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4. Grafting. For the novelty varieties. 
5. Division of the stems. For early, easy and many plants. 
The best time to plant Azaleas is just after they have com¬ 
pleted their summer’s growth, which is usually to May and 
from October in our country. At this time the roots and stems 
are about dormant and transplanting does not injure them. 
The varieties of Kirishima-Tsutsuji (R. Indicum). 
1. Hototogisu. Light Rose color, single flowered. 
2. Hanaquluki. Single. 
3. Teruhime. Single deep rose color. 
4. Nodanosato. Lilac color, double flowered. 
5. Sotoorihime. 
6. Hatsuma. Light crimson color, single large form. 
7. Tsukushigata." Purple color, single. 
Aogiri (young plants) are adapted for pot culture. I have 
many seeds of this tree. 
G. Golden Bell. (Forsythia) Oleaceae. 
Rengyo—Japanese name. 
Flowering month from the early spring. The different 
name is “Itachigusa,” slender stems, very beautiful, a 
great many in culture near Tokio. 
If you have not these and other Japanese native plants, 
shrubs, I will send you (with low price on exchange) that sub¬ 
scribers of the National Nurseryman. 
I will send you too various magazines, newspapers and books. 
I have great interest in your country therefore I hope you send 
me the following articles. 
1. Seeds, trees, shrubs, fruits and canned fruit or vege¬ 
tables. 
8. Yukino-Sakazuki. 
Snow white, large size 
single-flowered. 
9. Yo-Sakura. Single, 
purple. 
10. Hakusa. White, single. 
E. Wistaria sinensis (Kra- 
unhia floribunda Ta- 
ub). 
Beni-noda. Light rose 
color, long cluster. 
Murosaki - noda. Long 
cluster, purple color. 
Shiro-noda. White color 
long cluster. 
Shiro-Tama. White. 
Murasaki - Tama. Pur - 
pie. 
F. Dwarf Japanese flow¬ 
ering Cherry, Niwa- 
Sakura. 
Shiro-Hime. White. 
Sakura-Hime. The single 
little (diameter 4-5 
inches). Light rose 
flowers open for the 
leaves appear and are 
produced in profusion; 
these are followed 
by medium fruits, 
which at first when 
fully grown are yel¬ 
lowish red but be¬ 
come dark purple 
when ripe. The leaves 
are medium size and 
of beautiful green 
color and in the au¬ 
tumn turn to the 
shades of orange and 
deep crimson. 
This is one of the 
most rare, most beau¬ 
tiful and new de¬ 
ciduous-leaved trees in 
Japan at the present 
now growing near 
Tokio city. 4 to 5 feet 
in height. Flowering 
month to the last of 
April and from the 
last of March, 1914 by 
writer’s record—to 
April 24th from 
March 25th. The fruits 
are very nice. I have 
many seeds and plants 
of this tree. 
Jas. McHutchison in Yokohoma, Japan 
2. Gardening books and 
the memorable pos¬ 
tage stamps. 
3. Annual Report and 
year books of horti¬ 
cultural department 
in your State. 
4. Picture and photo¬ 
graph and agricul¬ 
tural country life. 
5. Splendid post card of 
your country and 
others. 
If you wish send ques¬ 
tions on the Japanese 
Horticultural and Agri¬ 
cultural and exchange. I 
hope you will write me. 
Address NO. 21 FUJIS- 
WA, IRIMA, SAITAMA. 
Toyooka, Japan. 
500K 
“Japan Today and To¬ 
morrow” by Hamilton W. 
Mabie, author of “Amer¬ 
ican Ideals, Character and 
Life.” Illustrated. Dec¬ 
orated Cloth, 12mo, boxed. 
$2.00 net. Published by 
The MacMillan Co., New 
York. This volume con¬ 
veys a clear and definite 
impression of the spirit 
of the Japanese people— 
what they are interested 
in and what we may ex¬ 
pect of them in the future. 
G. Aogiri. 
One of the most magnificent and largest deciduous¬ 
leaved trees in the Japanese Gardens. Sometimes it 
reaches in Japan the height of forty feet with a trunk 
two feet in diameter. The bark is very excellent green 
color. The fruits are used in a collect of an oil and baked 
fruits are used. The Japanese children are very fond of 
them. These ornamental trees are growing in the park, 
garden, temple, etc. This tree is very rare in Japan. One 
of the beautiful Aogiri trees in my garden reaches the 
height of forty feet, with a trunk one and half feet in dia¬ 
meter. The leaves are thick and large. But Dwarf 
The Belgium plant growers have troubles enough 
these days. While their lives are fairly safe under Ger¬ 
man rule, their greenhouses and property are in constant 
danger of destruction or damage. Communication by 
mail or cable is entirely shut off with the outside world 
except by messengers that can get through the military 
lines from Holland. 
