542 DEUTZIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



flowers, which are bell-shaped and borne 

 on dark coloured stems. 



D. gracilis carminea. The flowers of 

 this are pale rose in colour, with carmine 

 tinted buds. 



D. gracilis eximia. Comes nearest 

 to D. gracilis, its brown stems being 

 covered with leaves of a dark bronzy- 

 green, flower-heads rounded and erect, 

 the expanded blooms frilled at the edges, 

 pale rose on the outside, and milk-white 

 within. 



D. kalmiseflora. A hybrid 3 feet to 



containing about fifteen flowers. D. Le- 

 moinei is largely grown for forcing, and 

 so treated it is a delightful shrub, but out- 

 of-doors, in many districts at least, the 

 spring frosts often injure the blossoms. 



D. Lemoinei Snowball. Nearer to 

 D. pannflora than its other parent, the 

 flowers of this are mostly borne at the 

 tips of the branches in compact rounded 

 heads. Individually they are of great 

 substance, with wavy petals, and in colour 

 creamy-white, relieved by stamens and 

 disc of pale yellow. 



Dei'tzia parviflora. 



4 feet high, flowering towards the end 

 of May in spreading clusters of a pale 

 silvery-rose colour, deepening towards 

 the edges of the waved petals. The out- 

 side of the petals and the buds are of a 

 bright rose-lake tint, while the peculiarity 

 to which the plant owes its name is the 

 ring of petal-like stamens forming a raised 

 disc in the centre of the flower. 



D. Lemoinei A hybrid, between D. 

 parviflora and D. gracilis. In habit it is 

 about midway between its parents, and 

 forms a rather upright growing shrub, 

 with elongated clusters of blossoms, each 



D. Lemoinei Avalanche. In this the 

 stems are densely clothed with small dark 

 green leaves and a profusion of crowded 

 flower clusters, whose weight causes the 

 stems to arch over in a pleasing manner. 

 The flowers are of medium size, and it is 

 hardy. 



D. Lemoinei Apple Blossom. An 

 erect shrub, 2 feet high, laden with rounded 

 clusters of 20 to 30 flowers, springing erect 

 from every joint. The petals fold back 

 prettily, with margins fringed and waved, 

 passing from rose in the bud to blush- 

 pink,becoming white when fully expanded. 



