42 DECORATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS 



When grown in the shrubbery it may attain a height of 3 feet to 

 4 feet, but this is unusual, 2 feet being more usually its height, 

 because to get the best from it it should be pruned every year 

 immediately after blooming to induce strong young growths for 

 flowering the following year. This variety can be struck from young 



FIG . 1 6. Deutzia gracilis 



growths produced on the forced plants and inserted in sandy soil as 

 early as March in heat, and at two years old make splendid forcing 

 plants ; or from outdoor plants they may be taken in June and July 

 and struck under glass, in which case they take three years to attain 

 forcing size. Lemoimi, a much larger growing variety, is also largely 

 used for forcing and may be propagated the same way, but crenata 

 flore plena is a border shrub, as beautiful as any, and attains the height 



