and Camellias, that blossom at the same time. This species 
is said to have been brought alive to Holland in 1833, by M. 
Verkerk Pistorius.” (See Siebold and Zuccarini, Flora Ja- 
ponica, vol. i. p. 14.) 
“The species obtained by Mr. Fortune is very distinct 
from the original Forsythia. "Its leaves do not appear even 
to be pinnated, and instead of having an ovate form, they are 
strictly oblong, or oblong lanceolate. The branches are four- 
cornered instead of being terete, and are perfectly erect. 
The calyx is shorter and more membranous, and the flowers 
are smaller. It is no doubt a very different plant, and may 
be expected to become a great favourite when the specimens 
in the Garden are old enough to flower ; for then the branches 
will be found to be loaded, before the leaves, with yellow 
flowers as large as those of Chimonanthus grandiflorus. 
* [t forms a compact deep green bush, with oblong opposite 
leaves serrated near the point, but perfectly free from inden- 
tations below the middle. They emit a slight balsamie odour, 
and from their smoothness, want of lustre, and deep rich tint, 
are very handsome. Itis perfectly hardy, and very ornamental." 
Mr. Fortune describes it as “a deciduous shrub with very 
dark green leaves, which are prettily serrated at the margin. 
It grows about eight or ten feet high in the north of China, 
and sheds its leaves in autumn. It then remains dormant like 
any of the deciduous shrubs of Europe, but is remarkable for 
the number of large prominent buds which are scattered 
along the young stems produced the summer before. Early 
in spring these buds, which are flower-buds, gradually unfold 
themselves, and present a profusion of bright yellow blossoms 
all over the shrub, which is highly ornamental." 
He first discovered it growing in the garden with Weigela 
rosea, and afterwards in the province of Chekiang, where he 
thought it even more ornamental in its natural state amongst 
the hedges, than when cultivated in the fairy gardens of the 
Mandarins. 
It is a free growing bush, and is easily increased by 
cuttings or layers. 
The accompanying figure was made last March, in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society. Fig. 1. represents the 
tube of the corolla opened ; and 2. a perpendicular section of 
the ovary. 
