WEIGE'LA RO'SEA. 
ROSE-COLOURED WEIGELA. 
Class. 
POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAPRIFOLIACE AS. 
Order. 
POLYGYNIA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
China. 
5 feet. 
April, May. 
Shrub. 
in 1845. 
No. 118t. 
Weigela was first adopted by Thunberg, and harsh 
as some of our botanical names may appear, they 
would not be improved by borrowing titles from the 
celestial empire. The Chinese call this plant Noak- 
chok-whoa. 
We have, not unfrequently, had occasion to refer 
to the obligations which all who value the luxuries 
of a garden, owe to the London Horticultural Society. 
In the spring of 1843, the Society sent out Robert 
Fortune to China, to collect plants ; and although 
nothing has been obtained to excite such wonder- 
ment, as at first was anticipated, still some excellent 
plants have been added to our collections. That 
now under consideration, — the Weigela rosea, is 
amongst the most valuable of the floral acquisitions ; 
the more especially as it proves to be hardy, and will, 
consequently, extend the enjoyment, arising from its 
possession, to thousands ; whilst had it been a plant 
of the hot-house, it would have afforded gratification 
to units only. This shrub, a native of the north of 
China, was first met with by Fortune, in the garden 
of a mandarin, near the city of Tinghae, in the island 
of Chusan; where, says Fortune, “it was loaded 
