﻿Botany. 
  . 
  521 
  

  

  struck 
  me 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  abundant 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  funds 
  

   for 
  the 
  proper 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  : 
  retrenchment 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  

   too 
  far 
  in 
  this 
  interesting 
  place. 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  plants 
  illus- 
  

   trative 
  of 
  systematic 
  botany 
  is 
  large, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   well-grown. 
  This 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  particularly 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  

   species. 
  There 
  were 
  excellent 
  examples 
  of 
  trained 
  trees, 
  and 
  in 
  

   some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  grounds, 
  the 
  characteristic 
  landscape 
  garden- 
  

   ing 
  had 
  yielded 
  good 
  results. 
  The 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  conifers 
  

   was 
  especially 
  noticeable. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  fee 
  is 
  charged 
  for 
  admission 
  to 
  the 
  garden. 
  The 
  

   grounds 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  frequented 
  at 
  certain 
  times. 
  On 
  

   the 
  occasion 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  there 
  were 
  few 
  visitors 
  : 
  this 
  was 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  exhibition 
  of 
  blossoming 
  trees 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  temples 
  was 
  far 
  finer 
  in 
  every 
  respect, 
  than 
  

   that 
  which 
  the 
  garden 
  could 
  present. 
  

  

  A 
  careful 
  search 
  through 
  various 
  horticultural 
  establishments, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  my 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  garden 
  at 
  Chokubutsu, 
  has 
  

   satisfied 
  me 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  more 
  attractive 
  plants 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  

   brought 
  from 
  Japan 
  to 
  our 
  country. 
  Most 
  of 
  them, 
  to 
  be 
  sure, 
  

   have 
  been 
  already 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  horticultural 
  journals, 
  but 
  they 
  

   have 
  not 
  received 
  the 
  attention 
  which 
  they 
  deserve. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   the 
  dwarfed 
  flowering 
  shrubs 
  and 
  trees 
  would 
  certainly 
  prove 
  

   most 
  acceptable 
  for 
  house 
  decoration, 
  while 
  the 
  early 
  flowering 
  

   trees 
  of 
  large 
  size 
  merit 
  a 
  thorough 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  States 
  of 
  

   our 
  Union. 
  

  

  Answering 
  a 
  question 
  w 
  T 
  hich 
  has 
  been 
  often 
  asked, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   well 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  ease 
  and 
  rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  a 
  tourist 
  can 
  

   visit 
  the 
  famous 
  locality, 
  Nikko. 
  Of 
  the 
  temples 
  there 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  speak, 
  but 
  the 
  groves 
  of 
  conifers 
  w 
  T 
  hich 
  surround 
  

   them 
  must 
  be 
  alluded 
  to. 
  These 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  size 
  and 
  of 
  sym- 
  

   metrical 
  port. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  arranged 
  effectively 
  in 
  and 
  

   around 
  the 
  temple 
  grounds, 
  but 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  highest 
  

   interest 
  are 
  the 
  magnificent 
  specimens 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  miles 
  

   upon 
  miles 
  of 
  shaded 
  avenues. 
  This 
  locality 
  which 
  formerly 
  

   required 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  tedious 
  jinrickisha 
  ride, 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  reached 
  

   in 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  day's 
  journey 
  from 
  Tokio. 
  In 
  closing, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  

   confessed 
  that 
  the 
  new 
  railroads 
  in 
  Japan, 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  

   claimed 
  have 
  destroyed 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  charm 
  of 
  the 
  

   Empire, 
  have 
  rendered 
  accessible 
  to 
  many 
  naturalists, 
  localities 
  

   which 
  otherwise 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  found 
  time 
  to 
  study. 
  

  

  In 
  bringing 
  to 
  an 
  end 
  this 
  short 
  series 
  of 
  sketches 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  

   journey, 
  I 
  must 
  be 
  pardoned 
  for 
  calling 
  attention 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  

   extraordinary 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  newly 
  settled 
  countries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  

   Seas 
  and 
  the 
  newly 
  awakened 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  Orient 
  have 
  hastened 
  

   to 
  provide 
  themselves 
  with 
  appliances 
  for 
  research 
  and 
  instruc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  Natural 
  History 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  which 
  should 
  put 
  to 
  blush 
  

   some 
  of 
  our 
  communities. 
  There 
  is, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  earlier 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  this 
  series, 
  hardly 
  a 
  large 
  town 
  in 
  Australasia 
  which 
  

   does 
  not 
  possess 
  a 
  good 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  or 
  a 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Museum, 
  or 
  both. 
  Even 
  in 
  places 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  Botanic 
  

  

  