ThU 1 have vcrifl<i<l hy penouhl ctaiaLiuitioiij h^Tiiig Bf en excelletit sptdmms of the larri?r ttHIi bulb* in mc^-ctbI 

 lierUria ; and llit^u^ It u di>t hoif iq cdtlTntic}]], tthcr« n^aia b\z no dculjt thut ^TR. Lfichtli^ is ruchl. 



TTic habhat of ihn pFant, huTv^verT slUI rt:inii[nud uukiiuirD ; fQr Lhgugli It is cert£Lij]ly found in Jipaila 

 no trATcllcn IkacI in^t witla at iu a wJlJ ftlukj daiJ lL mij^'bL bf, LiIce? scleral Others, wTlly iulroclQetd to the gardco-^ 

 of Japan. 



A Fi^w montlh^ a^o J wn< ^blu U? sthi>w a |]]h]iI ctf tliis Epm^is in Hower tD PmnrnhiiChR Makibic^IC^ wlho 

 At <H]ic4i nco^iizAiJ it Es ivhat ihc: IkacI c1tJCi>vfrecl at Vidona GnLf aia^l pi^rThOQ^Iy ^uppt^secL to l)i^ Lr frrrM4r«nrtn 

 It ja qnik [Nfia^iblr tbaE thr jiEnnl m^y biLV<' Iji^n Vnii^^n before-, n^ ir ^Vnift crrijiril^ Htihl to AnhrricEi ^crcral yiMir* 

 n^^ mail iia^ iH'L'Ft ^iL^Htm n.'iJi^avcd by Mn. ILih^on darc4.'t trum Jti^u , but Likc my^tcrj uhich buij^ OTt^r Etfi 

 ori^ii ]]a2 3I01V Ijllii, I IlqjiCh baLLbJ4iirturily iiWniil upr 



I n^y add tlaat Lbc nninG of tHfi^ttfatHm (Hhnnh.]^ wbid] ivaA thoMgkhl U^ U'%^<^ bu^Ti iHr^ih Lc ^^^^ LLly^ 

 cannot, ^tand, Uic ty|>4? AjjtCttna) Ih 'LruLubcr];'^ nwn bcifcin-inuin (i^Lndin tihrou>^U tihi: Icbidihtu of Phofussoh 

 Fh3ue, of lj|7tiaia^ haii been iii.'nt to Lkkc Kiiiv Ihcrbaxiuin for lizcaniLLiaLLoiiJ bcllhg nCHtliillg morc tLui ^ garden 

 ^HTiet^ of L, <ft^tft. 



I liiTH Bvenf in a iM^ctLc of tlrjiwin?<i of JnpaneM hlks Tery w^Ll and tnitbfuily dsnc from natun?, hy n 

 native arlLdt. QTunistnkablc n'pn'^mtntioihF^ of Lotb /_ th^^^oni and /.. nirrN^ffljiti^-^krhW 1i]^ iViinI tln^v arc i^coEFOj^d 

 U dutillcL by tbt [luLiiL'K njf Ibut ooilihtryi aii^ tUTiV ijOtia be fuuLid iih tlhi^ ihoKlnini parLii of tlm arch ipi'l^go. 



Tbc OLilturn; nf thi't pldnt ii an c*^y that I have nn Hnplit it will soon 1«-:otne hettcr known Ln ^rdcnt. 

 A "^Tnall bnlia ^too^L thr <c^~i?it fiVK=it of la^t ^LnLn^r in any ^rcti^n whthoMi iNihV ptiMCction ; and though at does not 

 npcii M^£4 iia tihii» i^ountr^. kt oiniy bt: pn^pu^attd bj ]]n:aihs of ft^aii^^ und oJTHelB^ It \s Xh^ tiarUL'fC ill growth of Ally 

 hind 1 kno^h nnd sucrecd^ wdL in a ptaty soil ^hich doc& not bccom^^lhut jnLd dry Ln f^nmmcr. Titr only ^rcd 

 ^hich has b^^t'ih Qbtanii^d by Klii. Lki[~i^Tp.1^ r^'Lthniuti^d at oiicc^ Tvlhich i^ ]]ot tbc ch±£] ^ilh Lhn Mart^gnn LJIe^i 

 from ^hiirh thiH plaint i^i ilIso di'itaahgiuEhcd by n^anj characLerb of bulh^ habht^ ^Ltd &hape of tlo^er^ 



P_S_— From mformalEon 1 havji <LnttH; recently rnMci^ed from Mr- IJooo, an ARU^rican ^i^tkaikaih icmg 

 tt^idctir in Japan, I Iiav^ tio doubt that Ittc piaaht i^ found hi thi^ nurthum par^ of thi: Japam^sG arcliL|>L'la)^ ; 



and I iitCL prvtiu^i^d i?y LLLm a full accomit of all thic IlLlh?^ of tl^at t>iUtLtfy itL [\m\^ WlM ulrit^n ahi>Lii wihiL:ii je it:t ivc 

 hare VL'ry Ut[lc kaiohvli'di^. 



