**Garden and Forest’? Mr. Jack describes it as ‘* so thickly 
covering the ground with its white flowers as to almost give 
the effect of snow; and its fragrance as not that of most wild 
roses, but more nearly suggesting the Banksian rose, though 
it is sweeter, and without a certain disagreeable quality of 
the Banksian.” 
The name Lucix was given in compliment to Madame 
Lucie Savatier, who accompanied her husband to the far 
East, and actively aided him in his scientific exploration 
of Japan.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Calyx and styles; 2 and 3, stamens :—Hnlarged. 
