EUONYMUS japonicus. 
Japan Euonymus. 
` TETR.-PENT.-HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CELASTRACE X. 
EUONYMUS. L. 
E. japonicus ; sempervirens, foliis coriaceis oblongis basi in petiolum angus- 
tatis obtusé serratis: serraturis mucronulatis, cymis paucifloris folio 
dupló brevioribus, floribus quadrifidis, petalis orbiculatis indivisis. 
E. japonicus, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 100. Banks ic. Kempf. t. 8. DC. prodr. 2. 4. 
In all respects this corresponds with the account given by 
Thunberg, of the Iso Curoggi, or black shore-tree, of the 
Japanese, even to the sporting into a silver blotched variety, 
also in our gardens. He says it is in Japan a bush about as 
highas a man. With us it is not as yet higher than three or 
four feet, but it has all the appearance of becoming much 
larger. 
Although no beauty is to be found in its flowers, this 
plant is of the same kind of value as the common Laurel, 
Phyllireas, and Alaternus, being a hardy Evergreen shrub, 
with much the appearance of a small leaved Orange. It is 
true that in very severe winters it is liable to be killed to the 
ground, but so are the Bay, the Ilex, and others; it however 
springs up again and rapidly forms a new bush. When older 
it will probably become more hardy. 
It is easily increased from cuttings of the half ripened 
wood, placed under a hand-glass or in a close frame, and 
shaded in summer. 
It flowers in July and August, but has not as yet produced 
fruit. There are two varieties, one with silver striped, the 
other with gold striped leaves ; but the latter is very subject 
