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in flower for the first time. Early in spring the 
hill sides were covered with a beautiful Daphne 
with lilac flowers (Daphne Fortuni Lindl.) ; Azalea 
ovata Lindl., certainly one of the finest and most 
distinct plants of this kind which I have introduced, 
also grows wild on the hills, and was in full bloom at 
this period. A fine new Buddlea (B. Lindleyana) 
had a most graceful appearance, as its long spikes of 
purple flowers hung in profusion from the hedges on 
the hill sides, often side by side with the well-known 
Glycine sinensis. Another plant, certainly one of 
the most beautiful shrubs of northern China, the 
Weigela rosea, was first discovered in the garden of a 
Chinese mandarin near the city of Tinghae on this 
island. This spring, it was loaded with its noble 
rose-coloured flowers, and was the admiration of all 
who saw it, both English and Chinese. I have 
great pleasure in saying that all these plants and 
many others, natives of Chusan, are now growing in 
our gardens in England. 
Ningpo is about 40 miles west from Chusan, and 
is situated on the mainland. My visits to it at dif- 
ferent times during this summer were attended with 
much less difficulty than in the preceding autumn. 
I was now beginning to speak a little Chinese, and 
was perfectly acquainted with the town, and the 
whole of the places where the different mandarins’ 
gardens and nurseries were situated. The manda- 
rins were particularly inquisitive at this time about 
every thing which related to the movements of the 
English, or other foreigners, who were likely to 
