Figure 17.— Eliza Scidmore, American writer who traveled in Japan. (Courtesy, Wash- 

 ingtoniana Division, D.C. Public Library.) 



In 1924, Wilson Popenoe, then acting agricultural explorer in charge of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, obtained permission from the Office of 

 Public Buildings and Grounds for Paul Russell, an outstanding botanist 

 with the Bureau, to examine the original plantings and, if possible, take 

 some cuttings for herbarium purposes and for propagation in the Bureau's 

 Plant Introduction Garden located in Bell, Md. (58). He hoped that these 

 efforts by the Department and aided by commercial nurseries in this 

 country would ensure the permanent value of this gift by the Japanese 

 people (fig. 20). 



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