Photograph by Kiyoshi Sakamoto 



JAPANESE FLOWER VENDERS— WALKING BOUQUETS 



A flower, the gift of sun and soil, has sacred significance to the Japanese, who tell their calendar in 

 blossoms. First in spring, as herald of the new year, comes the plum, loved of the nightingale ; then the 

 cherry blossom, bloom of royalty, followed by the purple plumes of the wistaria, the water-haunting iris, 

 the peony, flower of prosperity, the lotus, suggestive of spirituality, and finally that autumn glory, the 

 chrysanthemum, which native floriculturists have developed in 269 color varieties. 



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