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SPIILEA 



2^ ins. long on the barren shoots; smaller, simply toothed, and about half as 

 wide on the flowering ones; upper surface smooth ; glaucous or whitish, and 



SPIRAEA ARGUTA. 



more or less downy beneath; stalks ^ to ^ in. long. Flowers bright rose, 

 ^ in. across, produced during June in corymbs f to i| ins. across. 



Native of the Himalaya; introduced early in the nineteenth century. In 

 spite of its name this shrub is not one of the best of the Spirseas. It has 

 been much confused with S. expansa, a soecies nearly allied but having 



