SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



leaves of the type are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, the 

 panicles erect, two to four inches long, and the indi- 

 vidual flowers white or tinged with pink. 



This is cultivated in different forms; Deutzia candi- 

 dissima, a varietv of pure white flowers; the Pride of 

 Rochester, which bears very large double white flow- 

 ers ; Deutzia purpurea plena, with double flowers, white 

 within and purplish without. There are other species 

 and many varieties; all are desirable, blooming, as so 

 many of them do. in June and July. There are vari- 

 eties with yellow and with variegated leaves. 



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