Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



by that Thomas Lobb who is commemorated in the 

 name of the genus " lobbia " of the Aristolochias. It 

 is said that British gardens were enriched with more 

 beautiful plants of Indo-Malayan origin by him than 

 by any other single collector of his own or any 

 time. His enthusiasm in species hunting at one time 

 led to his losing a leg in that pursuit. When this 

 Deutzia was first exhibited in 1851 it was greatly 

 admired and awarded a silver medal for its beauty by 

 the Royal Botanic Society. Its flowers are pure white and 

 in clusters, like those of the last-mentioned species, but 

 they appear rather earlier in the spring. A long low 

 hedge of it is really a charming sight in May days, and 

 recalls the usual method of growth in its native land. 

 This species is the one usually employed for forcing, 

 and makes very desirable pot plants for winter green- 

 house flowering. Deutzia corymbosa has beautiful 

 clusters of crowded white flowers, fragrant like the 

 hawthorn, and is a free-growing plant from the Hima- 

 layas, whence it was introduced in 1830. 



The early flowering Deutzia parviflora from China, 

 with smaller white flowers in flattish clusters, is chiefly 

 interesting because, with Deutzia gracilis, it is respon- 

 sible for the parentage of the hybrid Deutsia Lemoinei, 

 frequently now seen in gardens and a distinct addition 

 there. 



Several new species have been introduced to Europe 



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