18 Addisonia 



the genus, which was originally described by Thunberg in his Flora 

 Japonica as a lilac, under the name Syringa suspensa. The plant 

 from which the drawing was prepared has formed for many years 

 a part of the golden-bell group near the Harlem Railroad Station 

 plaza. 



The genus Forsythia contains four or five species, all but one of 

 which are natives of China, the exception occurring in Albania, a 

 country far removed from the home of the others; at present no 

 other species are known to occur between these widely separated 

 points, an unusual though not unparalleled instance of plant dis- 

 tribution. 



Forsythias may be readily propagated by both greenwood and 

 hardwood cuttings, and by seeds. The ends of the branches in 

 drooping forms root when they touch the ground, and new plants 

 of these may be easily obtained by transplanting the rooted branch- 

 tips. 



Gkorge V. Nash. 



Explanation of Plate. Fig. l. — Flowering branch. Fig. 2. — Leaves. 



