91 lb Il k i { Juniper us Chinensis). 
The leaves are beautifully variegated. It is an ornamental ever- 
green. Age, 22 years. Height, 1 foot. Pot, Seiji. 
02 Sonare (Juniperus Chinensis). 
This is the most peculiar shaped tree in the collection, the 
branches spreading over 5 feet. Age, perhaps, over 35 years. 
Pot, Seiji. 
93 Sago Palm (Cycas Revoluta). (See No. 1.) 
Sixteen leaves in vigorous condition. Length of the leaves, X% 
feet. Diameter of the bulb, 6 inches. Height, 2 feet. Pot, 
blue and white. 
94 Bon Kei. (See No. 2.) 
Scene of a forest by a stream. This is one of the masterpieces 
of Sakuzo, a well-known Bon Kei artist. Size, 15x18 inches. 
Dish, wood. 
95 Hanging Ornament. 
Asparagus fern, etc., in artistic bamboo dish, with antique 
bronze chain. A dish of this style is highly admired by the 
art-loving Japanese public. 
96 Chabo-hiba ( Thuya Obtusa Nana). (See No. 5.) 
This is one of the best and largest trees in the collection. A 
perfect tree as this could hardly be duplicated. Observe how 
beautifully the branches are arranged and trained, giving the 
tree the shape of " Jikka." (See No. 44). Careful examina- 
tion is also invited to the trunk, which makes a knot in.the 
center. It was originally trained by Zaru-cho, of Tokio, from 
whose grandson this tree was obtained. Age, about a century. 
Height, 2}i feet. Pot, wood. 
97 Tanyo-sho {Finns Densiflora). 
An ornamental evergreen. Height, 2>£ feet. Pot, wood. 
98 A Garden Lantern. 
This is an antique garden lantern of Fuji-yaka ware, in the 
shape of Momoya-ma. It was kept over one hundred and fifty 
years in the private garden of Akiba, from where this was 
specially secured for this collection. Height, 3J^ feet. 
99 Bon Kei. (See No. 2.) 
It is the reproduction of miniature or a part of the Royal 
Summer Garden in Hakone, which is famous for its simplicity, 
having no ornamental materials but stones and trees. His 
Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan, though he is still 
young, loves beauties of nature and not ornamentations, and 
accordingly the garden made for him is without luxurious 
decorations. Size, 15x15 inches. Dish, wood. 
100 Sago Palm {Cycas Revoluta.) 
A full description. (See No. 1.) Six leaves, which measured 1 
foot in length. Pot, blue and white. 
100a Onagi-tlori (Long-tail rooster.) 
A rooster, the tail of which grows naturally 12 to 15 feet in 
length, accompanied by a hen. This is a bird like the red- 
headed crane, very rare even in Japan. The bird is taken very 
often for a subject for Japanese arts, especially for poems, 
since Hitomaro wrote over a thousand years ago of a long-tail 
rooster the best poem a Japanese poet ever produced. The pair 
are in a beatiful cage. 
100b Cbabo-hiba ( Thuya Obtusa Nana). (See No. 5.) 
It is very well-proportioned "Jikka" (see No. 41), trained by 
Ushitaro, of Idzu. Age, 40 years. Height, V4 feet. Pot, 
blue and white. 
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