254a Chosengayo 



Two trees in a pot of native wood. This tree is liighly 

 esteemed because of its evergreen and ramified form ot 

 leaves. 



255c Bon Sai {Pciiiiica Graualuuit) 



It is full of buds and just ready to bloom. An exquisitely 

 trained specimen. Obtained from the ijrivate collection of 

 Mr. Hirose, of Niigata. Age about So years. Height, 114^ 

 feet. Pot of native wood. 



25(i Stone Garden Lantern 



Made of stone produced in the province of Settsu. The 

 shape here represented is called Jizogata after a Buddhist 

 saint. It is a very singular antiquated shape. Height, 4 

 feet, 2 inches. 



257c Bon Sai 



A most peculiar expression of the Chabo-Hiba and the maple 

 growing together. The roots and trunk are most intricately 

 entangled. Apparently one tree is grafted to the other. 

 Height, 10 inches. Pot, Shude. 



258.4 Chabo-Hiba 



Trained to resemble the shape of Fujiyama. The branches 

 have been most carefully trained and are in thorough 

 harmony one with the other, thus assuring a continuance of 

 a beautifully symmetrical shape. Age, nearly a century. 

 Height, 2 feet. Pot, blue and white. 



259a Ibuki 



One of the most shapely of the round top plants in the collec- 

 tion. AVidth, 3 feet. Height, i-'_| feet. Pot, native wood. 



260a Pine 



Trained in the most wonderful manner. The roots are ex- 

 posed. It is one of the three important pieces of the kind in 

 the collection. Careful attention is called to the fact that 

 the green top is brought below the roots. So that really the 

 length of the roots is greater than the height of the plants. 

 Height, 2y[ feet. Age, 76 years. Pot, brown glaze. (See 

 illustration.) 



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