Hydrangeze 
quercifolia 
Deutzia 
Scabra 
24 ARBORETUM NOTES. 
SAXIP RAGE? 
HYDRANGEA. 
Hydrangea quercifolia. 
Loudon, v. 2, 995. 
Two or three plants of this, planted by my 
father, long ago, I suppose in 1832 or earlier, in 
the arboretum and American garden, are still 
growing very well, having survived all the inter- 
vening winters, and flower every year. They 
have not however grown to more than about four 
feet high. Their appearance is both handsome 
and singular, especially in autumn, when the 
leaves change to rich tints of red and purple. 
It is remarkable that a shrub which is a native 
of Florida should be hardy with us. Halesia 
tetraptera and Asculus macrostachya, are similar 
cases, showing that deciduous shrubs and trees 
can bear a great degree of cold in their dormant 
state, and therefore are much more hardy in 
proportion than evergreens. 
Deutzia scabra. 
Loudon, v. 2. 595. Hooker. Botanical Mag. t. 3838. 
Quite hardy. I have not seen it injured by the 
severest frosts that we have experienced here ; and 
when in flower it is very ornamental. 
Even in winter it 1s rendered rather conspicuous 
by the deep cinnamon colour of its young stems. 
