PREFACE

An apology is due to the reader for adding this volume to the long list of books already written on Japan; but, being a lover of flowers myself, I found there was no book giving a short account of the flora of the country which is so often called the Land of Flowers. Hence my excuse for offering these pages, either to those who may be intending to visit, or to those who may wish to recall the memories of a sojourn in the Land of the Rising Sun.

The book does not pretend to furnish a complete list of all the flowers to be found in the country, but rather to give a description of those which are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion, and which are most closely associated with Japan. The pages on landscape gardening have been condensed, partly owing to want of space, and also because I felt that those who take a real and thorough interest in the subject have Mr. Conder’s admirable volumes on “Landscape Gardening in Japan” to help them in the study of the most complicated form of gardening in the world. Being debarred, through lack of sufficient knowledge of the language, from availing myself of original works in Japanese, I have drawn much information from Mr. Conder’s works, and from those of other foreigners; but I wish gratefully to acknowledge the help I received from Mr. Y. Noguchi, who provided me with the flower legends and fairy tales, which are household words in every Japanese home.

FLORENCE DU CANE.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[1.][Landscape Gardening][1]
[2.][Stones—Garden Ornaments and Fences][19]
[3.][Landscape Gardens][38]
[4.][Nursery Gardens—Dwarf Trees and Hachi-niwa][55]
[5.][Temple Gardens][72]
[6.][Summer Flowers][87]
[7.][Plum Blossom][104]
[8.][Peach Blossom][119]
[9.][Cherry Blossom][127]
[10.][Wistaria and Pæony][146]
[11.][Azaleas][161]
[12.][The Iris][169]
[13.][The Morning Glory][181]
[14.][The Lotus][186]
[15.][The Chrysanthemum][197]
[16.][The Maple Leaves][214]
[17.][The Bamboo][223]
[18.][The Pine-Tree][236]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
[1.][Wistaria, Kyomidzu][Frontispiece]
[2.][Wistaria in a Kyoto Garden][4]
[3.][The Storks][12]
[4.][Azaleas in a Kyoto Garden][22]
[5.][Azaleas, Kyoto][28]
[6.][Tiger Lilies][34]
[7.][An Old Garden][40]
[8.][Satake Garden, Tokyo][42]
[9.][A Tokyo Garden][46]
[10.][A Landscape Garden][52]
[11.][The Old Wistaria][60]
[12.][At Kitano Tenjin][72]
[13.][The Drooping Cherry][74]
[14.][A Shrine at Kyomidzu][78]
[15.][White Cherry at Kitano][80]
[16.][Cherry Blossom, Chion-in Temple][84]
[17.][The Kobai Plum Blossom][92]
[18.][Lilium Auratum][96]
[19.][Lilies on the Rocks, Atami][98]
[20.][An Hydrangea Bush][100]
[21.][Viewing the Plum Blossoms][104]
[22.][The Gate of the Plum Garden][106]
[23.][The Time of the Plum Blossoms][110]
[24.][Plum Blossom and Lanterns][116]
[25.][Peach Blossom][120]
[26.][The Pagoda, Kyomidzu][126]
[27.][A Buddhist Shrine][130]
[28.][The Feast of the Cherry Blossoms][132]
[29.][The Pink Cherry][138]
[30.][Cherry-tree at Kyomidzu][142]
[31.][Wistaria, Kameido][148]
[32.][Wistaria, Nagaoka][152]
[33.][A Pæony Garden][154]
[34.][Wistaria, Kabata][158]
[35.][Azaleas][162]
[36.][Azaleas, Nagaoka][164]
[37.][Azaleas, Awata][166]
[38.][An Iris Garden][172]
[39.][Irises][178]
[40.][Lotus at Kodaiji][186]
[41.][Lotus at Kyomidzu][188]
[42.][Lotus Flowers][194]
[43.][Chrysanthemums, Kyoto][198]
[44.][A Chrysanthemum Garden][204]
[45.][Chrysanthemums][208]
[46.][The Scarlet Maple][214]
[47.][Viewing the Maples][218]
[48.][Irises, Horikiri][230]
[49.][Pine-tree at Matsushima][238]
[50.][Azalea and Pine-tree][244]