DEUTZIA corymbo'sa. 

 Corymb-jiowering Deutzia. 



DECANDRIA DI-TETRAGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. PhiladelphacejE. 

 DEUTZIA. Botanical Register, vol. 20. fol. 1718. 



D. corymbosa ; foliis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis serrulatis ramulisque pube- 

 scentibus, paniculis corymbosis, calycis laciniis triangularibus acuminatiSj 

 filamentis tridentatis, antlieris glabris, stylis 4-5. 



D. corymbosa. R. Brown in Wall. cat. no. 3652. Royle's BlvMr. p. 216 

 t.AQ.f. 2. 



The genus Deutzia, from the beauty and hardiness of the 

 species, has become an object of great interest, and every 

 addition to it is important in a Horticultural point of view. 

 By the discoveries of Dr. Wallich and others in the North 

 of India, of Professor Bunge in the North of China, and of 

 Dr. V. Siebold in Japan, many new ones have been added to 

 the original D. scahra of Thunberg ; of these the following 

 account has been given by Siebold. 



" All the species are shrubs, of which some (Z>. scahra^ 

 a'enata) succeed only on plains but little elevated above the 

 level of the sea, while others (Z>. gracilis^ Brunoniana, corym- 

 bosa, stamined) prefer the deep and humid valleys of lofty 

 mountains. The most common species in Japan is D. scabra, 

 which grows along hedges, on gentle slopes, and on rocks, 

 seldom at a greater height above the sea than 1200 feet, 

 where it is associated with Euonymus, Vibzirnum, Eurijay Li- 

 gustrum, Lonicera, Vitis, Cissus, Sec. It is much like our 

 Syringa, except that the flowers are much smaller, and the 

 branches curve upwards, &c. Towards the end of the year 

 the leaves of this species are collected for the use of the cabi- 

 net-makers, who employ it as a polishing material in place of 

 the Dutch Rushes (Equisetum) of Europe. Hedges are also 

 formed of the shrub, and it is cultivated in gardens, especially 

 a variety with double flowers, which is agreeably intermingled 

 with the different species of Hydrangea, Aralia pentaphylla, 

 &c. D. crenata is more rare, and succeeds best in the vallies 

 of little elevation, and damp ; it is also found in hedges in- 

 termixed with D. scabra. D. gracilis occurs only on the 



January, 1840. c 



