The Deutzias 



in quite recent years, partly through the agency of 

 Jesuit missionaries who have constantly sent seeds 

 back to this country, and partly by Mr. E. H. Wilson, 

 an account of whose travels as a plant collector has 

 recently been published. For instance, the Deutzia 

 known by his name, Deutzia Wilsoni, is quite new. 

 It claims to have the largest flowers of any member of 

 the genus, and they are held in erect thyrsoid form 

 instead of being in drooping clusters, Deutzia discolor 

 with purplish flowers, listed as a novelty in 1904, from 

 the province of Hupeh in Central China, and Deutzia 

 longifolium, with lovely rose-flushed blossoms, intro- 

 duced in 1908 from the same region, were both first 

 collected and described by the missionaries, and later 

 introduced to England by Mr. Wilson. 



Soil and Cultivation. One drawback to the Deutzias 

 is that, unless they are properly cut back in summer, 

 they are apt to appear in very untidy guise in the 

 following spring, with a quantity of dead bare twigs 

 about them. The flowers come on the wood of the 

 previous year's growth, so the pruning must not be 

 done until flowering is over. And on no account must 

 new shoots be cut away, as they carry the potential 

 buds for the following season. These shrubs should 

 have a moist, light soil and a moderately shaded 

 position. They can be increased by division, or by 

 cuttings of ripe wood in summer or autumn. 



