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WEIGELA ROSEA. 
Its cultivation is by no means difficult in any respect, and we 
may therefore reasonably expect to see it very soon adopted in 
gardens generally. From the young shoots, either terminal or 
lateral, which are produced in the earlier part of the growing 
season, cuttings may be made, which strike root readily, with 
but little nursing. Those about three inches long, which can be 
taken with a “ heel,” or close to their junction with the older 
branch, are the best; and, after the removal of a few of the 
lower leaves, they should be, according to the time they are pro¬ 
cured, either potted or placed under a hand-glass on a warm 
border. Those obtained in May or June do best by the first 
method, and should have sandy peat to root, with the assistance 
of a slight bottom-heat, when they grow away rapidly, and form 
good plants before winter; others, taken at a later season, when 
the sun has warmed the earth to some depth, succeed in the open 
ground, with only a hand-light to guard them while emitting 
roots. In most cases, hitherto, the young plants have been pro¬ 
tected in frames through the winter, because of their scarcity not 
permitting any risk; but a correspondent informs us that this is 
unnecessary, as he has had recent plants completely exposed 
through the past winter, and they are uninjured. The mature 
plants certainly do not require it, as is evidenced in the specimen 
in the Horticultural Society’s garden at Turnham Green. It may, 
however, be advisable to let the autumn-struck plants remain un¬ 
disturbed till the following spring, as it is well known that the 
hardiest plants are sometimes injured by frost when lately moved, 
and while thus situated it will be easy to cover them again, should 
severe weather render such a step advisable. 
The young plants will require to be grown through the suc¬ 
ceeding year in pots or beds, before they will be large enough to 
finally plant out; and during this time the occasional applica¬ 
tion of water will materially assist the growth of those that are 
bedded, and such as are in pots should be plunged, in order to 
keep their roots moist and in a progressing state. They are 
comparatively small, and soon injured by drought. 
As to the position they should occupy, when finally settled, we 
can hardly conceive one in which they may not be ornamental,— 
as single specimens on grass, in small groups of choice subjects, 
or the front of shrubbery borders, the Weigela will be equally 
