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Show From 'Vick'sllustraled Magazine.1 Japanese Gardens, f Mr. Vrcic: I suppose it will be readily admitted that the, Japanese are a very singular people, and tiip more we become acquainted wjth their products pro-ducts and Ingenuity, the more our curiosity cu-riosity changes to gemifne admiration. In some branches of the tine arts they cannot bd excelled, and perhaps'not equaled. Their decorative art works are exceedinily tasteful, and exhibit great skill, a wonderful degree of par tience, and fine manipulation. But the object of our writing was ,to ca.H your attention to J.he accom Ipanying sketch of a natural landscape, with house, bridge, trees, shrubs and brooklet, all in the small space ot an ordinary bowl; for of all the oddili s of Japanese industry, this is one J the oddest. These landscapes re real that is, the houses are toy houses, but the vegetation is dwarfed specimens of Pines and other native trees and fhrubs in actual growth. This dwarfing process extends over years of careful lending, and tine specimens spec-imens of these immature landscapes bring a high price in market, and tind ready customer s, Now, I don't suppose sup-pose any of your f;.ir readers will trj I this experiment, but it is one of the curiosities of the old world, where time does not seem to be of so much importance as with us.-J. WV New York. : ' |