Excerpt from The Floral Art of Japan: Being a Second and Revised Edition of the Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement Flow viewing excursions. Together with such pastimes as S/w/l gal/(chug, film/imam [i'd-131g. And m'aw'ng, form the favourite occupations of the holiday seeker throughout the year. By a pretty fancy. Even the snow-clad landscape is regarded as Winter's floral display. And Snow timing is included as one of the flower festivals of the year. The Chinese calendar. Used formerly by the Japanese, fitted in admirably with the poetical succession of flowers. Flaru. The japanese Spring. Opened with the New Year. Which commenced about February. And was heralded by the appearance of the Plum blossoms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.