316 'Sa.^i (Podocarpus Nageia). (See No. 24.) 
Ho80-ba, or narrow-leaved variety. Observe its beautiful varie- 
gation in the leaves. Height, 31 inches. Age, 40 years. Pot, 
Seiji. 
247 Sliuro ( Chamaerops Excelsa) . 
For particulars see No. 31). Six leaves in elegant condition. 
Height, 20 inches. Pot, blue and white. 
248 Cabinet Ornament. 
Yukiyanagi {SpiraeaThunbergii), and Ibuki {Junipems Chinen- 
sis), on a coral. Height, 8 inches. Dish, Tokonabe. 
249 Sago Palm (Q/cas Bevoluta). (See No. 3.) 
Number of leaves, 14. Length of leaves, 18 inches. Diameter 
of the bulb, 6 inches. Height, 23 inches. Pot, blue and white. 
350 Cliabo-liiba {Thuya Obiusa Nanus). 
This is one of the most interesting trees now in existence in the 
world. From a point of age this is a little inferior to the one 
Mess. Kushibiki and Arai imported a year ago and purchased 
by Mr. Pope in Brooklyn, N. 'Y., but from a point of graceful- 
ness of the shape it far surpasses the other. By all means 
these two trees are undoubtedly a pair of the oldest, finest and 
most interesting trees of the kind on this continent. Messrs. 
Kushibiki and Arai are exceedingly proud to introduce to art- 
loving New York public such a marvelous tree as this, one 
after the other during the last single year. The authentic his- 
tory of this tree dates away back to the Ashikaga period, the 
middle of the fourteenth century, when the arts of all lines 
(Shogun himself was a great admirer of the arts), received a 
great impulse, and the art of gardening most of all. The name 
of the original trainer has not been exactly known, for the first 
record of this tree was sadly burned by the fire at the downfall 
of the Ashikaga Regency. The tree was in the possession of 
Kenchoji, a Bhuda temple, from the first part of the sixteenth 
century to the middle of the eighteenth century, then came to 
the hands of Mr. Yoshii, an expert gardener, by whose family 
the tree has been taken care of ever since. The record written 
by Mr. Yoshii is in the exhibition with the tree. It is trained 
in the peculiar style of "Jikka," which is called -'Tamet- 
sukuri," each branch trained independently in a horizontal 
round shape, giving the whole tree a conical form. The height 
of this tree is nearly six feet. The diameter of the trunk is 
about a foot. 
