Figure 23. — Japanese stone lantern: Left, Tatsuko Iguchi, daughter of Japan's Ambassador 

 to the United States, lights candle — Friendship's Flame — during opening of 1954 Cherry 

 Blossom Festival; right, inscription on the lantern "A pair of stone lanterns dedicated in 

 memory of Daiyuin (Iemitsu Tokugawa: Third Shogun (1604-51)), placed in front of 

 mausoleum at Toeizan (Kan'eiji Temple) in Bushu (now Ueno Park in Tokyo) on this 

 20th day of the 11th month of the 4th year of Keian (that is, January 1, 1952) by 

 Shigenobu Matsuura, Lord of Hirado, in Hizen Province. (Translated from Japanese by 

 the Library of Congress. Photograph of Japanese stone lantern from the Washington 

 Star.) 



were for planting on the Washington Monument Grounds. This ceremony 

 was especially symbolic of the 1912 planting, with Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, 

 the First Lady, and Mrs. Ryuji Takeuchi, wife of the Japanese Ambas- 

 sador to the United States, planting two trees in the Tidal Basin area (61) 

 (% 24). 



The cherry trees originally planted around the Tidal Basin in 1912 are 

 now dying of old age. Only about 28 percent of the trees originally 

 planted are living (62). The National Arboretum, as part of the 

 Department of Agriculture's continued interest in these trees, is in the 

 process of preserving the clonal lines for a few of them. Specifically, 

 today, the Arboretum is making grafted propagations from the two cherry 

 trees planted by Mrs. William Howard Taft and Viscountess Iwa Chinda. 

 Perhaps someday these young trees will be used to replace their dying 

 counterparts for the continuing beauty of the area (fig. 25). 



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