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THE DEUTZIAS 



Deutzia crenata, or D. scabra . " The Pride of Rochester " (in 



double-flowered variety) 

 corymbosa 



discolor 



gracilis .... Japanese Snow Flower 



LemoineiD. gracilis x D. parviflora 



longifolia 



parviflora 



Wilsoni 



CLOSELY allied to the syringas (Philadelphus), 

 though more delicate and graceful, are the 

 Deutzias shrubs that in various species spread 

 over Central Asia, China and Japan, and are a gift to 

 our gardens from those regions. But they suggest 

 nothing of that hint of romance, that association with 

 the past, that the strong scent of the syringa always 

 seems to recall so vividly, for in addition to the fact 

 that they are practically scentless, our actual acquaint- 

 ance with them is less than a century old, and 

 our intimate knowledge of them much more recent 

 still. Thunberg found them growing in India and 

 Japan when he travelled there in the latter half 



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