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the leaves are about three inches long, and in the middle about one 

 inch broad, bluntly serrate, and of a brij^ht green color ; in rich, moist 

 ground, the stalks rise five or six feet high, but in moderate land from 

 three to four ; their whole height is one year's growth from the root, 

 and are terminated by spikes of pale red or flesh-colored flowers. It 

 flowers in June and July ; and in moist seasons there are frequently 

 young shoots from the root, which flower in autumn. It is a native of 

 Siberia. There are several varieties of this species : the Flesh-color- 

 ed Willow-leaved, the Alpine Willow-leaved, the Panicled Willow- 

 leaved, and the Broad Willow-leaved Spiraea. 



Spircca tomentosa. Scarlet Spiraea. This species has the stalks 

 slender, and branching out near the ground, with a purple bark, cover- 

 ed with a gray mealy down ; the leaves are smaller tiian the first, 

 downy and veined on their under side, but of a bright green above ; 

 the branches are terminated by a thick raceme of flowers branched 

 towards tlie bottom into small spikes ; the flowers are very small, of a 

 beautiful red color, appearing in July, August and September. It is a 

 native of Pennsylvania. 



Spircca hypcricifulia. Hy]3ei-icum-lcaved Spiraea. This plant 

 rises with several slender shrubby stalks, five or six feet in height, 

 covered \vith a dark brown bark, and sending out small side branches 

 the whole length ; the leaves are small, wedge-shaped, having many 

 punctures on tlieir surface ; the flowers are in small sessile umbels, 

 each on a long slender pedicel, and white ; they appear in May and 

 June ; and as the flowers are produced almost the whole length of 

 the branches, it makes a very beautiful appearance during the time of 

 flowering. It is a native of Italy and America. 



Spiraa argenica. Silver-leaved Spiraea. This species has striated 

 erect branches, with short branchlets ; the leaves are alternate, pctiokd, 

 and silky-tomentose on both sides; the ?-acc?nts are longer than tlio 

 branchlets ; the flowers are very small, widi villose germs. It i.s a 

 native of New Granada. 



Spircca cluimadrifolia. Germander-leaved Spiraea. This kind 



