She would eventually tire of the grueling trips, leaving the Japanese umbrella for the United States program in 1988.

So did the gray suit and the Japanese umbrella; but the hat was strange, and while she was thinking how natural the boots looked, the girl turned round.

In addition, there are many younger trees of interest, including a Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata), with large striped needles that is 50 to 60 years old.

And this was the raid where they accidentally confiscated crates of Japanese umbrellas.

Sciadopitys verticillata, the Kusamaki, sometimes called "Japanese umbrella pine"

The show's catalogue illustrates some exceptions, including the oldest known Japanese umbrellas: a set of three bright red parasols ablaze with gilded flowers.

"The Japanese umbrella is fragile, easily damaged and soon discarded," Ms. Meech explained.

The story is set in a small village of Himachal Pradesh, where a girl, Binya, trades her bear claw necklace for a pretty, blue, Japanese umbrella.

The only extant representative of this family is the Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata.

The planting is mostly evergreen, including camellia, pine, and Japanese umbrella pine.