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oak -leaf-like foliage (four to eight inches), with rich autumn tints, 

 and pinkish-white flowers (June) turning purple. 



H. vestita pubescens Maxim. (123), a shrub from China, with slender 

 branches (four to five feet), is recommended for its hardiness (half 

 hardy in Ottawa), and its early blooming (June) in broad cymes of 

 flowers, w^hite changing to pink, and large leaves (four to eight inches). 



Among the less hardy ones, which require protection in winter, are: 



H. hortensis Smith (124), and a number of varieties, especially 

 H. Otaksa Maxim (124a), from China, with variable color of flowers, 

 which appear in July in large balls, and change hues (white to blue and 

 pink) during the season; are good tub plants on piazzas and in formal 

 gardens. 



H. Thunhergi S. & Z. {serrata) (125), a dwarf, from Japan, with 

 blue or rose-colored flowers in cjTnes. 



Deutzia. A genus from Asia, of tall, medium, and low, sturdy shrubs 

 of rather stiff habit; more or less hardy, and very ornamental, with 

 dense, luxuriant foliage, and showy, white to purplish flowers in bunches, 

 mostly from the axils of the leaves. They thrive in almost any soil 

 and are easily cultivated. 



D. scahra Thunb. (126), a native from China and Japan (six to eight 

 feet), with rough, stiff, rigid foliage; forms the basis of a number of 

 varieties, which are superior to the type in their flowers, of which the 

 best, D. flore plena (124a), Pride of Rochester (sometimes referred to 

 crenata), is also the largest as well as the best in form, with large, double, 

 pure white, rather early flowers (May, June). D. candidissima {126b), 

 has the double white flowers in rosettes. 



D. crenata S. & Z. purpurea (127) and D. Watereri (127a) have 

 flowers of a pink shade, the first single, the second double. 



D. parvijiora Bonge. (128), the hardiest, from China (four to six 

 feet), is the earliest bloomer (April), with creamy-white, lilac-like 

 bunches of flowers, and rather roughened foliage, of better form than 

 the preceding. 



D. gracilis Sieb. & Zucc (129), from Japan, a dwarf (one to four 

 feet) of rounded form, with slender, arching branches and early (May), 

 very luxuriant inflorescence of delicate, small, white flowers in graceful, 

 nodding racemes; is the best for borders, for facings, and small places. 



D. Lenioinei Hort. (130), cross between D. gracilis and D. parvi- 

 jiora, another dwarf, with large foliage (two or three inches), is said to 

 excel the foregoing in vigor and showiness. 



