It is the custom on the birth of a Japanese baby to plant a tree. This is carefully tended until tho child is about to be married, when it' is cut down and made into an article of furniture for the new home.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 205, 25 May 1921, Page 7
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43Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 205, 25 May 1921, Page 7
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