Fia.  21.— PINE  TREE  AT  KINHAKUJI— Trained  into  the  Form  op  a  Sailing  Junk 
Ji.  ,  so,  :S88. 
/H.  Oh  lie 
UE  AM/}  CO'rfAi:E  AREP/Eh. 
account  of  its  goo  !  anchorage,  as  one  of  the  tre:*.ty  port^.  ;t  therefore  |  accompanied  by  two  fellow  travellers  ;  a  »-’ea\  mo*  I’^  ly  ftite  'as  ^  f  '.ag 
follows  that  tho  line  temples,  &c.,  and  general  objeett  of  interest  for  j  held,  and  the  sight  was  a  very  pretty  aan  inie-  sting  one,  especially  in 
which  many  Japanese  towns  are  famous,  are  here,  1  may  say,  entirely  !  the  temple.  On  the  road  I  saw  the  syite  of  iraining  frail  ;rees 
absent-  'he  verdict  is,  and  the  professiona'  guides  confirm  it,  ihiit 
there  is  nothing  to  see  in  i'okohama. 
it  '/as  very  cold  in  Japan  at  the  time  of  my  arrivah  and  everything 
wa  >  backward,  Maples  and  other  deciduous  plants  showing  no  signs  of 
growth,  whilst  many  plauls — such  as  Cycads,  Rhapis,  and  Feroi — were 
still  kepi  in  sheds.  *  have  been  to  a  village  known  ai  Kawaski, 
■  recently  figured  in  the  *’  '  hardeners’  Chronicle,’'  A  flat  trellis  Covenng 
'  the  entire  orchard  is  laid  benen'h  the  heads  of  the  trees,  only  a  few  f*  ■  -  ■ 
high,  and  the  branches  tied  down  to  it.  In  the  temple,  dedicated  to 
Raddha,  I  bought  a  imall  medal  of  the  figure,  when  a  priest  In  return 
took  us  to  a  back  coort,  and  showed  us  a  curiouwiy  trained  Bamboo 
,  stem.  The  stem  v  a=  i  .11  and  straight,  and  still  growing,  but  betv.-^en 
