Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella, ill · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 245
ssoms. Although robbed of manypicturesque features by the lamentable custom ofwearing foreign dress at Court, these functions arestill of great interest to the foreigner, as affordinghim the only available opportunity of visiting anyof the Imperial gardens of the capital. In spite of the fact that… … CHERRY BLOSSOM 143 fast replacing the narrow streets and little woodenhouses of old Yedo; the Yashiki or Daimios housesand gardens are gone, replaced by foreign houses,—Tokyo still retains her cherry-trees. No modernreformer has ever dared to sweep away her avenuesof sakura, for to the Japanese the…
Flowers -- Japan · Gardens -- Japan · Plants
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