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widely bell-shaped, and displayed upon fine 
black stems. 1899. 
D. gracilis carminea. — A bushy shrub with 
slender shoots, dark green leaves, flowers of 
medium size crowded into long sprays, and 
soft pale rose in colour, deepening to carmine 
on the outside. A charmingly graceful plant, 
its slender shoots gracefully arched beneath 
their load of bloom. 1900. 
D. gracilis eximia. — Comes nearest to D. 
gracilis, its brown stems being covered with 
leaves of dark bronzy-green ; flower-heads 
rounded and erect, the flowers upon very slender 
stems, widely expanded, frilled at the edges, 
and their colour pale rose on the outside, milk- 
white within, and bright pink while in bud. 
1901. 
D. gracilis multijiora. — A seedling of dwarf, 
almost creeping habit, thickly branched and 
spreading. Its short, erect stems are com- 
pletely covered with white flowers. 
D. kalmicEjiora. — A cross between D. dis- 
color purpurascens and T). parvijlora, sent out 
by M. Lemoine in 1900. It is a hardy little 
shrub of 3 to 4 feet, with stout erect stems 
and a diffuse head, set from the middle of May 
by spreading clusters of about a dozen fiat and 
rounded liowers, an inch across, and of pale 
silvery-rose colour, deepening towards the 
edges of the petals which are daintily waved 
and crisped. The outside of the petals and 
the buds are a bright rose-lake colour, while 
the peculiarity to which the plant owes its name 
is the ring of petal-like stamens forming a raised 
diskin the centre of the flower, afterthe manner 
of a Kalmia. It is a very distinct plant, branch- 
ing freely and gracefully, and unlike any other 
Deutzia. 
D. Lemoinei. — A cross between D. parvijlora 
and D. gracilis, raised by Messrs. Lemoine in 
the spring of 189 1. It is a hardy little shrub 
flowering early in May and as good for forcing 
as D. gracilis ; in the open its flowers are at 
times injured by late frosts, when in cold or 
exposed places. As regards general aspect it 
is intermediate, the stems being more erect 
and woody than in gracilis, while shorter, more 
branched and regular than in parvijlora, and 
the leaves lance-shaped and finely toothed. 
The same blending is seen in the flowers, 
borne freely at every joint in erect and branch- 
ing clusters, sometimes rounded and at others 
cone-like, but quite distinct from the flat 
clusters of parvijlora, or the long sprays of 
gracilis. The clusters contain about 1 5 flowers, 
\ of an inch across, and composed of broad 
white petals which are prettily waved around 
the edges. 1895. 
Forms of D. Lemoinei. — D. Lemoinei com- 
pacta is dwarf er and more bushy than the last, 
with smaller flowers of great purity produced 
in many fair-sized clusters, and of great effect 
because fully displayed. This form is specially 
good for pots. 1897. 
D. Lemoinei Snowball" {Boiile de Neige). — 
Though of the same origin, this comes nearer 
to parvijlora, with stems that are stiffer and 
stouter, and leaves that are rough in texture. 
The bloom appears mostly at the tips of the 
branches as compact, rounded heads of large 
flowers, broad petalled and of great substance, 
with waved edges and creamy-white colour, 
relieved by stamens and disk of pale yellow. 
A good kind for grouping in the open air. 
1899. 
Hybrids of D. Lemoinei. — D. Lemoinei 
'■'■Avalanche" . — Whereas the two last-named 
plants are mere forms of jD. Lemoinei, this kind 
and the two following are of more complex 
origin. This little shrub is supposed to be a 
recross yN\\\\D. gracilis, its stems being densely 
clothed with small, dark-green leaves and a 
profusion of crowded flower-clusters upon short 
stalks, the combined weight causing the stems 
to arch very prettily. The flowers are pure 
white and of medium size, composed of flat, 
oval petals, and so hardy as to be quite un- 
touched by late frosts. 
Crossed again with D. discolor purpurascens, 
D. Lemoinei has given two further hybrids of 
great beauty : — 
D. Lemoinei '■'■ Apple Blossom" [Fleur de Pom- 
mier). — A little shrub of erect growth, with 
rough-surfaced leaves of medium size, finely 
toothed at the margin. The stems, of about 
2 feet high, are laden with rounded clusters 
of 20 to 30 flowers, springing erect from every 
joint. The petals fold back prettily, with 
margins fringed and waved, and their colour 
passing from rose in the bud to blush-pink, 
paling to white when fully expanded. 
D. Lemoinei '■'■ Roseball" [Boule rose). — A 
