with, its noble rose-coloured flowers, and was the 
admiration of all who saw it, both English and 
Chinese.” This island is said to be far more healthy 
and beautiful than Hong Kong, which was chosen 
by the British as the spot whereon, amongst other 
novelties to its inhabitants, to plant the British flag. 
Fortune, in his “Wanderings,” says “Chusan, in 
spring, is one of the most beautiful islands in the 
world. It reminds the Englishman of his own 
native land. In the mornings the grass sparkles 
with dew, the air is cool and refreshing, the biids 
are singing in every bush, and flowers are hanging 
in graceful festoons from the trees and hedges. 
The Weigela rosea, as well as ranking amongst 
our most valuable out-of-door shrubs, is an admix - 
able subject for early forcing, to take a place with the 
Azaleas and Bhododendrons, as decorations of the 
conservatory. For this purpose, however, it will be 
desirable to retain it in a pot, that it may bloom 
soon, and not become too large. Thus treated, by 
its l'oots being restricted, it is not only kept to a 
smaller size, but its wood becomes better ripened, 
and its flowering thereby more abundant, in the 
succeeding season. 
Cultivated as a hardy shrub, we would advise, that 
it have a sheltered situation, and where convenient, 
that it be trained to a wall, where it proves to be 
exceedingly ornamental ; and not the less so from 
the peculiarity of its flowei’s changing colour, as is 
shown in our plate. It grows very freely in an} 
good garden soil; and cutting's of the young shoots 
strike root l’eadily under a hand-glass, without the 
applicatioix of heat 
