Bon Kei. (See No. 2.) 
One of the largest and best made Bon Keis in this collection. 
It is made to show a country view of modern Japan. There 
are mimic trains on a tiny railroad. Telegraph posts with wire 
are also seen. Two country houses made of metal are on the 
scene. This was designed and made by Muto, of Tokio, who 
is now one of the head gardeners in Japanese Tea Garden 
Atlantic City, N. J. Size, 22x30 inches. Pot, wood. 
A Coco Palm and a Fern. 
Grown vigorously in an artistic pot made of the inner or 
hardest part of hego, a root of tree fern, which is exceedingly 
rare. Height, 1% feet, including the stand. 
Ibuki (Juniperus Chinensis). 
Beautifully variegated. Two plants in the pot. Height, \% 
feet. Pot, blue and white. 
Cliabo-hiba ( Thuya Obtusa). 
This is the chabo-hiba of erect training. Height, 2 feet. Pot, 
Kenzan. 
Bon Kei. (See No. 2.) 
Retinospora obtusa nana accompanied with a Juniper, Thuya 
and Buxus grown handsomely on hego, representing the scene 
of Yabakei-cliff. It was trained by Sakuzo, a well-known Bon 
Kei artist. Height, 1% feet. Pot, wood. 
A Garden Seat. 
A beautiful Seto-ware of blue and white. It is always used in 
Japanese gardens instead of a chair. Height, \% feet. 
Sonare (Juniperus Chinensis), 
This is one of the rarest specimens in the collection. Two trees 
in the pot, the branches spreading over 2% feet. Age, 30 years. 
Pot, blue and white. 
Sago Palm (Cyeus Revolnta). (See No. 1). 
Two stalks in the pot. This is one of the best in the collection. 
Height, 6 inches. Pot, blue and white. 
Chabo-hiba (Thuya Oblusa Nana). (See No. 5.) 
From a point of age, also from a point of size, this tree could 
not be called the superior to the others, yet this one excels be- 
cause of its historical view and the perfection of its training. 
It is the rarest of rarities from the Japanese point of view. It 
was in the possession of the last Shogun or Taikun of the Toku- 
gawa Regency, by whom this tree was highly admired. At 
the time Shogun's power was overthrown, thirty-four years 
ago, this tree was secured with the only map of the garden of 
Yedo castle by Yamashita, a "samurai," and an expert botan- 
ist of the age. Observe its most artistic and peculiar shape of 
the trunk, which is only seen in the works of Kobei, one of the 
best tree trainers Japan ever had. Age, over a century. 
Height, 1% feet. Pot, wood. 
Bon Kei. (See No. 2.) 
This is one of the best Bon Keis on hego, or a root of tree fern. 
The select varieties of Ibukis (Juniperus Chinensis) and KiariiH 
(Taxus tardiva) competing own beauties, one with its handsome 
variegation and the other with itw golden brightness. Size, 
15x20 inches. Dish, wood. 
Sekisho (A cor us Gramineus). 
It is sometimes called sweet fern. This is an unique table orna- 
mentation, being an evergreen and growing on a rock. 
HamaillOkkOku (Rhaphiolepis Japonica). 
This is only one of the kind in this collection. In early summer, 
it bears white flowers, being succeeded with dark purple 
berries. Height, 13 inches. Pot, blue and white. 
16 
