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flowers are shaded with rosy-purple on 

 the exterior : alba plena^ candidissiuia 

 plena, and Pride of Rochester, for the 

 three are almost if not quite identical ; 

 Watercri, white, flushed with rosy-lilac 

 on the outside ; and IVcllsii, a double 

 white flower, but in habit quite ditferent 

 from the other white forms. 



D discolor.— The true plant is a 

 charming little shrub, with arching wand- 

 like shoots of 2 feet to 3 feet, crowded from 

 base to tip with clusters of rose-flushed 

 white flowers, each three-quarters of an 



in erect panicles, white, with a rosy flush 

 on the outer petals and buds. 



D. discolor grandiflora.— In this the 

 influence of D. gracilis is shown in the 

 long leaves borne upon stifily erect shoots. 

 The flower panicles are longer than in 

 D. purpurascens, and the rosy-tinted 

 flowers themselves larger, covering the 

 stems throughout their length. 



D. gracilis. — Between this and D. 

 discolor purpurasceits, M. Lemoine has 

 raised a number of hybrids, two of which 

 have been just dealt with. The following, 



Deutzia mjnantha 



inch across. At present a rare plant, D. 

 discolor is represented in our gardens by 

 \}n.&\2iX\&\.y piirpurasccjis, which is a more 

 vigorous plant than the wild form, reach- 

 ing a height of 3 feet to 4 feet, with slender 

 rounded stems of a bronzy-green or red 

 colour, covered with little starry scales. 

 The flowers, six to eight in a cluster, are 

 rosy-purple on the outside, showing within 

 as a pretty flush ; the buds are of a carmine 

 tint. 



D. discolor floribunda. — The other 

 parent of this was D. gracilis, but it shows 

 more of the influence of D. discolor. It 

 forms a somewhat erect-growing little 

 shrub that flowers freely ; the blossoms 



however, of the same parentage, are so 

 much more nearly related to D. gracilis 

 that they may well be regarded as varie- 

 ties of that well-known species. 



D. gracilis rosea.— A dense shrub a 

 yard or more in height, hardy, and free- 

 flowering. Its growth is erect, with small 

 narrow leaves, and upright sprays of open 

 bell-shaped flowers, rosy-grey on the out- 

 side and soft carmine within. 



D. gracilis venusta.— A medium-sized 

 kind with narrow, pointed leaves and 

 snow-white flowers, crisped at the edges. 



D. gracilis campanulata.— This is 

 taller than the others of its class, and 

 bears long sprays of large milk-white 



