60a Rhus Vernicifera {Jap. IVinshi) 



The tree from which lacquer juice is obtained. It is a most 

 perfectly shaped tree from an artistic point of view. Trained 

 by Ranbikiyu, of Osaka, from whom this plant was obtained. 

 Age, 45 years. Height, 2^2 feet. Pot, native wood. 



61c Bon Sai 



The Yoseuye is well exemplified in this exhibit showing two 

 maples of equal value planted together in a pot of old white 

 Akahada. Age, 32 years. Height, i foot. 



62 Fern 



Built in the shape of a Chinese pagoda of five stories. At 

 the foundation will be noticed several varieties of fern and 

 m.Tple trees growing. Height, 4}-3 feet. For care, see 

 No. 25. (See illustration.) 



63.A Kani Ami Hiba 



Variegated. Trained in the most correct shape Jikkei. 

 Notice the speckled variegation in the leaves which is most 

 unusual. This is the only specimen shown in this collection. 

 Age, 95 years. Height, 2I3 feet. Pot, native wood. 



64c Bon Sai, Toritoinarazii. 



So called from its thorny trunk on which birds never perch. 

 Careful e.xamination is invited to the Tetsu Kan trunk and 

 vigorous growth of branches and leaves despite the great age 

 and apparently dead trunk. Age, 78 years. Height, i foot. 

 Pot, a fine crockery ware of iSth century. 



65c Bon Sai Keyaki, Zelkowa Keaki (See G.) 



'I'his is an exact reproduction of a luxuriant large tree, 

 trained by Ishiki, of Tokio. And will always be a perfect 

 miniature of nature's handiwork. Height, 2 J/ feet. Age, 

 over a century. Pot, brown glaze. 



66.4 Maple 



A very rarely shaped tree. From an artistic point of view it 

 almost equals the work of nature itself. Its light, delicate 

 coloring, and the beautiful form of its leaves, defy adequate 

 expression. Height, 2 feet. Age, 57 years. Pot, native 

 wood. 



67a Goyo-Matsu {Pinus Pentaphylla) 



This hardy plant is growing to the side of a rock, its roots 



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