. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 474 DEUTZIA DEWBERRY. 695. Deutzia eracilis (X 3^). gracilis, Sieb. & Zucc. Fig. 695. Shrub, to 3 ft., with slender, often arching branches: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, "with sparse stellate hairs above, nearly glabrous beneath, bright green, 1-2 in. long: fls. pure white, in ra


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 474 DEUTZIA DEWBERRY. 695. Deutzia eracilis (X 3^). gracilis, Sieb. & Zucc. Fig. 695. Shrub, to 3 ft., with slender, often arching branches: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, "with sparse stellate hairs above, nearly glabrous beneath, bright green, 1-2 in. long: fls. pure white, in racemes; petals erect or some- what spreading, oblong; stamens much shorter than the petals; calyx-teeth persistent. May, June. Japan. 2,p. 7. 6:611. 1891, p. 203. Thereare vars. with yellow and with variegated Ivs.; see, also, (Suppl. list). AA. Fls, in corymbs. discolor, Hemsl. Shrub, to 7 ft. : Ivs. oblong-lanceo- late, denticulate, dark green above, much paler beneath, coated with stellate hairs, sparingly above, densely be- neath: corymbs loose, 10-20 fld.: tis. white, with spread- ing petals, valvate in the bud; filaments with large teeth. China. Var. purpurAscens, Franch. Three-i ft. : Ivs. ovate, less stellate-hairy, 1-2 in. long : corymbs rather f ew-fld.: petals pinkish outside ; calyx red, with large teeth. June. China. 1895:64. 7:287. III. 26:45. Lem6iiiei, Hort. {D. grdcilis x parvifldra). Fig. 696. Spreading shrub, to 3 ft.: Ivs. elliptic-lanceolate, finely serrate with appressed teeth, with sparse stellate hairs above, nearly glabrous beneath, lK-3 in. long : fls. in large corymbs or broad panicles, pure white ; petals broadly ovate, spreading, partially valvate and partially imbricate in the bud; filaments with large teeth. 9:285. 11:457. Gt. 44, p. 5G7 and 46, p. 383. Gng. 4:135. :77. III. 18:389. Gn. 48, p. 317. —A very desirable shrub, more vigorous and with showier fls. than D. gracilis.


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