SCHIZOPHRAGMA 



BOGKFOIL OBDEB 



DEUTZIA 431 



H. radiata (H. nivea). — A N. Ameri- 

 can shrub 4-6 ft. high, closely related to 

 H. arborescens, from which, however, 

 it may be distinguished by the short dense 

 whitish wool on the under surface of the 

 leaves. 



Culture d-c. as above. This is fairly 

 hardy in the Thames Valley, but is not a 

 particularly showy species. 



H. Thunbergi. — A Japanese dwarf 

 shrub with slender branches, small ovate 

 oblong leaves, and small cymes of flowers 

 of a delicate peach blossom colour borne 

 in summer, the outermost flowers only 

 being sterile and not much more than i in. 

 across. 



Culture dc. as above. 



H. virens. — An elegant Japanese shrub 

 2-6 ft. high, with deeply toothed leaves 

 2-3 in. long, yeUowish-green above. 

 Flowers in summer, in small clusters ; 

 they are mostly sterile, and have 3 en- 

 larged unequal sepals of a greenish-yeUow 

 colour. Very common near Nagasaki, but 

 not yet grown in this country. 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA. — A genus 

 containing only one species : — 



S. hydrangeoides. — A tall climbing 

 deciduous Japanese shrub resembling 

 Hydrangea petiolaris. The ovate heart- 

 shaped tapering leaves, with coarsely 

 toothed margins, are 2-4 in. long, and 

 have long slender stalks. The white or 

 flesh - coloured flowers appear in late 

 summer or autumn in downy flat corym- 

 bose cymes, and resemble those of the 

 Hydrangeas &c. in having the outer 

 flowers larger and sterile. The fertile 

 flowers have a top-shaped calyx with 5 

 teeth ; 5 valvate petals, and 10 epigyno^is 

 stamens inserted at the base of the disc. 



Culture and Propagation. — • This 

 plant, sometimes called the Climbing 

 Hydrangea, flourishes in good and well- 

 drained garden soil, rich sandy loam with 

 plenty of manure being preferred. In the 

 roild southern and western parts of the 

 kingdom it is quite hardy in ordinary 

 winters, but in less favoured localities it 

 is safer to give it the protection of a wall. 

 ISTew plants are obtained by inserting 

 cuttings of the half -ripened shoots in sandy 

 soil under a bell-glass, or better still in 

 gentle bottom heat. When rooted they 

 may be potted up and sprinkled overhead 

 every day until well-established. 



DEUTZIA. — A genus containing 7 

 species of roughish or downy shrubs with 

 roundish opposite branches, and opposite, 

 more or less deciduous, ovate or lance- 

 shaped serrated leaves. Flowers axillary 

 or terminal, in racemes or corymbs. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 10. Styles 3 or 4. 



Culture and Propagation. — Deutzias 

 grow well in any fairly good soil in half 

 Bunny, half shady positions in borders or 

 shrubberies; but they luxuriate in rich 

 weU-manured sandy loam. Out of doors 

 Deutzias may be increased by layers in 

 the autumn, or by division of the tufts. 

 Cuttings of the ripened shoots 8-12 in. 

 long may be inserted in the autumn like 

 Currant cuttings (see p. 1095), or of the 

 half-ripened shoots in early summer 

 under a handlight. 



Most of the kinds may be lifted in 

 autumn if not too large, and grown in pots 

 for conservatory decoration. They should 

 not be forced with too much heat, other- 

 wise the plants will take two or three 

 years to recover from this exhausting pro- 

 cess. The protection of a cold greenhouse, 

 however, is quite sufficient to bring the 

 plants into blossom some weeks earlier 

 than those in the open air. Each year 

 after flowering the shoots should be 

 pruned and all old or useless wood cut 

 out. A mulching of well-decomposed cow 

 manure in autumn or winter wiU also be 

 highly beneficial. 



D. corymbosa. — Abeautiful Himalayan 

 shrub about 5 ft. high, with oblong or 

 elliptic lance-shaped leaves, and forked 

 corymbose panicles of white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. crenata {D. Fortunei ; D. scabra). 

 Pride of Rochester. — A handsome 

 Japanese shrub 4-8 ft. high, with ovate 

 lance-shaped, somewhat bristly serrulated 

 leaves, rough to the touch. Flowers in 

 summer, white. There are a few varieties, 

 the best laeing candddissima, with a wealth 

 of double snowy white flowers ; flore plena, 

 flowers white, double, tinged with purple ; 

 and pu/rpurea-plena, similar but more 

 purple tinted. Watereri and Wellsi are 

 supposed forms. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. discolor. — A pretty Chinese shrub 

 of recent introduction, and probably 6 ft. 

 or more in height when fully grown. It 

 has dull green lance-shaped toothed leaves 

 lf-3 in. long, the upper surface being 

 very rough to the touch. The white 



