(1863)  Page(s) 193-194.  
 
[ca. May 1861]...we rode out to visit the nursery gardens of Sumae-yah and Dang-o-zaka. ...The Sumae-yah gardens...had put on their summer dress; the trees were covered with leaves, and many flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants were in full bloom. Amongst those which interested me most, because they were new to me, were a beautiful new oak with large and handsome leaves, several new maples with leaves beautifully marked with rich colours, new species of Weigela, clematis, lychnis, and a variety of Solomon's seal having its leaves beautifully striped with broad white lines.
...As on former occasions, an account of all the plants I purchased and the sums to be paid for them was carefully written down by one of my attendant yakoneens...

(1863)  Page(s) 208.  
 
[end of May 1861] ....I noted two fine new Weigelas, some clematises, irises, Spiræa Reevesiana, and the white Banksian rose.