FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



367 



Name. 



'Daphne Mezereum 

 (the Mezereon) 



D. oleoides (Syn D. 

 fioniana, Syn D. 

 neapoUtana) 



D. pontica 



D. sericea (Syn D. 

 coUina) 



*Deutzia crenata(Syn 

 D. scabra) 



*D. discolor purpur- 

 ascens 



'D. gracilis 



'D. hybrida 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Northern Europe 



South Europe 



Asia Minor 



Japan ; 

 Saxifragese 



China 



Japan 



Hybrid 



Colour 



AND 



Sea.son. 



Red; 

 early year 



Purplish 

 rose 



Yellow 



Deep pink 



White ; 

 Midsummer 



White, 



tinged 



purple ; 



late May 



White ; 

 Spring 



White and 

 pink 



General Remarks. 



This is an upright deciduous 

 bush that flowers in February 

 or March according to the 

 season. At that time the 

 still leafless branches are 

 packed for some distance 

 with the pretty fragrant 

 blossoms, so that it may 

 be regarded as the most 

 showy shrub at that time in 

 bloom. There is a variety 

 (alba) with white blos- 

 soms, and another (autum- 

 nalis or grandiflora) that 

 blooms before Christmas. 

 A cool, loamy soil suits this 

 best. 



A neat growing evergreen bush 

 about a yard high, whose 

 flowers are often borne 

 throughout the greater part 

 of the year. It is less at- 

 tractive than some of the 

 others. 



A good deal in the way of 

 Daphne Laureola, but the 

 flowers are of a brighter 

 yellow, and are borne in 

 April and May, whereas D. 

 Laureola flowers in February 

 and March. 



A compact evergreen 2 to 3 feet 

 high, clothed with dark-green 

 box-like leaves, while the 

 terminal clusters of flowers 

 are borne in early Spring. It 

 prefers a cool, fairly moist, 

 yet well-drained soil. 



A bold growing and handsome 

 deciduous shrub, with white 

 blossoms. There is a double- 

 flowered variety, tinged with 

 purple on the outside, known 

 as D. crenata flore - pleno 

 purpurea. Both are beautiful 

 shrubs that will thrive in 

 most soils. 



This has pretty purple-tinged 

 blossoms borne in flattened 

 corymbs, and not, when in 

 the bud state, liable to be 

 injured by late spring frosts. 



The best known of all the 

 Deutzias, forming a compact 

 bush a couple of feet high, 

 and bearing masses of its 

 pretty white blossoms. 



There are now several beautiful 

 hybrid Deutzias, viz. , hybrida 

 rosea, hybrida venusta, kal- 

 msefiora, Lemoinei, Lemoi- 



