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long. Flowers white, very fragrant, produced during early spring 
in short racemes from the axils of the terminal leaves. Fruit a 
roundish black berry, } inch in diameter. 
Although this little evergreen is not in any way showy, its dainty 
habit and fragrant flowers will make it suitable for a shady corner 
of the Rock Garden. It is a native of Western China and was 
introduced by Wilson in 1907 for Messrs. Veitch, from whom the 
plant at Kew has been obtained. 
IX. Two Japanese Trees. 
Fagus japonica, Maximowicz [Cupuliferae]. 
+ inch wide, oblong, acute ; the outer three are scarcely so long, 
slightly obovate, § inch wide. Peduncle, winter leaf-buds and 
scarlet. It is curious that a tree so plentiful in its own habitat 
should be so little known. Professor Sargent remarked in 1894 
one in the Kew Herbarium. 
