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VOL. YII.] 



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NOVEMBER, 1884. 



[No. 11. 



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These beautiful shrubs have been 

 introduced from Japan. They belong 

 to the natural order Philadelphacese, 

 of which our common Syringa or Mock 

 Orange is the type. They have been 

 regarded by most botanists as generi- 

 cally distinct from the genus Philadel- 

 phus, and received their present generic 

 name in honor of an amateur botanist 

 of Amsterdam, who was also a sheriflf, 

 one J. Detitz; but some botanists think 

 that they are not generically distinct, 

 notably Mr. George W. Johnson, editor 

 of the Cottage Gardener, who says, in 

 his " Gardener's Dictionary," that he 

 believes they are only different sections 

 of the same genus, and that he expects 

 that some of the species of each will 

 yet cross with each other, and so prove 

 the correctness of his view. 



Deutzia scabra is the strongest grower 

 of them all, rising to a height of from 

 ten to twelve feet in rich soil, and with 

 a corresponding breadth. The leaves 

 are coarse and rough, being covered, on 

 the underside especially, with silica, 

 and in such abundance that the 

 Japanese use them for polishing. These 

 siliceous bodies form a very beautiful 

 object under the microscope when view- 

 ed by reflective light. This species is 



UTZIAS. 



a most profuse bloomer, yielding pure 

 white flowers, which are borne on long 

 spikes. If the old wood be cut away 

 after flowering, and only the new 

 growth allowed to remain, the shrub 

 will be kept in much better shape and 

 present at all times an ornamental 

 appearance. 



Deutzia crenata, Jlore pleno, is well 

 represented by the colored plate which 

 illumines this number. In habit of 

 growth it strongly resembles the pre- 

 ceding, but is not quite so robust. The 

 flowers are borne on graceful panicles 

 of considerable length, are very double, 

 pure white on the inner surface of the 

 petals, but having the outer surface 

 sufi'used with bright rose. This species 

 also appears to much better advantage 

 if the flowering shoots are pruned away 

 after the season of bloom is past. 



Deutzia gracilis has been so named 

 from its very graceful style of growth. 

 It is the smallest of all the species, and 

 a general favorite. When covered with 

 its pure white flowers it is a most 

 charming object. It is frequently used 

 by gardeners for early spring forcing in 

 a cool greenhouse. Mr. F. J. Scott, in 

 his " Suburban Home Grounds," says 

 that he can remember no church deco- 



