Deutzia

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 778

Deutzia, a genus of Saxifragaceæ (sub-order Philadelphaceæ), natives of the north of India, China, and Japan. Some are favourite greenhouse plants in Britain, producing abundance of beautiful white flowers. The commonest species (D. scabra) is also becoming frequent in shrubberies.

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