SPIRAEA. 



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white flowers are borne upon arching 

 sprays throughout the summer, and quite 

 freely even on small plants. 



S. CANESCENS. A graceful shrub from 

 the Himalayas, reaching a height of many 

 feet at maturity, with hairy stems, small 

 bluntly-oval leaves, and white (or rarely 

 pale pink) Hawthorn-scented flowers in 

 crowded clusters upon the slender sprays. 

 The plant needs room to spread its whip- 

 like stems, and is best in a sheltered place. 



toniensis, but its variety rotundiflora is 

 distinct and pretty. 



S. DECUMBENS. A mountain shrub from 

 the Tyrol, seldom exceeding 6 inches in 

 height, and excellent in the rock garden, 

 where it spreads by means of underground 

 stems. The clusters of white flowers, 

 about 2 inches across, come freely in June 

 against a setting of pretty toothed leaves. 



S. DISCOLOR (Spray Bush). A lovely 

 shrub 8 to 10 feet high. We should seek 



Spircza discolor. 



S. CANTONIENSIS (Canton S.). A slender 

 bush, about a yard high, bearing many 

 small clusters of white flowers. There is 

 also a beautiful double variety in which 

 the flowers last longer. The Plum-leaved 

 Spiraea (S. prunifolia) is represented in 

 gardens by the double variety (fl.-pl.}, 

 a charming shrub, with flowers like tiny 

 snow-white rosettes, in early summer 

 wreathing every twig. 5. media (better 

 known as 5. confusa) resembles 5. can- 



to give full expression to its singular 

 beauty by careful grouping, taking care 

 to save it from the horrible jumble that 

 nurserymen give us when they plant a 

 " shrubbery." Given an open position, 

 it forms a large bush of good form laden 

 during summer with spray -like panicles of 

 small whitish flowers. Syn., S. aricefolia. 

 S. DOUGLASI and S. NOBLEANA. Are so 

 similar in growth and flower that they 

 may be conveniently coupled, though as 



