Chap. HI. THE UMBRELLA PINE. 47 
and Buddhist priests are found, there the timber is 
preserved on the hill-sides ; and many of the rare 
trees of the country are sure to be met with adorn- 
ing some of the courts of their temples. Mr. Brown 
informed me that there was a large monastery a 
short distance up one of the valleys, and kindly 
consented to accompany me thither. Our road led 
us up a beautiful and fertile valley, having low 
wooded hills on each side, and a little stream of 
pure water running down towards the sea, water- 
ing and fertilizing the rice-fields on its way, It 
was now the beginning of November, and the crops 
were yellow and nearly ready for the reaping-hook 
of the husbandman. It was a glorious autumnal 
day, the sun was shining above our heads in a clear 
sky, the air was cool, and everything around us 
was most enjoyable. 
A walk of two or three miles brought us to the 
temple of Bokengee. A broad path led up the 
hill-side to the main entrance of the temple. Various 
ornamental trees, some of great size and beauty, 
stood near the gateway. Just inside and in front 
of one of the principal temples, I was delighted to 
meet with a beautiful new pine, called Sciadopitys 
vei'ticillata, the umbrella pine, or “ Ko-ya maki ” 
— that is, “ the maki of Mount Ko-ya ” — of the 
Japanese. A branch of this fine tree is figured 
and described in Dr. Siebold’s ‘Flora Japonica;’ 
but a great mistake is made as regards its size. 
Siebold states that it forms an evergreen tree, for 
the most part twelve to fifteen feet high. On the 
