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DEUTZIA. Deutzia. Deutzia, Fr. 



We are indebted to Japan for this valuable genus of plants. Their hardihood, fine ^abit, 

 luxuriant foliage, and profusion of attractive flowers, render them the most beautiful and de- 

 servedly the most popular of flowering shrubs at the present time. The flowers are produced 

 the latter part of June in racemes four to six inches long. 



D. crenata var. flore pleno. Double-flowering Deutzia. Flowers 

 double white, tinged with rose. One of the most desirable flowering shrubs in culti- 

 vation. See cut. 



D. c. var. flore alba pleno. 



Similar in habit to the preceding, but 

 pure white and double. 



var. Pride of Kocli- 

 ester. A variety raised by us from 

 Deutzia crenata flore pleno, and produc- 

 ing large double white flowers ; the 

 back of the petals being slightly tinged 

 with rose. It excels all of the older 

 sorts in size of flower, length of panicle, 

 profuseness of bloom and vigorous hab- 

 it ; blooms nearly a week earlier than 

 Deutzia crenata flore pleno. See cut. 



D. gracilis. Slender-branched 

 Deutzia. A charming species of dwarf 

 habit introduced from Japan by Dr. Sie- 

 bold. Flowers pure white. Fine for 

 pot culture, as it flowers freely in a low 

 temperature in the winter. The first to 

 flower; about the middle of June. 



D. parviflora. Of dwarf habit, 

 flowers medium size in short racemes; 

 valuable for forcing. 50 cents. 



D. scabra. Kough-leaved 

 Deutzia. One of the most beautiful 

 and, profuse white - flowering shrubs ; 

 flowers single. June. 



deutzia — pride of ROCHESTER. 



(^ Natural Size.) 



DIERVILL.A. Weigela. Weigelie, Fr. 



Another valuable genus from Japan, introduced as late as 1843. Shrubs of erect habit 

 while young, but gradually spreading and drooping as they acquire age. They produce in June 

 and July superb large trumpet-shaped flowers, of all shades and colors, from pure white to red. 

 In borders and groups of trees they are very effective, and for margins the variegated-leaved 

 varieties are admirably suited, their gay-colored foliage contrasting finely with the green of 

 other shrubs. They flower after the Lilacs in June. 



I>. arborea grandiflora. A variety of vigorous habit and erect growth ; 

 foliage very large ; flowers long and tube-shaped ; of a sulphur white or pale yellow, 

 changing to pale rose. Flowers about two weeks after the others. 



I>. Candida. White-flowered Weigela. A valuable variety. All white 

 varieties heretofore known have been lacking in some important characteristic. Hortensis 

 nivea, the best and only really white sort, is a poor grower and difiicult to propagate. 

 Other so-called white sorts have flesh-colored flowers; so that the introduction oi Can- 

 dida supplies a long felt want. It is of vigorous habit, an erect grower, becoming in 

 time a large-sized shrub ; flowers pure white and produced in great profusion in June, 

 and the plants continue to bloom through the summer, even until autumn. 50 cents. 



D. Cliameleon. A variety of robust habit, with flowers of a deep rose color. 



