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likely to add much to the beauty and interest of 
that useful shrub, inasmuch as we may now expect 
to have it covered, during winter and spring, with 
a profusion of crimson berries. 
Many other species of interest might he named 
in the collection which I had now got together, 
but the above will suffice to show how fruitful the 
field for selection had been in and near the capital 
of Japan. From the list which I have given, no 
one will he surprised when he hears others tell of 
the lovely sylvan scenery of the Japanese islands. 
I have already endeavoured to give a faint* idea of 
such scenery; and it was now my intention to 
transfer to Europe and America examples of those 
trees and shrubs which produce such charming 
effects in the Japanese landscapes. 
But the latter part of the business was no easy 
matter. To go from England to Japan was easy 
enough ; to wander amongst those romantic valleys 
and undulating hills was pleasure unalloyed ; to 
ransack the capital itself, although attended by an 
armed guard, was far from disagreeable ; and to 
get together such a noble collection as I have just 
been describing was the most agreeable of all. 
The difficulty — the great difficulty — was to trans- 
port living plants from Yedo to the Thames, over 
stormy seas, for a distance of some 16,000 miles. 
But, thanks to my old friend Mr. Ward, even this 
difficulty can now he overcome by means of the 
well-known glass cases which bear his name. 
Ward’s cases have been the means of enriching 
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