﻿Botany. 
  517 
  

  

  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  manganese 
  deposits 
  of 
  Arkansas, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  final 
  

   chapter 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  origin, 
  and 
  chemical 
  and 
  geological 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  manganese 
  deposits. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  

   shows 
  that 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  done 
  his 
  work 
  with 
  great 
  thoroughness 
  

   and 
  the 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  new 
  matter 
  relative 
  to 
  hitherto 
  little 
  

   known 
  deposits 
  with 
  the 
  numerous 
  analyses, 
  etc., 
  give 
  the 
  work 
  

   a 
  high 
  value 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  as 
  a 
  convenient 
  

   digest 
  of 
  what 
  was 
  before 
  known 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  III. 
  Botany. 
  

  

  1. 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  in 
  the 
  Equatorial 
  Belt 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   Seas. 
  (Fifth 
  paper.) 
  — 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  gardens 
  hitherto 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  

   this 
  series, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  unusual 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  plants 
  from 
  different 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Japan. 
  The 
  southern 
  portions 
  of 
  Japan 
  have 
  contributed 
  

   plants 
  which 
  thrive, 
  or, 
  at 
  least, 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  grow 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  

   warmer 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  tropics, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  hill 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  

   tropics 
  are 
  found 
  certain 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  colder 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   Empire. 
  It 
  may 
  therefore 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  for 
  this 
  series 
  to 
  

   close 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  sketch 
  of 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Japan 
  on 
  my 
  way 
  home. 
  

   The 
  spring 
  was 
  far 
  enough 
  advanced 
  to 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  glimpse 
  of 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  vernal 
  species, 
  but 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  

   so 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  Pasonies, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  specialties 
  of 
  Japan, 
  at 
  

   their 
  best. 
  

  

  From 
  Woosung 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  days 
  to 
  the 
  straits 
  

   at 
  Shimonoseki, 
  where 
  the 
  ship 
  enters 
  the 
  Inland 
  Sea. 
  The 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  of 
  this 
  famous 
  sheet 
  of 
  water 
  do 
  not 
  do 
  justice 
  to 
  its 
  

   extraordinary 
  picturesqueness. 
  The 
  shores 
  and 
  the 
  water, 
  with 
  

   their 
  ever 
  changing 
  scenes 
  of 
  interest, 
  keep 
  every 
  passenger 
  

   attentively 
  employed 
  in 
  forming 
  contrasts 
  between 
  these 
  and 
  

   similar 
  scenes 
  in 
  other 
  countries. 
  It 
  was 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  that 
  

   travelers 
  who 
  had 
  passed 
  many 
  times 
  over 
  this 
  sea, 
  did 
  not 
  

   appear 
  to 
  have 
  exhausted 
  their 
  enthusiasm 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  its 
  beauty 
  

   in 
  any 
  way. 
  The 
  older 
  travelers 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  eager 
  to 
  point 
  

   out 
  to 
  the 
  novices 
  the 
  more 
  striking 
  features 
  and 
  combinations. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  northern 
  shore, 
  we 
  could 
  frequently 
  see 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tions 
  made 
  for 
  extending 
  the 
  railroad, 
  and 
  catch 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  

   a 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  rigid 
  line 
  of 
  rail 
  contrasting 
  strangely 
  with 
  the 
  

   general 
  air 
  of 
  the 
  place. 
  There 
  is 
  absolutely 
  nothing 
  which 
  can 
  

   fairly 
  be 
  called 
  picturesque 
  in 
  or 
  around 
  the 
  railroad 
  stations, 
  — 
  

   except 
  the 
  people. 
  

  

  The 
  port 
  of 
  Kobe 
  is 
  reached 
  in 
  twenty 
  hours 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  

   entrance 
  to 
  the 
  sea. 
  Hyogo, 
  or 
  Hiogo 
  (pronounced 
  by 
  the 
  na- 
  

   tives 
  almost 
  as 
  if 
  written 
  Shyogo), 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   river, 
  Minato-gawa, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  native 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  double 
  town. 
  

   Together, 
  the 
  two 
  towns 
  occupy 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  along 
  the 
  

   shore 
  and 
  are 
  alike 
  fortunate 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  charming 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  

   behind 
  to 
  increase 
  their 
  attractiveness. 
  The 
  tourist 
  loses 
  no 
  time 
  

   in 
  leaving 
  his 
  ship 
  for 
  the 
  walk 
  or 
  the 
  jinrickisha 
  ride 
  up 
  the 
  

  

  