s 



nac* a great number of female, which, when ripe, will i 8. Spiraea {FilipcndiiJ.i) foliis pinnatis, folijhs iinifor- 



fprc.ul CO a conHderable diltance, when cheplanrsare j mibus lerratis, caulc herbaceo, iloribus cymofis. Lin. 



fiiakea by the wind. 



When rh.c feeds are ripe (which may be known by 



Sp. riant. 490. i:pi}\':a-.vilb ^^vin'Tcd liizjcs haviiii^ unt- 



Gen. Plant. 



their changing their colour, and beginning to fliatter) 

 the plants lliould be drawn up, and fpread abroad for 

 a few days to dry, obfcrving to turn iheni every other 

 da\', that the feeds on both fides may dry equally ; 

 you mufb alfo guard the feeds from birds, otherwife 

 ihcy will devour them. When it is dry, the leeds 

 fnould be threflied out, cleaned from the dirt, and 

 laid up for ufe where mice cannot com.e to them, for 

 they are extremely fond of this k'cd, 

 S P 1 R iE A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 618. tab. 3S9. Lin. 



554- [^'^ called of Z7r£;pa, a rope, be- 

 caufe this fnrub is flexible like a rope.] Spircea Fru- 



tex, vulgo. 



The Characti'?.s arc, 



Il:e fioivcr has a fermanent empahnent of one ler.f plain 

 at the hc-^fe^ and cut Into jive acute fegrnents at the top ; 

 ;/ has fi^'C rcundifi chlor.g petals inferted in the empale- 

 riicnt^ and tv:ent'} cr more fienderfiamina which arejljcrt- 

 er than the petals^ and arc inferted in the empalement^ 

 terminated Ly rcundifu fwnrnits^ and five cr tnore germen 

 fuppcrting as 7nany jlende'r flyles^ ivhich are longer than 

 the famina^ crcvjned ly headed ftigrnas. The germen afi 

 tcrzvard turns to an oblongs acute-pointed^ comp-reffed cap- 

 fide^ opening with two valves^ containing a few fmall 

 , acute-pointed feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth feftion 

 of Linnreus's twelfth clafs, which contains thofe 

 plants whofe fiowers.have about twenty (lamina in- 

 Icrtcd in tlie empalement, and five ftyles. 

 The Species are, 



I. Spir^a {Salicifolia) foliis lanceolatis obtufis ferratis 

 jvjdio, floribus duplicato-racemofis. Hort. Cliff. 191. 



^ Spir^a with fpear-fhaped^ obtufe^ naked^ fawed leaves^ 

 and flozvcrs in double branching fpikes, - Spir^a falicis 

 folio. Tourn. 'Inft. 618. Spir^a Frutex^ vulgb. i)- - ^^ 



form f awed lobes ^ an herbaceous Jialk, and fewer s 'y^r civ- 



Filipendula vul- 

 Fhc common 



A-, 



9 



lio anguftlori. Bcerh. Ind. alt. 





leaf 



flowers. 



The firfl fort has been long cultivated in the Enslifh 



ardens, but from v^^hat country it originally came, 



is not very certain \ it is generally'fold by the nurfery- 



gardeners with other flowering flirubs, for planting 



wildernefs vv'ork ; it rifes with feveral flirubby ftalks, 



which are very taper and rough toward the top, and 



are covered Vv^ith a reddilli bark. The leaves are 



fpear-fliaped, about three inches long, and one broad 



in the middle ; they are bluntly fawed on their edges, 



and of a bright green colour.- In rich moift ground 



the flalks will rife five or fix feet high, but in mode- 



' rate land from three to four, for their whole height is 



one year's growth frorn the root. ^Thefe are termi- 



. 2. SpiR.5i:A {OpuUfolia) foliis lobatis ferratis, corymbis I nated by fpikes of pale red flowers 5 the lower part 



terminalibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 489. Spiraea with lcbated\ of the fpikes are branched out into fmaller, but 



ing on jlender foot-flalks at the top, 

 garis, an molon Plinii. C. B. P. 10 

 Drcpwcrt, 



Spira:a [AnguftifcUa) foliis pinnatis, foliolis difibr- 



mibus pinnato-ferratis, flcribus (.ymofis. Spiraea with 



winged leaves whofe lobes are di formed and fiwed like 



wings, and fiozvers grooving at the top of the ftalks on 



flendcr foot flalks,' Pilipendula omni parte major, fo- 



1. p. 43- Brcpwort 

 greater in every part^ and having a luvro 



10. Spir^a {JJlmaria) foliis pinnatis, imparl ma]ore 

 lobato, floribus cymofis. Plor. Lapp. 201. Spir^a 

 with winged leaves, zvhofe outer lobe is greater and di- 

 vided into lobes, and flowers grozving in bunches on 



fcot-ftalks, Ulmaria. Cluf. Hifl:. 19S. Meadcwfweet^ 

 cr ^^een of the Aieadows, 



11. SviKJEA {Aruncus) foliis fupra decompofitis, fpicis 

 paniculatis, floribus divins. Lin. Sp. Plant. 490. Spi- 

 r^ea with more than decompounded leaves, paniculated 

 fpikes, and male and female flowers. Barba capr.^ flo- 

 ribus oblongis. C. B. P. 163. Goats Beard with cblcng 





eak 



flawed leaves,^ and flowers growing in a corymbus termi- 

 "naiing the ftalks. Spiraea opuli folio. Tourn. Inft. 618. 



the upper parts are clofe and obtufe. * Each flower is 

 , compofed of five petals^ which fpread open ; they are 



Spiraea with a Marfh Elder leaf,, commonly called Virgi- \ :■ of a pale "red or flefli colour, and have a great number 



' /' nia G elder Rofe,, with a Currant leaf 



3. Spir^a (Hypericifolia) foliis obovatis int&gerrimis, 



Ui-nbellis fcflllibus. Hort. Upfal. 131. Spin^a with oval 

 er.tire leaves, ami umbels of flowers fitting clofe to the 

 branches. Spiraea hyperici folio non crenato. Tourn. 

 Infl:. 618. Hypericum Frutex^ vulgo, 



4. Spir^:a (Crenata) foliis oblongiufculis apice ferratis, 

 corymbis lateralibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 489. Spir^awith I and in moift feafons there is frequently young fhoots 



y-j', of ftamina, fome of which ftand out much beyond the 

 ■petals, but others are not fo long-, they are termi- 

 nated by brovvn headed fummits, and in the center 

 are ficuated five ftyles, which are terminated by head-. 



After the fiov/ers are paft, the germen 

 turn to pointed capfules, but they rarely come to per- 

 fcftion here. .' This fhrub flowers in June and July, 



ed ftigmas. 



• oblong ki 



aves 



whofe points are flawed^ and flowers 



from the root, which flower in autumn. 



s - 



\ growing in a corymbus on 'the fides of the branches. 

 Spiraea Hifpanica, hyperici folio crenaro. Tourn. Inft. 

 618. Spaniflo Spiraea with a notched leaf.]^ 



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5. Spivlj^a" '■ {Tcmentofa) 



This plant may be propagated from fuckers which 



are fent forth in plenty from the ftems of the old 



plants, or by laying down the tender branches, which 



foliis lanceolatis inaequaliter I when rooted, fliould be tranfplanted out in rovVs 



^ ' .i 



ferratis fubtus tomentofis, floribus duplicato-racemo- 

 fis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 480. Spir^a with fpear-Jhaped leaves 



at three feet diftance, and the plants a' foot afunder 

 in the rows. ^Jn this nurfery they may remain two 



which are unequally fawed, woolly on their under fide, years, obferving to keep the ground clear from weeds. 



. '' and flowers growing in doubje^branching bunches. Ulma- 

 ' ria pentacarpos, integris ferratis foliis parvis fubtus 

 ; incanis Virginia'na. Pluk. K\m.'^g'^:''Meadow-fweet 

 '"' cf Virginia, with [mail, entire, flawed leaves, which are 

 , . hoary on'their under fde, and a fruit having five cells. . 

 6. Spir/ea {Sorbifolia) foliis pinnatis, foliolis uniformi- 

 " bus ferratis, caulc fruticofo, floribus paniculatis. Lin. 

 ■ Sp." Plant. 496. Spir^a with winged leaves whofe lobes' 

 are uniforrhly flawed, a fhrubhy ftalk, and flowers grow- 

 ing in panicles, ^ S^\v^z.iovh\ folio, tenuiter crenato. 



and in the fpring to dig up the ground between the 

 rows, fo that the roots may the more eafily extend 

 themfelves •, but if they put out fuckers from their 

 roots, thofe ftiould be taken off^ to keep the fhrubs 

 within bounds, and afterwards they may be tranf- 

 planted where they are to remain, either in fmall 

 wildernefs quarters, or in clumps of flowerihg ftirubs, 

 obferving to place them amongft other forts of 

 equal growth. The young fiioots of this flirub being_ 

 very tough arid pliable, are often ufed for the tops of 



floribus in thyrfoalbidis. Amman. Ruth. 186. Spiraea \ . fifliing-rods. 



with a Service-tree leaf which is fiightly crenatcd, and j The fecond fort grows naturally in North America 



white flowers growing in a ihyrfe. 



7. Spir^a {Trifoliata) foliis ternatis ferratis fub^equali- 

 bus, 'floribus fubpaniculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 490. 

 SpirJa with trifoliate fawed leaves which are almofi 

 eqiial, and flower's growifig 'in a kind of panicle, Ulma- 

 ria major trifolia, flore amplo pentapetalo, Virginia- 

 na. Pluk. Alnir 393 ;"Gr^^/^r three-leaved Virginia 



but it is now as common in the Englifli gardens as the 

 firft ; this rifes with many Ihrubby branching ftalks, 

 fometimes eight or ten feet high in good ground, but 

 generally five or fix ; they are covered with a loOiC 

 brown bark which falls off\, and are garniihed with 

 lobed leaves about the fize and Ihape of thofe of the 

 common Currant Bufti, ending in acute points, and 



Meadoiv-ftveet^ with a largeflower having five petals. - I j are fawed on their edges. The flowers are produced 



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