CATALOGUED. 
First Day's Sale 
Wednesday Afternoon, December 6, at 2 P.M, 
1 SagO Palm (Cycas Revoluta). 
Its beautiful evergreen leaves will equally resist both gas and 
dust; one of the most suitable house ornamental plants. Easily 
taken care of, and in very best condition. Three bulbs in the 
pot. Seven leaves. Length, 8 to 10 inches. Height, feet. 
Pot, blue and white. 
2 Bon Kei. 
It is a representation of a famous landscape painting of Mo- 
tonobu, a celebrated Japanese artist. Goyo-matsu (a pine), 
Chosen-gaya (Cephalotaxus Drupacea), and many other valu- 
able plants vigorously and harmoniously growing together. A 
bridge, a house, a lantern and the other figures are notiecable. 
Size, 17x12 inches. 
Note: "Bon Kel."— The reproduction in miniature of a landscape view, 
embracing all the features of a native scene in detail, which can be 
seen in the perspective, literally "landscape on a tray." 
I! CllOSeil-kaya (Cephalotaxus Drupacea). 
An ornamental evergreen tree of easy culture. Perfectly hardy. 
Two plants in elegant condition. Height, \% feet. Pot, Seiji. 
4 Ibuki (Jumperm Chinensis), 
It is highly admired on aceount of its beautiful leaf variegation. 
It is also an extremely ornamental evergreen. Height, 1% 
feet. Pot, blue and white. 
5 ChabO-lliba ( Thuya Oblusa Nana). 
Trained in the shape of " Nakasu," by Fukubei, of Tokio. 
Age, 43 years. Height, V/i feet. Pot, Ruri. 
Note:— The cultivation of the Chnbo-hiba is undoubtedly one of the 
highest arts and professions in horticulture. The Japanese alone 
possess this art, and only gardeners of great skill and ability can 
succeed in dwarfing and training this plant so that it will remain 
diminutive, but, still a perfectly formed tree. The Japanese of this 
generation however, with an eye to immediate business, do not dis- 
play the required attention nor wait for results which only come 
after many years of toil and application. Consequently these trees 
become scarcer and scarcer with each successive year ; hence Messrs. 
Kushlbiki & Arai regret that it iB only a question of a very short 
time when they will have no more of these interesting trees to offer. 
The gardens have been denuded of these specimens to such a great 
extent in the laBt few years that very few remain. 
" Nakasu." — A shape of a tree growing on an island having 
branches overhanging the water. A very beautiful specimen worthy 
of especial attention. 
