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flowers and yellow berries. When a large number of 

 bushes are planted together, they will perfume the air to 

 a considerable distance. It thrives well in a loamy soil, 

 and will grow in the shade and even in the drip of trees. 



DEUTZIA. 



[So named by Thunbeig, in compliment to John Deutz, one of the senators 

 of Amsterdam, a patron of botany, and one of the promotors of the voyage of 

 the former to Japan.] 



Deiltzia SCabra. — A very elegant shrub, a native of 

 Japan. Is height is about six or eight feet, and during 

 the early part of summer it is covered with a profusion 

 of white blossoms, which are highly fragrant. The speci- 

 fic name of the plant is given on account of the rough- 

 ness of its leaves. 



D. gracilis. — Tliis is a very graceful and elegant dwarf 

 shrub, two or three feet high, with arching branches, 

 which are loaded with pure white flowers in June; leaves 

 smooth and deep green. This plant is useful for forcing 

 in tlie green-house, where it flowers in as great profusion 

 as out of doors, and should be taken up and potted as 

 soon as the foliage is destroyed by frost. Both of these 

 varieties are of easy culture, being sufiiciently hardy to 

 endure our winters without protection, and readily prop- 

 agated by cuttings or from suckers. 



BIERVILLA. — WiEGELA. — Bush-Honeysuckle. 



[Named in honor of Dierville, a French surgeon.] 



Diervilla trifida. — Three-flowered Bush-Honeysuckle. 

 — A neat little native shrub, from two to three feet high, 

 with handsome opposite leaves, from the axils of which 

 spring three yellow honeysuckle-shaped flowers, in June 

 and July. 



