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famous for their cherry blossoms in spring, hut intcresi- 
ing at all times. I was in Tokio three times though only 
long enough to see the most interesting places. Of 
course, all outside of the central part of the city is 
strictly Japanese, it takes a jinrickshaw over an hour to 
go from one railway station to the other—the coolie run¬ 
ning all the time. We spent a rainy afternoon in the 
exhibition buildings looking over the exhibits from vari¬ 
ous parts of Japan and her colonies. 
While in Tokio, we were fortunate enough to see* the 
emperor and empress emerging from the Imperial 
Palace, seeing by our dress that we were Europeans, the 
emperor bowed to us; the people stood respectfully, with 
their hats off and heads slightly bowed and we did the 
same. In former years a man who looked at the Mikado 
and with a Diabutsu or bronze sitting statue of Buddha 
50 feet high and 80 feet around the hips. 
Being carried through the mountainous districts in 
chairs, carried by four coolies, gave us a good chance to 
see the varied vegetation growing along the roads. 
Lilium auratum —the golden-banded Lily of Japan, was 
at its best in full bloom, large spikes were growing in 
great profusion on the hare hillsides everywhere; we 
passed through miles of bamboos in many varieties. I also 
noticed Astilbe Japonica, both pink and white, Hydran- 
yeas in many varieties, Hydrangea Hortensis in the gar¬ 
dens was covered with flowers of the most cerulean 
blue). Azaleas in many varieties, Choysa ternata, 
Crytomeria Japonica, Retinospora obtusa, Thuya obtusa 
nana, Chrysanthemums and many other varieties of trees 
Pinus densifolia, trimmed 
Photo by J . McHutchison taken near Tokio, Japan 
would have his head whisked off, in fact it was a com¬ 
mon tradition that if a man looked at him he would lose 
his eyesight. Later on we saw the crown prince at 
Miyanoshita—a mountain resort in the vicinity* of Mount 
Fujiyama. He is about 8 years old, and with him were 
5 other boys of the same age, size and appearance, all 
dressed the same; this seemed to me a very practical 
protective measure, for no assassin could pick the 
emporer’s son out of the six hoys. 
Of course we visited the principal tourist resorts, 
Kioto, a city of 450,000, once the capital city and famous 
for its art, temples, shrines and gardens; Nikko, which 
has huge avenues of Crytomeria trees, some of them 8 
feet through, many waterfalls and fine mountain scen¬ 
ery, also some of the finest temples in Japan, Yenoshima, 
a fishing village on an island connected with the main¬ 
land by a bridge, Kamakura, rich in history and legend 
and flowering plants, for Japan and China have fur¬ 
nished the horticultural world with many of its most 
valued trees and plants. 
There are no nurseries in Japan as we understand the 
term, though a good deal of nursery stock is grown by 
the farmers around Tokio and other large cities. The 
Yokoma Nursery Company has a nice place in an excell¬ 
ent location near Yokohoma and Mr. II. Suzuki was very 
courteous in showing us through the greenhouses and 
grounds. There are some beautiful large and old speci¬ 
mens on view here, some of which are intended to grace 
the Panama Exposition at San Francisco next year. The 
nursery districts which Mr. Seitaro Arai was kind 
enough to take us to near Tokio, were intensely interest¬ 
ing, located miles from a railroad or even a main road, 
they contain little blocks—hut large quantities in the 
aggregate—of Thuya obtusa nana and aurea, Sciadopitys 
