DBUTZIA 
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ing little shrub with arching, wand-like shoots 
of 2 to 3 feet, crowded from base to tip with 
compact clusters of rose-flushed white flowers, 
each measuring f of an inch across. The leaves 
are lance-shaped, 2 to 3 inches long, dull green 
in colour, with toothed edges and the rough 
surface found in some other Deutzias. This 
plant is not yet in commerce, but a form of 
it, now well-known in gardens, is Deutzia dis- 
color purpurascens — a shrub of 3 to 4 feet, with 
slender, rounded stems of bronzy-green or red 
colour, covered with little starry scales. Oval 
leaves of i ^ to ^\ inches, upon very short stalks, 
finely toothed and crisped around the edges, 
and dark green above with a paler under sur- 
face — from whence its name of discolor. The 
leaves distinguish it at once from other Deut- 
zias, in which they are of greater length. The 
axillary flower-clusters also are erect and often 
gathered into more or less spreading heads, 
upon short, reddish-brown stems. The flowers, 
6 to 8 in each cluster, are widely open, erect, 
and rounded. The dark green calix is well 
developed, and covered with white scales ; the 
petals are much folded or wrinkled, slightly 
toothed at the edges, and clear rosy-purple 
colour on the outside, showing within as a 
pretty flush. Before opening, the buds are of 
a decided carmine. 
This plant was first grown at the Museum, 
Paris, from seeds gathered in the mountains of 
Yunnan, Southern China, by the Abbe Dela- 
vay, flowering in Europe for the first time in 
May of 1 89 1. Among the seedlings much 
variation was apparent in habit, vigour, size 
of flower, and the depth of colour in the buds 
and outer petals, but so far as we are aware, 
none of these forms have appeared in gardens. 
This truly handsome shrub is apt to be cut 
down by hard frosts, which destroy even the 
woody shoots ; fortunately it is quickly re- 
newed from the root. 
Hybrids of D. Discolor. — These are crosses 
with Z). gracilis^ and, having Z). discolor as seed- 
parent, the resulting seedlings are nearer that 
kind ; the named hybrids are : — 
D. discolor Jioribunda. — A little plant of up- 
right growth, and so free that when in full 
beauty little save its flowers can be seen. These 
appear as erect panicles, with a faint rosy flush 
on the outer petals and the buds, the inside 
of the wide-open flowers being pure white. 
Messrs. Lemoine consider this one of the best 
of their seedling Deutzias. 
D. discolor grandijlor a. — In this the influence 
of gracilis appears in the long leaves, borne 
upon stifi^y erect shoots. The flower panicles 
are longer than \n purpurascens^^^ndiXhQ flowers 
larger, covering the stems throughout their 
length with rosy-tinted blossoms. 
D. gracilis. — A small, bushy shrub, of many 
slender stems, set with deep-green lance-shaped 
leaves, narrowed to a point, toothed at the 
edges, and (while young) covered on both sides 
with stellate hairs. The snow-white flowers 
appear during May as long erect clusters at 
the leaf-axils. Discovered by Siebold in the 
valleys of Japan, this plant was first grown by 
J. Baumann of Ghent, in 1 8 50, when a coloured 
plate of it was published in the Flore des Serres 
et des Jardins de VEurope (Vol. VI., 1850 and 
1 851). It thrives in light sandy soil, and is 
valued for forcing, its pure white flowers and 
tender green being useful for cutting and deco- 
I ration early in the year. The few forms known 
in gardens diff^er only in their foliage ; they 
are — -foliis aureis, with yellow leaves ; aureo 
marginata., in which the leaves are edged with 
yellow ; and albo marmorata., in which they 
are marbled with white. 
Hybrids of D. Gracilis. — On the appear- 
ance of Z). discolor purpurascens Messrs. Le- 
moine crossed it with D. gracilis^ using it both 
as a pollen and seed-bearer. In the first case 
the hybrids resembled D. gracilis., and in the 
second D. discolor purpiirascejis., but in both 
cases they have proved perfectly hardy, and 
untouched even by late frosts. Those related 
to D. gracilis are as follows : — 
D. gracilis rosea. — A dense shrub of 3 feet 
or more, hardy and free flowering. Its growth 
is erect, with small and narrow leaves and a 
profusion of erect sprays of widely bell-shaped 
flowers, which are rose-grey on the outside 
and a soft fresh carmine colour within. 1898. 
D. gracilis venusta. — A medium-sized and 
bushy plant, with narrow, pointed leaves, and 
large snow-white flowers, crisped at the edges 
and shaped like an Azalea in miniature. 1898. 
D. gracilis campanulata. — A tall and bushy 
shrub of slender brown stems and dark green 
leaves; long sprays of large milk-white flowers, 
