ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Puiate I, A hillside covered with mitsumata, the Japanese paper plant. Frontispiece. — 
Il. Fig. 1.—Mitsumata plant two years after transplanting from nursery 
row. Fig. 2.—Three-year-old shoots from an old mitsumata ~ 
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Ill. Fig. 1.—A bundle of peeled stems of mitsumata. Fig. 2.—Boards 
covered with drying sheets of mitsumata paper -..--------.------ 24 
IV. The udo plant in the field ......._.- EES may Sere ak pestaet ae 2 
V. Fig. 1.—Young root cutting of udo planted in the spring, showing 
new shoot. Fig. 2.—Old root of udo planted in the spring, on 
~which a young shoot has formed. Fig. 3.—Blanched young shoot 
of udo more than 2 feet long, taken from the forcing bed in May-- 24 oF 
VI. Fig. 1.—Young wasabi plants ready to set out. Fig. 2.—A patch of ¢ 
wasabi-on‘a hillside 2.3 es ee ee eee -. 4a 
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