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of the flowers from the parent. Any particular variety may be 

 propagated by root cuttings. The following varieties are quite 

 distinct, and worthy of attention. 



Scarlet. — The flowers are produced in great profusion, and 

 are of a bright scarlet-crimson color, giving the shrub a very 

 brilliant appearance. 



Double-Flowering. — A variety of the preceding, producing, 

 flowers that are semi-double. 



Blush. — Very pleasing when grown with the Scarlet, from 

 the contrast of color ; the flowers of this being a delicate pink or 

 salmon color, shading to white. 



Umbelicata. — Produces brilliant rosy-red flowers, and large, 

 showy fruit. Of a more vigorous habit, forming a large shrub. 



Spireas. — This is a most useful genus of plants for the 



Canadian cultivator, many of the species having been introduced 



from Siberia, and therefore able to endure the cold of our most 



rigorous winters, and all of them natives of cool regions. Many 



of the varieties are plants of great beauty, and by a judicious 



selection of sorts, may be made to bloom over a period of three 



months. They are of easy culture, delighting in a moist, rich soil, 



becoming stunted in that which is very dry or poor. They are 



propagated by cuttings, by layering, and by seed. We have not 



space for the description of all the varieties that have been 



introduced, and make a selection of those which will be most 



useful and pleasing in our climate. 



Double- Flowering Plum-Leaved. — This variety we place at 



the head of the Hst for its beauty and hardiness. "We believe it 



win thrive anywhere in Canada, and that it will be a constant 



pleasure to its possessor. In May it is covered with pure white 



double flowers, wreathing the slender branches throughout almost 



the entire length, each one looking like a miniature white rose. 



After the flowers are gone, the leaves through the summer are a 



bright, glossy green, changing, as autumn approaches, to yellow 



and orange, and red, and scarlet. Such is the variety of coloring, 



80 harmoniously blended are the tints, that one wiU look at 

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