 

 and is one of the trees which bloom very early. Age, 7 

 years. Height, 5 inches. Pot, old Corean ware. 



12.SA Chabo-Hiba 



The best Hachikobore in the collection. Hachikobore 

 means that the plant leans over the edge of the pot and 

 grows downward. Observe that the part growing over the 

 pot measures more than two feet. It was originally trained 

 by Unokichi, of Tokio, who was especially celebrated for 

 this kind of plant training. Age, 123 years. Height, \y^ 

 feet. Pot, native wood. 



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