CHiP. VII. 
GARDENS. 
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CHAPTER VII. 
journey in Kerch of new plant— Japanese College - H«iden« 
of Prince Kanga — Dang-o-zaka Its tea-gardens fleh-po^A 
and floral ladies -Nurserymen— Country 
Snlrliprs Arrive at Su-mae-yah — Country covered 
plants Mode of dwerflug - Y££ 
plants — Ogee, the Richmond of Yedo-It. tea-house -The ly- 
coon’3 hunting-ground — Fine views — Agricultural productions 
A drunken man — Intemperance of the people generally. 
The capital of Japan is remarkable for the large 
number of gardens in its suburbs where plants are 
cultivated for sale. The good people of Yedo, hke 
all highly civilized nations, are fond of flowers, 
and hence the demand for them is very great. 
The finest and most extensive of these gardens are 
situated in the north-eastern suburbs, at places 
called Dang-o-zaka, Ogee, and Su-mae-yah. As 
one of my chief objects in coming to Yedo was to 
examine such places as these, I lost no time m 
paying them a visit. 
As the British Legation was situated in the 
south-west suburb, I had to cross the entire city 
before I could reach these gardens. From the i tune 
occupied in going this distance I est.mated he 
width of the city, in this direction, at about nine 
or ten miles. Passing in from the western suburb, 
I went through the “Official Quarter, with its 
