FOREST-TREES. 
Chap. ill. 
celebrated American poet, and a genuine lover ol 
horticultural pursuits. This gentleman informed 
me that, owing to some cause, our European vines 
did not succeed very well on the other side of the 
Atlantic, and suggested the importance of in- 
troducing varieties from China, where the climate, 
as regards extremes of heat and cold, is much like 
that of the United States. I had never met with 
what I consider a really good variety of grape in 
China, and therefore have not been able to act on 
Mr. Bryant’s suggestion. At last, however, we 
had here a subject for the experiment ; and I urged 
its importance on Dr. Hall, of Yokuhama, who is 
an American citizen, and who has already intro- 
duced a number of plants into his country from 
China. He entered warmly into 'the matter, and 
no doubt will accomplish the object in view. 
The winter vegetables met with were carrots, 
onions of several kinds, “ lobbo ” (a kind of radish), 
“ gobbo ” (Arctium gobbo), nelumbium roots, lily 
roots, turnips, ginger, Scirpus tuberosus, Arum 
esculentum , and yams. 
Many of the forest-trees of this district are 
identical with those found about Nagasaki, which 
I have already noticed. The largest snd most 
useful seem to be such as Pinus Massoniana , 
P. densijiora , Abies firm a, Retinospora pisifera , 
R. obtusa, and Cryptomeria japonica ; the latter 
attains a very great size, and seems peculiarly 
at home. I have already mentioned Thujopsis 
dolabrata and Sciadopitys verticillata. The maiden- 
