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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 











Approx. 





Botanical name 



Common 



Approx. 



Color of 



time of 



Habitat 





name 



height 



flowers 



bloom 





Bambucus nigra 



. JElder 



. . 3-6' . 



..White.. 



..June-July .. 



. . Europe 



Bambucus nigra var. 













aurea , 





















Bambucus nigra var. 



















finely 

 dis- 









. Securinega . 



. . 3-6' . 









Becurinega ramiflora. 



. .Greenish 













white. . . 



. July-Aug. . . . 



. . Asia 



Borbaria Aitchisonil. 





. . 6-8' . 



..White.. 



, .July-Sept. . . 



. . Asia 



Borbaria grandiHora. 





. . 1-3' . 



..White.. 



..June-July .. 



. . Siberia 



Borbaria sorbifolia. .. 



. Sorbaria . . . 



. . 3-5' . 



..White.. 



, .June-July . . 



. . Asia 



Spiraea albiflora 





.. HI', 



.White... 





. . Japan 



Bpiraea arguta 





. . 4-6' . . 



.White.. . 





. . Gardens 



Spiraea bracteata. . . . 





. . 4-8' . 



. .White. ., 





. . Japan 



Bpiraea Bumalda. . . . 





. . 1-2' . 



..Pink.... 





. . Gardens 



Bpiraea Bumalda var, 













"Anthony Waterer" 



. Anthony 

 Waterer'B 













spiraea . ... 



. 1-2' . . 



.Crimson. 





. Gardens 



Bpiraea dcoumbens . . 



. Trailing 



.6"-r .. 













(trailing) 













White. . . 



. May-June . . 



. . Europe 



Bpiraea pmni folia . . . 



. Plum-leaved 

 bridal 













wreath 



. 3-6 .. 



.W T hite. .. 





. . China, Japan 



Bpiraea Thunbergii. . 



. Thunberg's 

 bridal 













wreath 



. 3-4' . . 



.White... 





. . China, Japan 



Bpiraea trilobata 



. Three-lobed 

 bridal 















. 2-4' . . 



.White. .. 



. May-June . . 



. . Asia 



Bpiraea Van Houttei. 



.Van Houtte's 

 bridal 















. 3-5' . . 



.White... 



. Apr.-May . . . 



. . Gardens 



Staphylea Bumalda. . 



. Bladder-nut .. 



. 4-6' . . 



.White... 





. . Japan 



Staphylea Colehica. . . 



.Bladder-nut .. 



. 4-8' .. 



.White... 



. May-June . . 



. . Caucasus 



Staphylea pinnata. . . 



.Bladder-nut .. 



. 8-15' . 



.Green- 

 ish 













white 



. May-June . . . 



. Europe to 



Stephanandra 











Asia 





.Stephanandra. 



. 2-4' . . 



.White. . . 





. . Japan 





. Styrax 



. 8-15' . 



.White. .. 





. . China, Japan 



Syringa chinensis... 



.Chinese lilac. 



. 6-8' . . 



.Reddish 













purple. . , 





. . China 



