brown, not unlike the Magnolia fuscata, and they are very 
sweet-scented. Indeed, it was the delightful fragrance which 
first attracted my attention to the spot where the plant was 
growing. Many of the officers of our troops stationed at that 
time in Chusan spoke to me of a sweet-scented flower which 
they could not find, owing to the unattractive colour of the 
blossoms.” 
“In the garden of the Horticultural Society, where it has 
flowered for the first time in England, the flowers are much 
lighter in colour, and nearly scentless. We may still hope, 
however, that when the plant gets older it will shed its 
fragrance on us, as well as upon the Chinese in those hedges 
where it * blooms unseen.’ 
“ As the past winter has proved many of my Chusan plants 
perfectly hardy in this country, there is every reason to 
suppose that this Akebia will succeed well when grown on 
trellis in the open air. Young plants are easily made from 
cuttings of the stems or roots treated in the ordinary way. 
In China it generally grows in poor well-drained soil." 
Fig. 1. represents one of the carpels; and 2. its appear- 
ance when cut across, with the peculiar parietal placentation, 
and sunken ovules. Will some one of the botanists who can 
see nothing but sutural—that is to say, marginal—placenta- 
tion in all carpels, explain how these Lardizabalads are to be 
reconciled with their theory ? 
