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Weigelia rosea and Forsythia viridissima. 



the branches. The garden, which was an excellent specimen 

 of the peculiar style so much admired by the Chinese in the 

 north, was often visited by the officers of the regiment who 

 were quartered at Tinghae, and was generally called the 

 Grotto, on account of the pretty rock-work with Avhich it 

 was ornamented. Every one saw and admired the beautiful 



Fig. 4. Weigelia rosea. 



Weigelia, which was also a great favorite with the old gen- 

 tleman to whom the place belonged. I immediately marked 

 it as one of the finest plants of Northern China, and deter- 

 mined to send plants of it home in every ship until I should 

 hear of its safe arrival. 



"Weigelm rosea is unknown in the southern provinces 

 of China, and therefore I have every reason to suppose that 



