Two divisions, three inches apart, were made along the top of the head, and the lock of hair between these was combed, stiffened with a bandoline made from the Uvario japonica, raised two inches from the forehead, turned back, tied, and pinned to the back hair.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
The tall white lilies, the scarlet poppies, the clustering japonica, the purple hyacinths, and the untrimmed brilliantly-flowering shrubs, lifted their heads before its sweet, quickening warmth, and yielded up their perfume to the still clear air.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
All down the front and around the neck, which was smooth as a japonica leaf, lace was fluttering, till the whole dress looked soft as snow.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens