Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London : Adams & Charles Black · leaf 210
white haze; for over two miles thetrees clothe the banks of the river Kizu. Countlesstea-stalls are prepared for the guests, light bamboostructures adorned with a few printed linen curtainsin soft harmonious colouring, and innumerablepaper lanterns suffice for the preparation of aflower feast. Each… … PLUM BLOSSOM 107 morrow or when the storm has cleared. TheJapanese regard the flower of the plum with apeculiar reverence, and their feeling for it alwaysseems to be touched with some mysterious senseof sorrow, which perhaps accounted for the factthat these plum-blossom feasts never seemed toattain…
Flowers · Gardens · Plants
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