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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  antly, 
  that 
  the 
  few 
  phytomera 
  which 
  are 
  left, 
  are 
  ample 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   tect 
  the 
  organism 
  against 
  ordinary 
  perils. 
  The 
  prices 
  asked 
  for 
  

   the 
  best 
  specimens 
  varied 
  from 
  forty 
  to 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  

   (Mexican), 
  these 
  plants 
  being 
  thrifty, 
  clean, 
  picturesque, 
  and 
  very 
  

   old, 
  say 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  hundred 
  years. 
  Dwarfed 
  flowering 
  

   plants, 
  such 
  as 
  cherries, 
  magnolias, 
  and 
  the 
  like, 
  varying 
  from 
  

   fifteen 
  to 
  fifty 
  years, 
  could 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  about 
  thirty 
  dollars. 
  

   These 
  prices 
  differ 
  widely 
  in 
  different 
  places, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  

   to 
  state 
  any 
  averages. 
  

  

  Larger 
  trees 
  pruned 
  into 
  flat 
  shapes, 
  and 
  encouraged 
  to 
  grow 
  

   only 
  horizontally, 
  are 
  common, 
  and 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  interest- 
  

   ing 
  specimens 
  of 
  topiary 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  The 
  most 
  remark- 
  

   able 
  one 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  tourist 
  is 
  that 
  at 
  Lake 
  Biwa, 
  

   about 
  ten 
  miles 
  from 
  Kioto. 
  Here 
  at 
  Karasaki, 
  near 
  Otsu, 
  is 
  the 
  

   immense 
  and 
  very 
  old 
  Pine 
  tree, 
  which 
  is 
  trained 
  horizontally, 
  

   and 
  extends 
  over 
  a 
  considerable 
  area, 
  with 
  its 
  flat 
  branches 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  on 
  pillars 
  and 
  poles. 
  Japanese 
  traditions 
  assign 
  to 
  this 
  

   tree 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  great 
  age. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  said 
  in 
  passing, 
  that 
  

   the 
  practice 
  of 
  training 
  also 
  fruit 
  trees 
  on 
  flat 
  trellises 
  is 
  much 
  in 
  

   vogue. 
  It 
  imparts 
  to 
  the 
  trees, 
  when 
  one 
  looks 
  down 
  on 
  them 
  

   from 
  a 
  slight 
  elevation, 
  precisely 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   vines 
  of 
  some 
  sort, 
  grown 
  for 
  shade 
  rather 
  than 
  for 
  fruit. 
  Good 
  

   examples 
  of 
  this 
  method 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  near 
  Yokohama. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  to 
  Tokio, 
  the 
  cherry-blossoms 
  were 
  in 
  

   perfection. 
  In 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  the 
  suburbs 
  the 
  

   streets 
  were 
  thronged 
  by 
  Japanese 
  who 
  were 
  enjoying 
  the 
  profu- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  delicate 
  coloring 
  which 
  clothed 
  the 
  leafless 
  trees. 
  The 
  

   blossoms 
  most 
  in 
  favor 
  were 
  the 
  pink 
  cherries 
  and 
  the 
  pure 
  white 
  

   plums. 
  The 
  term 
  "pink," 
  usually 
  and 
  naturally 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  

   cherry 
  blossoms 
  of 
  Japan, 
  does 
  them 
  injustice 
  : 
  the 
  tint 
  is 
  rather 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  " 
  rose-madder." 
  After 
  seeing 
  the 
  blos- 
  

   soms 
  at 
  Uyeno, 
  one 
  cannot 
  wonder 
  that 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  chosen 
  

   with 
  which 
  to 
  surround 
  the 
  temples 
  and 
  decorate 
  the 
  approaches 
  

   to 
  them. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  my 
  privilege, 
  through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Dun, 
  

   Charge 
  d'Affaires, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  at 
  a 
  recep- 
  

   tion 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  Emperor 
  and 
  Empress, 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  

   gardens. 
  The 
  cherry-blossoms 
  were 
  here 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  

   horticultural 
  feature 
  ; 
  the 
  Wisterias 
  were 
  not 
  yet 
  in 
  full 
  bloom, 
  

   but 
  their 
  very 
  long 
  pendant 
  racemes 
  showed 
  to 
  what 
  a 
  degree 
  of 
  

   perfection 
  this 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  brought. 
  

  

  The 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  in 
  Tokio 
  had 
  just 
  passed 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   charge 
  of 
  Professor 
  Yatabe, 
  well-known 
  to 
  many 
  American 
  bota- 
  

   nists, 
  and 
  his 
  successor 
  had 
  hardly 
  yet 
  taken 
  his 
  place. 
  But 
  I 
  

   was 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  establish- 
  

   ment, 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  those 
  in 
  control 
  every 
  attention. 
  Facil- 
  

   ities 
  were 
  placed 
  at 
  my 
  disposal 
  for 
  making 
  my 
  short 
  stay 
  as 
  

   profitable 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  is 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  University, 
  

   to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  tributary 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  instruction. 
  It 
  

  

  