Chap. J. 
DR. SIEBOLD’S RESIDENCE. 
which flow from the mountains. On each side of 
the valley the hills are richly wooded, partially 
with trees and partially with brushwood. The trees 
I observed were Pinus Massoniana, Cryptomeria, 
Retinospora, camphor, oaks, camellias, &c. The 
view from one side, looking down upon and over 
the valley, and resting on the opposite hill, is 
rich indeed, and I almost envied Dr. Siebold his 
residence, which is situated on the left-hand side 
going up the valley. I found him at home, and 
he received me most kindly. His house is a 
good one for Japan, and his workshop or library, 
to which he introduced me, contains works 
of all countries on his favourite pursuits con- 
nected with natural history. But it was to the 
garden that my attention was more particularly 
drawn. 
On a level with the house and around it are 
small nurseries for the reception and propagation 
of new plants, and for preparing them for trans- 
portation to Europe. Here I noted examples of 
most of the plants figured and described in Dr. 
Siebold’s great work, the 4 Flora Japonica,’ so well 
known to all lovers of oriental plants ; and several 
new things hitherto undescribed. A new Aucuba 
with white blotches on the leaves was striking; 
there was also the male variety of the old A. 
japonica , numerous fine Conifers, such as Thujopsis 
dolabrata, Sciadopitys verticUlata, Retinospora pisi- 
fera and R. obtusa , and many other objects of 
interest. Plants with variegated foliage were 
