CATALOGUE OF THE YOKOHAMA NURSI^RV Co.. Ltd. (1913.) 6r 



SOME ECONOMIC PLANTS 



Allllis finna, the dried catkins arc used for (K'eini;, on account 

 of its tannin<^, producini^ an olive colour, it is also 

 a valuable tree, open <^round seedlin'^s 



Allllis uiaritiiiiii, bark used for dyeini; and a forest tree 



Eroussoiietia papyrifera, (paper mulberry) the <^eneral method 

 of making the Japanese paper is by cuttini;- the stems 

 and after peeling off their fibrous bark, the outside 

 bark being scraped and the clean white bast is boiled 

 to be beaten into pulp, which is then dissolved in 

 water and mucilage. The mixture is then manipulat- 

 ed and the result is a strong Japanese fibre paper. 

 Open ground seedlings 



JSroussouetia Kajiuoki, paper manufactaring material. ()[)cn 

 ground seedlings 



Camellia theifera, (Tea plant) widely cultivated plant pro- 

 ducing the tea of commerce. In this countr\' 3 years 

 old seedirngs produce leaves sufficient to be picked, in 

 8 years they become splendid bushes, fiowers very 

 fragrant, white filled with numerous yellow stamens 

 (several in pot) 



2 ft. 

 2 ft. 



per 



H). 



per 100. 



§1 .00 

 1 .00 



ft. 



6.00 

 6.00 



ft. 



i .60 



'3.50 



TEA i'L.^M.vl . (CAMi:i,Ll.\ Till, 



Price in U.S. Gold. 



