80 ORNAMENTAL GARDEKINO. 



THE WEioELA. DiervUla. E-H. 



A much esteemed genus of flowering shrubs which, 

 while represented by a few natives of little value for any 

 ornament, owes its fame to the handsome introductions 

 from China and Japan, and varieties of these. The 

 Weigelas are good growers, profuse bloomers, and in their 

 foliage always present a rich glow of vigor, that is most 

 pleasing. Mostly erect-growing when young, but chang- 

 ing later to a drooping form. The well-known and 

 handsome 



RosE-coLORED AVeigela {D. rosea), which bears love- 

 ly, rose-colored flowers in the greatest profusion in June, 

 is the species from which have sprung either directly or 

 by hybridization with others, most of the excellent sorts 

 now cultivated. Its habit is all that could be desired, G. 

 Of the varieties and hybrids there are many, which range 

 in colors from the lightest pink — almost white — through 

 rose and red down to dark reddish-purple and brownish- 

 black, and all are of excellent habit, producing their 

 beautiful floAvers with great freedom, and would be sure 

 to prove satisfactoiy to planters. 



The Variegated-leayed Dwarf AYeigela is a 

 variety quite similar to the parent in the shape of the 

 leaves and flowers, but of dwarfish habit, and with the 

 foliage variegated with a golden tint, which gives to it a 

 distinct and handsome appearance. 



Among other valuable and distinct kinds are several 

 white-flowered sorts, embracing the old White-flowered 

 Weigela (D. hortensis nived), which produces fine blos- 

 soms, but is a rather unsatisfactory gi'ower; and the 

 charming New AA'hite-flowered Weigela {D. Candida), 

 which, with its freely produced, pure white flowers and 

 vigorous habit, is destined to rank as one of the best 

 of the Weigelas. The D. arhorea-grandiflora is a late 

 blooming sort, producing long, tubular, pale-yellow 



