It was introduced to this country by the Messrs. Booths, 
of Flotbeck, near Hamburgh, to whom, as the first nursery 
and seedsmen in Germany, we recommend all those who 
wish to procure the productions of the countries east of the 
Rhine. Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society. 
S. Josikza is a native of Transylvania, in the county of 
Klausenburg, near Sebes, in stony places, upon the territory 
of the Countess Rosalie Josika, born Czaky, after whom 1t 
has been named. It was first made known to Botanists by 
Baron von Jacquin, at the meeting of Naturalists at Ham- 
burgh in 1830; and was afterwards particularly mentioned 
in the Botanische Zeitung for 1831, Vol. I. p. 399, where 
we find the following interesting note concerning our com- 
mon Syringa vulgaris : 
‘Concerning S. vulgaris, which is marked in the Flora 
Germanica as if it were of foreign origin, and which is said 
in all books to be a native of Persia, although common in 
hedges and gardens, we may observe, whatever specimens 
may have been brought from Persia to Germany and the 
rest of Europe, that this species is undoubtedly wild in one 
part of the district comprehended in the German Flora. 
This is in Hungary, where it ornaments with its flowers, 
according to Dr. Heuffel, the inaccessible lime-stone rocks 
of the valley of Cserna, Mount Domaglett, and all the rocks 
along the Danube, at the military boundaries of Moldavia, 
Szaszka, Csiklova, and Krassova.” 
We may add, that the Himalaya Lilac (S. Emodi) dif- 
fers but little from this except in the flatness of its leaves 
and the shallowness of its veins. 
