Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 62

Translation of the Story of the Trees Written by the Japanese Governmen t Official Who ‘Planted and Cared fcr Them Before T}‘ley Were Sh;pped to the l Carital—Twelve Varieties of Trees. BY MASO YOSHIKAWA, Bureau Plant Industrs Departiment o1 A& eulture HEN the beautiful pink clouds burst suddenly into | in the same universit Potomae | most authority on the cherry trees " | Description of Raising Cherry Trees lite around the Park in_early Spri ecms fitting to_ give a concerning the Japanese the cherry blossom, su preme in its beauty. ix the famed national flower and symbol of spirt of Japan. Durinz the lonz history of the Flowery Kingdom thousands of poems and Stories have been com posed and told, some very beautiful some Drilliant and some romantic However, the history of the raisinz of the cherry trees planted in Poto mac Park, written by the man who wctually took charge of the raising, will perhaps be of more interest to the mujority of Washingtonians than these Jupanese stories It well known fact that these trees were presented by the city of Tokio to the Capital of the United te L token of zood will and esteem there are few who know what place in Japan in the cours | wating the trees I the writer po. lrief note prepared ichi K L director hama Imperial Plant Quar ok charze the actu the cherry trees, and the wion of ‘the note, almost word. will follow rector d of the imperial zricultaral experiment sta ved to in the Prof. Kum.u United States | note is none other than Dr. Yoshinio oz present sident of 1he Imperial University of To | Manabu Miyoshi, who is a professor Sent to U. S. A, by Kuwana. [T TPON the request of the city of | Tokio in the Fall of Meiii 43 (1510), the Director of the im perial central agricultural experiment . station agreed to supervise the S ng. at this station, of the cherry nursery plants to be sent to Mrs. Taft of U. A. Meantime information | | concerninz the above situation wis | sent to the United States Govern ment, from which was received a letter of thanks | special request to puy parti | tention to the nematode parasiie | A zroup of sympathetic Jupan residents of New York, heard | about this enterprise of Tokio. word that they also wished to p | sent cherries to the city of New York and requested permission to super vise the ruising of the plants at the same time, and to this Director Kozai ilso consented A southern slope on a hillside nea o the OKitsu imperial horticultural cxperiment station was selected. The soil s el loam belonging to the tertiary period, and never before was i nursery stock raised on it. The fformer crops were examined and ii | was ascertained that there were no nematode parasites. Moreover, ther and Dr. | is the fore- | mpanied by | -lare Yama-zakura, but not this variety THE SU YDAYF,‘QT;QR.'WASHINGTON, D. U, APRIL 4, '1926=PART 3. was no tree of the Rasaceae family nearby which might hide the larvae or pupae of Synanthodon hector L. Fifteen thousand fumigated cherry cutting stocks were purchased from Hyogo-ken, where there ‘were no ne- matode parasites. in 1910, and were planted in this selected nursery. varietfes was decided upon the anabu Miyoshi e the ¢ the scions were to be taken from the cherries planted on the ‘river bank Arakawa, Kohoku-mura, Minami Tokyo-tu, after a careful checking of the record hook of the anting. However, two or three va- | rieties were either added or changed on account of the condition of the mother trees and on the opinion of Mr i u Funatsu, an expert of Somei-Yos js the most famous ornamental The try ETrow comparatively wide in shape. The flowers bloom simultaneously before the leaves and are light pink in color at fivst, but become nlmost white later. It is a hardy commonly called Yoshino. mei-Yoshino, - The cherrie: nationally famous Yoshino, Although Somei-Yoshino has the splendid character described ahove. | the flowers Dbloom and fade simu ancously and the flowering period is | brief. To make it possible to view the flowery longer, several other varieties | with different Nowering timewere aid jed to Somel-Yoshino. (In eneral, the | double variéties are lute in thei | lowering season and ure comr | tively weak in growing, necding som: | special manuring and care.) Shirayuki is a single variety, de veloped from o variety of Yama-zaku va, and th name was given by Miyoshi. trees are similar 10 common ma-zaku but the | branches grow upright<and the bart | is deep violet black in color i1 ¥ranciscans at Monastery Have Impressive Services| 15 is one of the most im ortant and impressive times n the eeclesiastical yvear for the Franeiscans at the monas on Mount St. Sepulchre es to the monastery Sunday he will bhehold a hanze. The new portico, or cliste which is to surround the church on the front and two sides will be com pleted. and add very beautiful and approp touch. Tt is modeled 10us portico of St. Paul's Walls in Rome he col rals of granite. and will, look better azainst the vel- Lrick of the church as time cements soften the present + Members of the vwrder April Diamonds. April dates wear Tost toars < known - umond. the natal stone for m of reconciliation ved to have the power of the love of husband for his stone, the purest. hardest most brilliant of zem stones. is ical of constancy. purity and hence early’ used in be il rings. It softens angzer, strenzthens devotion and is an in fallible test of fidelity. Its virtues safezuard against lizhtning. prevent cure in=anity and drive away evil spirits. Of the many medicinal vir tnes assigned to the diamo one of the most noteworthy is as an ant dote for the Delief in its efficacy in this respect is coupled the idea that the self is a deadly poison. to the views of the A sians the diamond promotes and_dispels The stone i< supposed to bring victory in time of hattle by endowing its wearer with strength, fortitude and courage. Of all precious stones the diamond has the simplest chemical composi- tlon. It is crystallized carbon, A ma- terial familiar to everybody in the humble ing substance used in lead penc By what process in nature’s labora- tory carbon was crystallized into the diamond is unknown, but scientific investizators ce that the frans. tion was slow and that titanie pressure was a prime factor. The wmonds of the world-famed Kim berley mines of South Afriea iwere formed in great nines of Hlue elav hundreds of feet of pressure, o the wearing away of the vocks, a®wealth of stones und near the surface. The very of the African diamond felds is ascribed to the chance find ing of a diamond, in 185 among child’s playthin As_the stor) zoes. the little son of a Boer farmer was in the habit of gathering pretty with. One of them attracted his moter's eve and she spoke of it to a neizhhor, who be- came interested and offercd to buy it. Tauzhinz at the idea of accepting meoney fc a stone, the woman gave it to her friend = Later this stone passed into the hands of 2 mineralo- gist, whe at once recc ed it as fine dizmond quality that mond o supremely -beautiful as a gemstone is its surpassing propert of reflecting and dispersing light that is. dividing light into’ colored ravs, causing the peculiar flash of ™ tic hues called its fire. The of color of the diamond is ex hut the mure white and the s (those that display vellow brown or ed color) are by far e, Brillianey, cut perfection are a ving the -price of that of two stones. hoth of conal weight, one may stones to 1 the historic: the weighi for m the finest 1 mond in vorld was disgov ered in Indin in 1701, and weighed 810 carats i the rouzh. The fineigy, Blue diamend® is the “Hope i almnct sapphive-blie stone, weighing 41 (syots. The “Dresden Green™ is ihe fin en diamond. a pe: ped {searvat brilliant. The “Koh fXur,” or “mountain of light" -which syeizhed, when first brought to Eng- Jand. 186 carats. but rveduced by re- Futt in o 1 ate, s ish crown jewels. The 1pe diamond, weighed arats ‘in the rough and 180 ts cut. The world's largest di sxcelsior” and the **Cul- in the rough, r s and 3,106 car outh African, the for- 1wz found in 1893 and the Jatter in 1905. ‘These have both been reduced in size by cutting, and gluss models of some of the result- ant stones are included in the N tional Museum’s collection of imita- The largest diamond in America at the present time and the finest vellow diamond in the world is the “Tiffany,” a flawless doubl eut brilliant of rich orange-yellow Tt also_came from the famous Kimberley mines and weighs 125 carats. The diamond gets its name from the Greek word adamas, meaning unconquerable, - referring to its ex- treme hardness. Although the hard- est of all stones, the diamond is not indestructible, for, being carbon, it can be burned in the air, leaving be- hind carbon dioxide gas. It is also very brittle and easily chipped or ok, poison. Strangely enough, | form of graphite, the writ- | makes the dia-| thernselves disclaim any idea of heauty in connection with the colonnade, and we it is purely practical.” The town of Brookland s zrowing rapidly and doing %o in the direction of Mount | St Sepulchre, with the result that | there is no longer any quiet or seclu Ision in the church® srounds. - The cloister inclosure is not intended to ten visitors away 1t _is in no a mark of inhospitality. The wide-open approach had proved too wreat the curious. and the erection of the cloister is to secure some measure of | privacy But the exterior aspect is all that is The order of ional. and, so far as duplicates those which are place at the same time in the Land. There, during Palm Sun- the last four days of Holy week ind Baster Sunday the Sacred Liturgy s splendor is carried out at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Je. rusalem. And so it is here in Wash ington at the Holy Sepulchre of the | Franciscan Monastery The opening services of Holy week began on Palm Sunday at 9 a.m. with the blessing of the palms and solemn high mass. At 3:30 compline and solemn benediction took place. The commemoration of the agony was at 4 pm. on Wednesday. The service was held in the Grotto of the Agony. a faithful copy of the Grotto in the Garden of thsemane where Christ~suffered His bitter agony on the eve of his crucifixion. The shrine lem is pratically unchanged ance since the time of Christ | es on Holy Thursday began at 9 a.m. in the form of solemn high mass, after which the blessed sacra- ment was carrled in procession around | the holy sepulcher, and then placed in o | the tomb of .Jesus, where it rested un | disturbed until Good iday morning:. The holy sepulcher is a reproduction | of our Lord’s tomb as it appears today |in Jerusalem. the chapel being buiit | around the rock from which the primi | tive tomb was hewn. At 8 p.m. was | the touching. ceremony of the * | datum.” or. washing of the fest, after | the manner of Christ, when he said, | “I give you a new commandment that | vou should do as I have done to vou, that you should wash h other's | feet as T have washed yours.” Twelve apostles are chosen to perform the sacred rite. At 4 p.m. began the tene- | brae, which was sung hefore the holy | sepulcher. Holy hour was at 8 | o'clock. | The ‘most important ceremonies of all. of course. were on Good* Fri The services on Calvary commenced | at' 9 a.m. with the singinz of the pas- sion, followed by the veneration of the | cross, the procession. and concluded | with "the mass of the presanctified. | The consecrated host was brought | over from the holy sepuicher and of- | fered to the Divine Father on a re- production of the spot where Christ | died. The altar of Calvary is a. replica of the one which stands over the place | where the cross was set in the rock of Calvary. At the right, an opening of the marble indicates the fissure in the rock caused by the earthquake at the time of Christ's death, At 3 o'clock fn the afternoon the way- of the cross was made, evervbody kneel- ing in prayer at each station along the whole way. The tenebrae was sung at 4 o'cloe P | At 8 o'clock in the evening the lall sadness and solemni Blhck ontificals - nned. At the heud of the proces- vion walked @ Franciscan . bearing a Luge decorated with a shroud. | Behind him were two friars carrying | the Jance and sponge, followed by two others with the crown of thorns and © nails, émblem of the ‘passion and th. To the solemn chanting of the exilla. Regis” the procession went from shrine to' shrine. At every sta- tion a sermon was delivered in a dif- ferent language, Italian, Greek, Polish, inglish, Krench, Arabic and Spanish. At Calvary the descent from the cross was imitated in a most vivid and real- tic manner. *To' the strains of “Sta | hat Mater” the procession then moved slowly down to the Stone of Unction There tie body of Christ was anointed with spices and perfumes while the hoir sang: “Jesus, as though Thyself wert here, I draw in trembling sorrom near, And bending o'er Thy form Divine, Kneel down to kiss those wounds of Thine:™ " % The body was then carried to the holy sepuleher. The doors were slow. {1y opened. it was reverently carried in and laid in the tomb. The festivities of Holy Saturday be- 1 at 8 o'clock in the morning. At | that time" there was blessing of the new fire and of the Easter candle, chanting of the prophecies and of the litany of the saints, followed by the pontifical mass, which in olden times was held during the night of Holy Saturday until Easter Sunday morn- ing. After that there was nothing fur- ther until the resurrection service at 8 o'clock in the evening. Easter Sunday is ushered in by holy mass and communion in the chapel of the holy sepulcher at-6, 7, and 8 a.m. At 9 o'clock there is solemn high mass, and at-3:30 com- pline and solemn benediction complete the Holy week program. -— - Reason for Taciturnity. From tha Chicago News. “Trotsky is a man of few words, remarked Brown. . ““Well,” said a flippant friend, “you 160K At some of the words in a tionary and. you won't temptation to picnickers and | funeral ‘of Christ was represented in | nd black vestments were | | Easter Lilies for Washington Gardens | THE Easter lily soon may become as common to the gzardens of Washington and its environs as pan sies. tulips. roses and other flowers which adorn the vards of Washing tonians and brighten the landscape of the city’s parks. In fact, produe tion of the Easter lily has been suc | cesstully demonstrated Dr. David Griffiths, * horticulturist for “the De. | partment of Agricultiire. who has cultivated large beds of Easter lilies at Takoma Park and at nearby experi mental farms of the Department of | Agriculture. - Moreover, it may e gréwn under wide extremes of conditions, Dr. Grif fiths pointed out. put its cultivation is difficult under conditions which | might be termed intermediate. It | proves to he a safe crop when handled | properly in the climate of Washing I ton, or the frostless Bermudas, bt |in the Gulf States its. existence Is | menaced by the sudden and drastic changes of temperature prevailing in the region of the Gulf States in the Spring season. This is_hy no means without parallel,” Dr. Griffiths sald. “The Faster lily in this regard is like the Concord grape which thrives in the reglons of the Great Lakes, northern New York and New England, but uccumbs to frost conditions in | Florida. | “This paradoxical situation & readily explainable by the fact that farther north tender plans are dor mant durag cold weather conditions | while in the intermediate regions they {may be subjected to sev trosts when in full vegetative vigo: Bulbs planted at the regular plant ing time, November 1, will hlossom in the climate of Washington fn early the bulbs are held over and planted as soon as the ground can he worked in the Spring. they will blossom in August, while seedlings grown from sowings made early in January will hegin to open about the same time a¢ the Spring-planted bulbs. Bulbs mav be put into four-inch nots and set away at a temperaturs | of 40 degrees early in the vear and can be kept In framas and brought to varying degrees of development | by Spring, when they can be knocked out of the pots and set in the open | 1t will. make no difference except | to slow up their growth if the tem- | perature goes below the freezing | point for short periods a few times after the plants are well rooted. In this manner thev can he brought to full bloom at least a month earlier |than norm November - planted stocks, thus giving blossoming plants | out of doors from May until the first severe frost of Autumn | A light frost will not injure the ter lily even when in hloom. Di Grifiths said, adding that plants in full flower and full bud have been known to withstand a temperature of 28 degrees at night with no permanent injury. Bulbs of the Easter lily should be exposed to atmospheric influences as short a time as possible. Imported stocks are packed in pulverized dry earth as soon as possible after they are dug. In this manner the evil ef- fect of a bulb mass is avoided. the bulbs are kept dry and excessive desiceation is, prevented. Incidentally, cold storage handling | of the bulbs has _been developed to a high standard of perfection. The bulbs are held at a temperature of 4 degrees for a vear, and in some | cases for two vears, and when they ve planted they produce vigorous | shoots. The handling of home-grown bulbs is a matter of experiment. in the opinion of Dr. Griffiths, who advises that the temperature be kept down, the atmosphere kept dry and the ventilation controlied, so as to pre- vent the bulbs from wilting exces- sively. The light on the bulbs should be subd .ed to prevent them from turning green and it-is considered of vital, importance to keep the atmosphere dry in the storage bins, because root activity starts very quickly when the - bulbs absorb moisture and they, are liable to perish of blue mold. However, it is not a_difficult mat- ter to hold the Easter lily bulbs over Winter in the climate of Washing ton, Dr. Griffiths pointed out. “They. have been carried over for Spring planting in almost perfect condition when packed like imported bulbs. in dry sand in boxes and buried in dry earth under a porch dwelling,” he n fact,” Dr. Griffiths declared “the original stock of Easter lily bulbs successfully cultivated at Washington by the Department of Agriculture were carried over under conditions considered far from ideal. ‘These bulbs were out of the ground in 1 from September 20 to November 1, and were somewhat wilted when planted, but not serious- ly injured by the almost ruthless ireatment accorded them. After being | dug out of the ground they were worked over on the benches in =a greenhouse and then stored in a poorly ventilated basement, which was only moderately dry.” While the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture is still experimenting to ascertain the best soil for the cultivation of Haster iilies and declares its survey is not vet complete, a heavy, lean: bakey clay soil is tentatively recommended for the successful cultivation of the delicate lily. Of course, this soil must be anreliorated with some sand. | liberal dressings. of rough~ manure and mulch, or with® Hard- coal ashes and rough organic debris. Mereover, the plants are gross feeders and for good results must be supplied with an abundance. of ayaflable plant food, the burcau peints out. The general plan for the selection | July. Dr. Grifiths asserted. and if | each | and pr arieties [ 1700 Ty fron forn and these all together make it marvelous. |1y beautiful. variet) Mikurumagaeshi.—The | larger and light pink T they are mixed with doubles. to his going out, passed under this |lon cherry in full bloom. A little later, from common Yama-zakura |°F double variet in size of the flowers, heing |Courtiers and gua pure white, and more beauti- The ‘flowers come out close to h other before the leaves and 5, whereupon the | about the cherry again. This is said to be |larse ing the Carriage). It also hgs the name of Yae-hitoe, Double-Single. Kukurokuju.- ,The flowers are large |cjose together, usually pink on the out- white. The leaves develope at the | gide and light pink inside, and large e time ax the fowers. The trees | in gize, with 15.20 petals to each flower ad wide and the hranches are | anda short,perfect pistil cannot he distinguished | “jopivo.—The trees grow well and [of wh p O-jochin and may be the same |pranches spread high and wide. The |an elephant's trunk, Jo-nioi.—The- ngh not flowers come out in ,corymbose anches uni- [ double, large In siz The flowers are |30 petals to each flower white in color [on the outside and white sometimes | flower has a small I grow tall. usual ingle, but DA B8 Ea o | S O Ages | but sometimes ) Ago, an emperor of Japan, on the way | The flowering season is compar Kanzan a discussfon whether it was a single [next to Ichivo. arose among’ his |in color and ver Kwanzan).—It The flowers are pink flower. A |inside of the floavers becomes pink at | storm broke out aped pistils. The |a Jater stage. The branches are large | were in full growth, and as a r which faced southwar Many plants light-greenish petals, | were injured by the friction betwean which are not beautiful. Consequently | thelr bamboo supports, and the traces of these Injuries remained even after | emperor returned his carriage to view |flower has two leaf-s| the origin of Mikurumagaeshi (return- |from the middle of the trees. ! Fugenzo.—1t blooms following Kan- [cause of its zan and ig one of the latest varieties. wide from the it is net suited” for ornamental pur- The flowers | poses for gardens, etc. The branches | they healed. The plants were dug up during the first part of December, 1911, efter the vellow in color with wide green and | shedding of their leaves, wers imme- light pink stripes, 15 petals to each | diately fumigated and were tempo 4 'he flowers are dou- |The byanches spread Arfake is a single variety with some | ple. come out in corymbose shape and |upper half-petals, i r # of the trees. than 30 petals {ght pink on the out. | has luster. The petals are small, light flower has the top pi nd have the form of [ flower. flowers are fragrant, | above were taken from the river bank | orfgin < 4 < s | director of’ Yokon hite in color and of Arakawa, Kohoku-mura, in Decem. | fire e _mmm;-;? imperial olant e their tops | =il in shade and were grafted on the | ook the actual charge of r: rfect. Surugadai-nioi.-—Similar to Taki-nioi, tively | with fragrance. The branches have | ywice, s 3 wice, as well as two wr . | an_upright tendency R sl s s sy Takiniol.—The flowers are smaller | In€ the growing period. the former, fragrant, five petals| was supported by a bamboo stak: Dilute liquid manure was blooms given dur- Bach plant on with [to each and uhinz in color, but the|June 19, 1911, a severe southwestern when the pl gonally |and have a wide, spreading character. | the nurser: Gyoiko.—It is rather curious be-|was heavily damaged are small and spread wide. The bark rarily planted in a dry shade. The scions of the varieties described [ (. 0ta written by Inol ant au nehes | ber, 1910, fumigated and kept in dry | Agriculture and Commegcs. the man ng, the « trees planted in Potomas P grafting sfocks in Februar: » e, When you do the sporting thing—it is only right and proper that you should wear the sporting thing! 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