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WEIGELA ROSEA. 
Leycesteeia foemosa. — This is a beautiful shrub, flowering during the whole of 
the summer months. It grows with great freedom in any rich light soil, but should 
always be planted in a warm and sheltered situation ; for if much exposed to cutting 
winds, its tender foliage is sure to be destroyed, and the plant will always look ragged, 
and never assume its natural habit of luxuriance. It is a splendid shrub for the 
front of a shrubbery. It is easily increased by cuttings planted in autumn or spring, 
or by seeds, which ripen in abundance. 
Linn^a boeealis. — The only species is a well-known trailing evergreen bog 
plant. This elegant little shrub never thrives except when planted in peat earth. 
It forms a very graceful pot plant, if grown in a shady situation ; but if exposed to 
the sun, it is impossible to make it grow well, whatever care and pains may be 
taken ; to have it in perfection it should be planted out in a shady border of peat 
earth, where the sun can never shine upon it, and where it will be perfectly free 
from the drip of trees ; in such a situation it will luxuriate and spread over a great 
surface, producing abundance of pretty flesh-coloured and somewhat fragrant flowers 
at the extremity of every branchlet ; the trailing branches will also strike root at 
almost every joint that touches the ground, by which means the plant is easily 
increased. 
Loniceea, Sambucus, and Symphoeicaepus. — All the species of these three 
genera are, (with the exception of three kinds of Sambucus) hardy shrubs of the 
very easiest culture. They grow in any common garden soil, and are increased 
readily by either suckers, cuttings of the ripened wood planted in the ground either 
in autumn or spring, or seeds, which are produced in abundance. 
Teiosteum. — Two species have been inhabitants of our gardens for more than a 
century ; being both natives of North America, they are perfectly hardy, and will 
grow in any light garden soil, although they prefer a border of peat earth where 
they are partially shaded from the sun. Propagation is effected by division of the 
roots. 
Teipetelus and Valentiana. — Two genera, with the habits of which we are 
little acquainted. 
Vibuenum. — A large genus of shrubs, the greater part of which are deciduous, 
a few are evergreen, all are ornamental, and well suited for shrubberies. V. tinoides 
and V. villosum are stove plants, and V. odoratissimum, rugosum, and tomentosum 
require the shelter of the greenhouse. These should be potted in a mixture of peat 
and loam, and are propagated by layers and cuttings. 
All the other introduced species are perfectly hardy, will grow in any light soil, 
and are increased both by suckers, layers, and cuttings planted in the open ground. 
