DEUT'ZIA SCA'BRA. 
ROUGH-LEAVED DEUTZIA. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PHILADELPHACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Japan. 
6 feet. 
May. 
Shrub. 
in 1833. 
No. 636. 
This genus of plants was named by Thunberg,tbe 
Swedish botanist, in honour of John Deutz, of 
Amsterdam, a person who rendered Thunberg as- 
sistance in his botanical researches in Japan. 
Great Britain is indebted to John Reeves, Esq. 
for the introduction of this desirable hardy shrub, 
from Japan. It resembles the Philadelphus coro- 
narius, or common Syringa of our shrubberies, but 
is of rather more slender habit, neater appearance, 
and does not appear likely to grow so large. It 
yields a profusion of flowers at a season when all 
nature is most capable of enjoying them, and soon 
will, we trust, be found in every respectably planted 
shrubbery, 
“ Where odorous plants in evening fair, 
Breathe all around ambrosial air.” Green. 
As well as desirable for the shrubbery, it may be 
made available for pot culture, and probably by 
confining its roots, may be kept small, and not un- 
suitable for mixing with low American shrubs. Cut- 
tings of the young wood strike readily. Or, it may 
be increased by layers, and will grow in the usual 
soil of the garden. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 808. 
