Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 



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MEADOW SWEET. 



Flowering stem, X % 

 Meadow-sweet. 



bcnrii. All have come 



Spiraea lotifolia Borkh. L. (S. salicifolia L. 

 of earlier botanies.) 



This is also termed the 

 smooth spiraea ; sometimes still 

 more complimentary names 

 are given it, — quaker-lady and 

 queen-of the meadow. The far- 

 mers, even, will use a softer 

 name than for the other, since 

 this stays closer by swamps and 

 wet ground less valued for pas- 

 ture. It is somewhat taller and 

 more branching than the pre- 

 ceding with larger and more 

 open cluster of white or pinkish 

 flowers. It is less striking but 

 more delicate than the steeple- 

 bush for landscape effects. 



Introduced species. There 

 are a large number of shrubby 

 spiraeas which are hardy in this 

 climate and offered for sale by 

 nurserymen. The bridal wreath 

 (Spiraea Van Houttei) is the 

 most showy of these and fre- 

 quent in cultivation. Others 

 which arc often planted are 

 Spiraea Japonica (or caUosa) 

 S. prnnifolia and S. Thtin- 

 from Asiatic ancestors. 



