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S. MEDIA, F. Schmidt. 

 (S. confusa, Regel.) 



An erect shrub, up to 4 or 6 ft. high, with smooth, round stems sometimes 

 downy when young. Leaves ovate or oblong with a wedge-shaped base, i to 

 2 ins. long, to f 

 in. wide; the terminal 

 part sharply toothed 

 or with a few large 

 teeth only near the 

 apex, sometimes en- 

 tire ; upper surface 

 smooth, lower one 

 more or less hairy or 

 sometimes smooth ; 

 stalk in. or less 

 long. Flowers white, 

 ^ in. across, produced 

 during late April and 

 early May in long- 

 stalked racemes i to 

 i ins. across each 

 terminating a short 

 leafy twig. 



Native of E.Europe 

 to Japan and Sachalin. 

 It is a pretty species, 

 but liable to be injured 

 by late spring frosts. 

 Several varieties of 

 it have been distin- 

 guished chiefly by the 

 shape, hairiness, and 

 toothing of the leaf. 



Var. GLABRESCENS, 

 Zabel. Leaves quite 

 smooth or soon be- 

 coming so. 



Var. SERICEA, Re- 

 gel. Leaves silky on 

 one or both sides. 



The S. oblongi- 

 folia, Waldstein, ap- 

 pears to be a form of 

 S. media whose leaves 

 are entire except for 



one to three teeth at SpIB ^ A MEDIA 



the apex. 



In gardens S. media 

 is sometimes used for forcing early into blossom under the name of S. confusa. 



S. MENZIESH, Hooker. 



A shrub 3 to 5 ft. high, stems brown, erect, slightly downy or smooth, 

 producing suckers freely ; leaf-buds hairy. Leaves lanceolate, oblong or 



