PRESENT DAY GARDENS 
IN JAPAN 
Photograpks by courtesy of 
Kiyoski Sakamoto 
JAPANESE IRISES AT HOME 
The zigzag bridge is an ingenious device permitting the Iris 
lover to stroll dry-footed among her flowers which, as she well 
knows, flourish best when their toes touch moisture. The 
Japanese Iris is a familiar of the American gardener, appreci¬ 
ated for the lateness of its bloom and for its languid, stately grace 
A “CLOSE-UP” 
Many little isles rest on the serenely spread 
sheet of water, each a point of interest quite 
complete in itself, and on this occasion an 
ambitious stork has taken it upon himself to 
add a last touch of picturesqueness 
KORAKUEN PARK ON THE ISLAND OF HONDU 
Laid out and formerly owned.by a feudal lord of Old Japan, this park, not far from 
the city of Okayama-Kem, is one of that island country’s most famous examples 
of landscape art. Evergreens in all sorts of shapes—natural and subdued by 
artifice—rocks, sand, and water make up the picture so unlike the more florid 
and less trig effects of Western gardens 
^O'') 
