A sub-evergreen hardy shrub. Flowers whitish, very sweet-scented. Native of China. Belongs to Caprifoils. Introduced by the Horticultural Society.

This is one of the plants obtained from China by Mr. FORTUNE, while in the service of the Horticultural Society, but has not flowered in the Chiswick Garden, where it has been merely known as a perfectly hardy "Caprifo-lium." In January last it blossomed in the garden of the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield, whence Mr. WILLIAM Ingram, the gardener there, sent us specimens, with the following note, on the 13th April : -

"The plant which affords me these flowers has been in bloom since January. It occupies an east wall, and has enjoyed no particular advantages of soil or treatment The flowers appear with the earliest development of the leaves; and although not large or otherwise striking in appearance, compensate for any deficiency by their exceeding fragrance, combining the richness of the perfume of orange blossoms with the delicious sweetness of the honeysuckle".

Its evergreen foliage distinguishes it from all the previously known species of the Chamaecera-sus division of the genus.

LONICERA FRAGRANTlBSniA.