To this account, extracted from the Journal of the Hor- 
ticultural Society, we can now add that the species seems 
likely to prove hardy. Mr. Fortune has furnished us with 
the following memorandum about it. 
* This species was first discovered in gardens and nurseries 
in the north of China, particularly about Shanghae, Soo- 
chow, and Nanking. It is a very ornamental dwarf shrub, 
and I have no doubt of its being perfectly hardy in this coun- 
try. lt is deciduous; the leaves falling off in its native 
country early in autumn, and leaving a number of large pro- 
minent flower-buds, which expand in early spring,-—often 
when the snow is on the ground—and look like little prim- 
roses. 
* [t is easily multiplied by cuttings or layers, as it has a 
tendency to throw out roots at the joints on the stem. The 
Chinese often graft it on the more common kinds, about a 
foot from the ground, which improves its appearance. Any 
common soil will suit it, and it will answer well for a rock- 
work, or small garden where neat flowering shrubs are 
desirable.” 
