34-6 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



beard) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in July ; Siberia ; 

 1633. S. bella (pretty) ; hardy shrub; 3 feet; flowers rose, in 

 July ; Nepaul; 1820. S. callosa (callous) ; hardy shrub ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers deep-rose, in June ; North China; 1852. S. corymbosa 

 (croymbose) ; hardy shrub ; 4 feet ; flowers white, in July ; Vir- 

 ginia'; 1819. S. Douglasii (Douglas's); hardy shrub ; 4 feet; 

 flowers rose, in July; North America; 1814. S. filipendula 

 (dropwort) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers white, single or 

 double, in June ; Britain. S. hypericifolia (hypericum-leaved) ; 

 hardy shrub ; 5 feet ; flowers white, in May ; North America ; 

 1640. S. lobata (lobed) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers red, 

 in July; North America ; 1765. S. opulifolia (Guelder-rose- 

 leaved) ; hardy shrub ; 5 feet ; flowers white, in June ; North 

 America ; 1690. 6". palmata (palmate) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers red, in July ; China ; 1823. S. prunifolia (plum-leaved); 

 hardy shrub; 4 feet; flowers white, in March; China; 1844. 

 The double-flowered variety, flore-pleno, is a beautiful shrub, 

 with double white, button-like blossoms. S. Reevesii (Reeves's) ; 

 hardy shrub; 4 feet; flowers white, in June; China; 1852. 

 The double variety is the best. S. ulmifolia (elm-leaved) ; hardy 

 shrub"; 3 feet ; flowers white, in June ; Carniola ; 1790. 



SPREKELIA. [Amaryllidaceae.] Beautiful stove or green- 

 house bulbs. S. formosissima, the old Amaryllis formosissi- 

 mus, is imported annually in large quantities, and does well 

 bedded out and treated as a gladiolus. They may be grown 

 as greenhouse bulbs, keeping them in the house on a very 

 light shelf while the leaves are growing, and watering with 

 weak manure-water while in full vigor; then ripening off, 

 and keeping the bulbs quite dry in winter, until they show 

 signs of flowering. Increased by offsets. 



S. brevis (short-tubed); stove bulb; i foot; flowers green and 

 red, in June ; Bolivia ; 1839. S.formosissima (Jacobaean lily) ; 

 greenhouse bulb ; i foot ; flowers rich crimson-scarlet, in June ; 

 Guatemala ; 1658. S. glauca (glaucous) ; greenhouse bulb ; i 

 foot ; flowers scarlet, in May ; Mexico ; 1840. 



