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The flowers and gardens of Japan (1908)

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e to admire his flowers, and all seemedwelcome, strangers and friends alike, as long asthey loved the blossoms. Here might be seen thegreat sun-like Nihon Ichi (First in Japan), whiteand yellow ; and there is Haruna Kasumi, like itsname, suggesting spring haze, or Natsu gumo( Summer Clouds); but… … THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 209 seemed the most prized, though the pure white isa close rival for popularity, their blooms thick withthe morning dew reminding us of the fairy wholived only by sipping the dews upon the kikuflowers. How beautiful, too, are these whiteblossoms in death when the frost has made…

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