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Show s . S In Flowery Japan How the Onentals Tiam Plants ii- o en s d hat Japanese flow erb ha e no seen b th s s n o ec fo amo g them we find he d obe and many sweet s ne ng ea a i orch ds Flowe s e e a ge y n 0 he of the peop e and a e assoc a ed w th na ona o daj nak ngs at different seasons of tl e vea The um w ch flowers about e d of January and lasts t 11 Ma the cherry blossom n the r a f of Ap 1 the tree peony e d of Apr t beg nnlng of Alay he aza ea and w staria early n May he r s ear v in June con o vulus end of July and beg nnlng of Augus the ch santhen u n first h ee weeks of November and t e ap e a Novenber the bril antly co ored ea es of the last named be e ou te I as flowers b a g y e ougl w th all the love of flo vers t e Japanese take ve y e nterest n the w Id flow e s w th wh ch t e r h s and va leys are overed Of the cu vat ed flowers the ane a s cons dered the most un ucky he reason be ng that ts ed b ossoms fa off whole n a vay wheh sugges a forcibly decapitated eads Ch s the n s of cou se are he fa o e flow er and he va r e onderfu The b osso s are no on of e c y shade of col o of eve y lmag nable shape as el Some a e fla and arger across an a n an s an can stretc o ? e ow s he e h ong man e ts stre cl ed out ke je jlish and others have the r petals t nned off nto mere droop g hairs But tho strangest th ng of a s o see five or s x d fferent var et es of various colors and s zes growing together on the same p ant the result of judicious graft ng One plant has been kno vn to bear as n an as one thousand three und ed and twenty bios soms n a seaso Oft the other hand by diverting Nature in an othe d ec ion the whole energ es of a p an are made to conce trate on the production of a single b os som a huge dishevelled look ng nonster Landscape garden ng Is a fine art In Japan and is carr ed out in m n lature to perfec Ion Within the m ts of a s ng e dish or flowe pot tl ere can, be seen paths bridges nounta ns stone anterns al com plete and perfe t The dwarflnir o t ees at w ch the Japs are wonderfu y sk ful s another ap pi a on of the san e dea A p ne tree o map e s xty years old com plete n every pa t and only a foot h g s con n o S h ge y enoug ma v gardens are e t rely dest tute of flowers tl e object of e r o ne s be ng to produce son et ng park like or to suggest so ne fan ous scene It who flowe s appear When the gardens do contain flo e t e are gene a 1 grouped oge er beds o nde she te n o e |