Esg. who imported it in 1833. From a plant presented by 
that gentleman to the Horticultural Society our drawing was 
made in May last. 
It forms a small shrub, which strikes freely from cuttings 
or layers, thriving in common garden soil. It appears to 
reguire to be trained to a stick, as its branches are not stiff 
enough to stand erect, and it seems to have something of a 
climbing habit. It is doubtful, however, whether this is not 
owing to weakness in its cultivated state, for Thunberg tells 
us that his plant is a little tree about as high as a man. We 
presume this species is the same as is represented by that. 
Botanist in his Flora of Japan; although it must be con- 
fessed that the figure he has given would scarcely by itself 
sanction such a conclusion. But upon considering his de- 
scription, and the account given by Kempfer of his Joro 
Utsugi plant, which Thunberg states to be the same as 
D. scabra, we suspect that any partial diserepancy which 
may be observable between our plant and the accounts of 
these writers, must be considered unimportant. The prin- 
cipal difficulty consists in the statement made by Thunberg, 
that the leaves of Deutzia scabra are used by the Japanese, 
on account of their roughness, for polishing furniture. This, 
if true, would certainly not be reconcileable with the plant 
before us ; but in addition to the improbability of any plant 
allied to Philadelphus possessing any such property, it is 
to be remarked that Keempfer, a far better authority than 
Thunberg, makes no mention of their being employed for 
this purpose. He only says that the wood is used by the 
cabinet-makers for making the very finest of their pegs, for 
which its hardness and toughness render it well adapted. 
