"ALMOST MIRACULOUS."
JAPANESE FLOWER GROWING. NEW ZEALANDER'S PRAISE. "I was fortunate enough to be in Japan during the chrysanthemum season; their methods of growing and training these flowers borders almost on the miraculous," said Mr. O. W. S. Kohii, on his return to Wellington after a visit to the East. "For instance," he said, "they have life-size figures of women dressed entirely in growing chrysanthemums. The blooms are very small— about the size of a sixpence—and it is truly wonderful the way they train the flowers to represent kimonos and various dress ornaments, of numerous colours, and by some magical arrangement the blooms all come out at the one time. The roots of the plants arc concealed inside the figure. "The Japanese have a proverb, 'Never say beautiful.till you have seen Nikko,' and the truth of that proverb is not unearned. I was there when the maple leaves were showing autumn tints, and one day drove for live miles through a maple forest through which the light shone in a brilliant golden colour."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19330104.2.22
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 2, 4 January 1933, Page 3
Word Count
173"ALMOST MIRACULOUS." Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 2, 4 January 1933, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in