129 Garden Lantern 



Snow scene shape. Three legged. Imari in bhie and white. 

 Diameter, 2}^ feet. Height, 4 feet 10 inches. 



loOc Bon Sai {Kanaslii,fc) 



An exact counterpart of an old tree in Uyeno Park, Tokio. 

 Trained by Sato, of Tokio. Age, 42 years. Height, 

 1 34^ feet. Pot, old Shigaraki. 



131a Bon Sai 



(For the botanical name see 114.) Full of buds ready to 

 bloom in early summer. Age, 27 years. Height, \}^ 

 feet. Pot, old Bizen ware. 



1o2a Podocarpus Chinensis 



The most perfect pyramidal shape in the whole collection. 

 It has au exceptionally large trunk. Trained by Mr. 

 Takagi, of Tokio. Age, 65 years. Height, 3 inches. 

 Pot, native wool. 



133a Chabo-Hiba 



Trained into a horizontal Jikkei by Toki-Chi, ot Tokio. 

 Age, 52 years. Height, lyi feet. Pot, native wood. 



1 34c Bon Sai (See G.) 



A miniature Chabo-Hiba, growing in pots made in the shape 

 of a Japanese bucket of Hego or roots of tree fern. Height, 

 7 inches. Age, 23 years. 



135b Fern Ball 



For the care of this plant see No. 25. One foot and a half 

 in diameter. 



13(iA Kana-Ami Hiba 



A member of the Cliabo-Hiba family. Age, 17 years. 

 Heiglit, S inches. Pot, mirror black. 



137a Pinus Pentaphylla 



A plant carefully trained in the shape of a Jikkei. The 

 decidedly singular form of the trunk merits especial atten- 

 tion. Obtained from the garden of Somatsu, of Tokio. 

 Age, 133 years. Height, 2)4 feet. Pot, native wood. 

 (See illustration.) 



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