EditorialAn undated photo provided by New York Botanical Garden Photo of a fern-leaf maple (Acer japonicum Aconitifolium) in its fall glory at the New York Botanical Garden, with hot-colored foliar pigments taking center stage, after the chlorophyll that dominated the growing season recedes. (New York Botanical Garden Photovia The New York Times)
EditorialTourenge tsutsuji or deciduous azalea, Rhododendron molle japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialSuzumeno okoge, iyokazura, or Cynanchum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialTsururintou or Japanese climbing gentian, Tripterospermum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialAzami or thistle, Cirsium japonicum, and hiyokusou or speedwell, Veronica magna. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialTsuhabuki or leopard plant, Farfugium japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialJapanese privet, Ligustrum japonicum, native to southern Japan. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's "Herbier General de l'Amateur," Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier...
EditorialGlory bower, Clerodendrum japonicum (Scaly clerodendron, Clerodendron squamatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836.
EditorialGlory bower, Clerodendrum japonicum (Scaly clerodendron, Clerodendron squamatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836.
EditorialBamboo lily or sasayuri hybrid, Lilium japonicum (Lilium krameri). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1874.
EditorialLeopard plant or tsuwabuki, Farfugium japonicum (Farfugium grande). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857.
EditorialJapanese cypripedium orchid or kumagaisou, Cypripedium japonicum. Vulnerable. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgiu...
EditorialFuyou or cotton rosemallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, and tsururindou or climbing gentian, Tripterospermum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialKumagaisou or Japanese lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889.
EditorialTourenge tsutsuji or deciduous azalea, Rhododendron molle japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialSuzumeno okoge, iyokazura, or Cynanchum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialTsururintou or Japanese climbing gentian, Tripterospermum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialYukizasa, Maianthemum japonicum or Smilacina japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889.
EditorialSuzumenoogoke or Japanese swallowwort, Cynanchum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889.
EditorialSagariyuri or bamboo lily, Lilium japonicum Thunb. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889.
EditorialKatakuri lily, Erythronium japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialTsuhabuki or leopard plant, Farfugium japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialJapanese privet, Ligustrum japonicum, native to southern Japan. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's "Herbier General de l'Amateur," Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier...