Esq. who imported it in 1833. From a plant presented by 

 that gentleman to the Horticultural Society our drawing was 

 made in May last. 



It forms a small shrub, which strikes freely from cuttings 

 or layers, thriving in common garden soil. It appears tb 

 require to be trained to a stick, as its branches are not stiff' 

 enough to stand erect, and it seems to have something of a 

 climbing habit. It is doubtful, however, whether this is not 

 owing to weakness in its cultivated state, for Thunberg tells 

 us that his plant is a little tree about as high as a man. We 

 presume this species is the same as is represented by that 

 Botanist in his Flora of Japan ; although it must be con- 

 fessed that the figure he has given would scarcely by itself 

 sanction such a conclusion. But upon considering his de- 

 scription, and the account given by Ksempfer of his Joro 

 Utsiigi plant, which Thunberg states to be the same as 

 D. scabra, we suspect that any partial discrepancy which 

 may be observable between our plant and the accounts of 

 these writers, must be considered unimportant. The prin- 

 cipal difficulty consists in the statement made by Thunberg, 

 that the leaves of Dcutzia scabra are used by the Japanese, 

 on account of their roughness, for polishing furniture. This, 

 if true, would certainly not be reconcileable with the plant 

 before us ; but in addition to the improbability of any plant 

 allied to Philadelphus possessing any such property, it is 

 to be remarked that Ksempfer, a far better authority than 

 Thunberg, makes no mention of their being employed for 

 this purpose. He only sa3^s that the wood is used by the 

 cabinet-makers for making the very finest of their pegs, for 

 which its hardness and toughness render it well adapted. 



