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rosea are flowering well this year and promise to be good garden 
plants in sheltered situations. This hybrid was obtained by crossing 
D. gracilis and D. purpurascens, sometimes called D. discolor, var. 
purpurascens. This plant has petals which are purple on the outer 
surface, and is usually not hardy here. D. rosea and its varieties have 
flowers more or less tinged with purple. Those now in bloom are var. 
eximia, var. floribunda, and var. campanulata, the latter with nearly 
white flowers. Deutzia myriantha is another hybrid obtained by cross- 
ing D. Lemoinei and D. purpurascens. This has white flowers and is 
not yet in bloom, but two of its varieties, var. Boule Rose and var. 
Fleur de Pommier are now flowering and are handsome and apparently 
hardy plants with flowers tinged with rose. 
Deutzia scabra. This native of Japan and China is one of the hard- 
iest and most generally cultivated of all the Deutzias. It is a tall 
shrub with reddish branches, very rough leaves and erect clusters of 
white flowers sometim.es flushed with rose, which will not open for 
two or three weeks. This is the Deutzia of old gardens north and 
south. The variety crenata has brown branches and less rough leaves, 
and although less common in gardens appears to be equally hardy. 
The variety Watereri has flowers tinged with fed on the outer surface 
of the petals. Variety plena has double flowers with petals tinged 
winh rose color. The variety Pride of Rochester has large flowers tinged 
with rose and is one of the handsomest of this group. The var. can- 
didissima (Z>. Wellsii of some gardens and the D. alba plena of others) 
has pure white double flowers. 
Deutzia reflexa and D. globosa are natives of western China and 
did not suffer last winter. They are now covered with flower-buds, 
but it is too soon to speak with certainty of their value in this climate. 
Deutzia longifolia is a tall shrub with erect branches, lance-shaped 
leaves, and clusters of large flowers. This native of western China is 
probably one of the handsomest of the Chinese species, but, although 
it is not killed here by cold, the branches are always badly injured 
and the flower-buds are also injured. 
Deutzia grandiflora is one of the most distinct species of the genus 
and the first to bloom. The flowers open with the unfolding of the 
leaves, and are in from one- to three-flowered clusters with white petals 
three-quarters of an inch long. This plant, which is exceedingly rare 
in cultivation, is a native of northern China and can be seen with the 
other Chinese shrubs on Bussey Hill. 
Deutzia hypoglauca is a distinct and hardy new species from north- 
ern China and is a tall shrub with erect stems and clusters of white 
flowers, which promises to be a good garden plant in this climate. 
Deutzia Vilmorinae from central China is hardy in sheltered positions 
and is also a tall shrub with gracefully spreading stems, loose clusters 
of white flowers and lance-shaped, pointed leaves covered with stellate 
clusters of hairs. By crossing this species with D. scabra a hardy and 
handsome hybrid has been obtained to which the name D. magnifica 
has been given. 
