I OcTOBRK 7. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 9 
^ WEIGELA ROSEA. 
I This, when treated as a greenhouse plant, may be 
managed almost in every respect as the above. It seems 
quite as hardy as any shrubbery riiiladelphus, or Honey 
Suckle. I never succeeded so well with it as with the 
' Deutzia, though certainly it is worth a little attention 
for decorating a house in the spring months. It blooms 
' chiefly, not on last year’s shoots, but on those of the 
current season, coming from well-ripened buds on last 
season’s growth. In ju’uning for blooming, therefore, 
we must take the vine, and the rose, and not the rasp¬ 
berry, as our example. The bush character is thus 
' easily produced. Both the Weigela and the Deutzia 
\ may now bo lifted carefully, and potted, and if the pot 
i is ])lunged in any material containing a little heat, 
while tiie top of the plant is exposed, the rooting 
! process will be encouraged, and the plants may after¬ 
wards be set in the greenhouse, or forced in spring. 
ESCALLONIA MACRANTHA. 
Tins, “ with a stout stem, eighteen inches high, and nice 
side branches, four inches long,” may be expected to yield 
, you a few of its pretty flowers next season. If, however, 
j a fine specimen is your object, I would not be too anxious 
for many flowers. Keep it in a moderate greenhouse 
! during winter, and place it in an airy cold pit out-of- 
' doors in summer- Use rather more peat than loam at 
first, increasing the loam by degrees. The plant, when 
two or three feet in height, if a young stock has been 
secured, might be ventured against a conservative wall. 
Stubby young shoots will strike under a hand-light in 
summer. Younger ones will strike more quickly at an 
earlier period; but they must be inserted in sand, over 
sandy-peat, covered with a bell-glass, and kept in a 
frame or jiit. 
CEANOTHUS RIGIDUS. 
This, “ nine inches high,” can hardly be expected to 
bloom next season, nor would it be desirable, though 
the species or variety will bloom when in a small state. 
This and dentatus, from their stiff habits, are amongst 
the best of the semideciduous kinds for greenhouse deco¬ 
ration. Like others, they chiefly bloom on young shoots 
of the current seasons growth, proceeding from well 
ripened buds of the former year. The plant should, 
therefore, be kept moving, and no more, during the 
winter. The young shoots should be cut back to the 
lowest bud in spring, or nearly so, and this will throw 
more strength into the young shoots. A warm corner 
in the greenhouse will be the best place for them until 
May, then, a cold pit in summer, and full exposure in 
autumn, defending the plants at the close from heavy 
rains and incipient frosts. Cut off the greenest part of 
I the shoots in winter; keep the plants cool then, and 
neither wet nor di-y. The increase of heat and sun-light 
! in spring, and the necessary increase of moisture, will 
I give an impulse to the vegetative powers, and young 
shoots will be freely produced; which, if the plant is 
old enough, and the wood matured last season, will 
yield you charming blue flowers in summer. These 
; young shoots, taken off close to the stem when from two 
to three inches in length, make nice cuttings when in- 
j sorted under a bell-glass, or hand-light, in sandy loam, 
; with sand on the surface. The pots for plants must be 
well drained, and then loam, with a little sand and peat 
will grow them well. Though ornamental for a cool 
greenhouse, a conservative wall, protected with a glass 
case, would be the best position for this and the greater 
part of the species that did not require a ti'opical 
temperature. 
MITRARIA COCCINEA. 
This has as pretty a scarlet tube as any Gesnerwort of 
them all; but, unlilte the most of the group, instead of 
soft succulent stems and large leaves, it is a compact 
little shrub, with small neat foliage. The first time I 
saw it, visions of flower-beds of it flitted before me. 
'riieso I have not yet seen realised, and, perhaps, the 
flower droops rather too much for the purpose; but, as a 
liardy greenhouse plant it will be of great use in spring 
and early summer. I am not aware that it has yet been 
tried out of doors. It will grow nicely in rough peat 
and loam, and, after it is some size, will stand in a cold 
pit, or out-of-doors in summer. Eibry peat and sandy 
loam, rough in proportion to the size of the shift given, 
will grow it well. 
Little pruning, farther than nipping the point of a 
strong shoot, to produce uniformity of growth, will be 
required. The pots should bo well drained, and about a 
seventh part of the compost should consist of broken 
pots and clean charcoal. With good drainage, waterings 
will be required freely in the growing and blooming 
season, decreasing as the end of autumn approaches, 
and giving it but seldom in winter; tbe temperatui’o 
in the latter period, with air, at all suitable times during 
the day, may range from 38“ to 45°, allowing a rise for 
sunshine. I have no doubt tbe plant would do well near 
a conservative wall, especially if furnished with a glass- 
case. Stubby, half-ripened shoots will strike quickest 
under a bell-glass, when having a slight rise of tem- 
peraturo, shade, &c. Older cuttings will require less 
trouble, but more time. R. Fish. 
CONIFERS. 
{Continued from page 398.) 
CuNNiNGHAMiA sixEXSTS (Chinese Cunninghamia, or 
Broad-leaved Chinese Fir).—Named in honour of its 
discoverer, Mr. James Cunningham, by L. C. Richards, 
a celebrated French botanist. It was originally named, 
by Mr. Salisbury, Belts jaculifolia, and by Mr. Lambert, 
author of a Monograph on Bines, Pinus lanceolata. It 
is the only species yet discovered. Very ornamental, 
but too tender for the northern parts of England. In 
Devonshire and Cornwall, and even in Gloucestershire, 
it has as yet withstood the severity of the climate. No 
doubt, in many parts of Ireland it would thrive well. It 
is a very ornamental tree, rising to the height of fifty 
feet in China and Japan. It is as yet very rare. 
CupiiEssus (Cypress).—This genus contains an as¬ 
semblage of trees and shrubs highly valued for their 
beauty, and well adapted to ornament the pleasure- 
ground, or form beautiful objects in the Pinetum. Their 
stylo of growth, generally upright, and densely clothed 
with branches and foliage of a pleasing dark green, in 
some instances, and light green in others, renders them 
e.xceedingly beautiful objects. Many sjjecies were known 
and highly valued by the ancients. Pliny mentions a 
Cypress at Rome which fell in the time when Nero was 
Emperor, and was judged to be as old as Rome itself. 
Five hundred years ago a Cypress was planted on the 
grave of the renowned poet Hafiz, and is yet alive, a 
living monument to the memory of the poet. There is 
a remarkable Cypress at Lomna, in Italy, which has 
attained the height of one hundred and twenty feet, and 
is more than twenty feet in circumference at the base of 
the stem. The use of the Cypress as a memento of the 
departed in cemeteries is well known; even to this day 
it is used for that i)urpose in various parts of the Old 
World: tbe far-famed Funereal Cypress was seen by 
Lord Macartney in China, in the “Valley of Tombs.” 
All these particulars recommend the plants of this genus 
to the peculiar notice of the antiquarian, the scholar, 
and the man of taste, as well as to the owner of plea¬ 
sure-grounds, the planter, and the nurseryman. Even 
the name is interesting, being said to be derived from 
Cyparissus, a handsome youth of the Island of Ceos, 
who was, according to heathen mythology, changed into 
