23;]b Sago Palm-Shishi 



This is the very best example of the two Shishi in the 

 exhibition. The fohage on this is far more luxuriant 

 than on any other Shishi known even in Japan. It 

 is a truly magnificent specimen, and has reached the 

 venerable age of more than 500 years. It is not only art- 

 istic but decidedly extraordinary. It is three feet high. 

 The pot is of old Shigaraki ware. It has been broken but 

 carefully mended. (See illustration.) 



284c Bon Sai 



A decidedly unicpie stand made of a curious combination of 

 tree fern roots and wood, supported on three slender but 

 graceful legs. From the tree fern root iiart of the stand 

 grows the most curious of all nature's plants known as the 

 Sankirai. The wooden part of the stand supports a pot 

 from which grows a plant known to the Japanese botanical 

 world as the Tosho. A very hardy and very pretty pjlant. 

 The plants are probably more than twenty years old. 



I'ooA Golden Kujiaku-Hiba 



.\ member of the Chabo-Hiba family, but i[uite distinct in 

 the formation of leaves. Trained in the graceful pyramidal 

 shape by Soroku, of Tokio, and remained in his family for 

 more than a century. Height, 2I/2 feet. Pot of native 

 wood. 



23(1 Fern Ball 



A toot and a-half in diameter. (For the care of this plant 

 see No. 25.) 



2.')7a Acre Hotsuyuki 



(For full description of this [ilant see No. 86. ) The most 

 beautiful variegation of the leaves merits special attention. 

 This is one of the two in the exhibition. Height, 4;.^' 

 feet. Pot of nati\"e wood. 



2o.'5a Chabo-Hiba 



A horizontal Jikkei, modeled after the famous mountain 

 Fujiyama. The branches are arranged to show only a part 

 oftheroot exposed. Age, 102 years. Height, 2 feet. Pot, 

 of native wood. 



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