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WHITE-FLOWERED SPIRAEAS. arguta, 3-4 ft., May; betulifolia (corym- 

 bosa), 1-2 ft., June; bracteata (media rotundifolia), 5-6 ft., summer; cana, 

 1-2 ft., summer; cantoniensis (Reevesiana), 3-4 ft.; chamcedri folia, 2-5 ft., 

 with a few varieties; decumbens, trailing, 6-12 in.; discolor (aricefolia), 

 6-10 ft.; fissa, 6-8 ft.; gracilis, 2-3 ft.; hypericifolia, 4-6 ft., with several 

 varieties like acuta, Besseriana, crenata, thalictroides, &c.; Lindleyana, 

 8-12 ft.; media (confusa), 2-4 ft.; Millefolium, 4-6 ft.; prunifolia, 4-5 ft., 

 with a pretty double-flowered variety, March; pubescens (chinensis), 2-3 ft., 

 March; sorbifolia, 3-6 ft.; Thunbergi, 1-3 ft., March; trilobata, 1-3 ft.; 

 Van Houttei, 5-8 ft. Aitchisoni, with pinnate leaves and masses of 

 white flowers, is a fine plant, not 

 yet well known. 



ROSE - FLOWERED SPHLEAS. 



bella, 3-4 ft.; bullata (crispifolia), 

 1-2 ft.; Douglasi, 3 ft.; japonica 

 (callosa, Fortunei), 1-3 ft., with 

 several varieties, including^umai- 

 da, and its deep-rose sub-variety 

 "Anthony Waterer" (fig. 444); 

 alba, white; splendens, ruberrima, 

 &c. (this species must not be con- 

 fused with the herbaceous plant 

 popularly known under the same 

 name. See Vol. II, p. 206.; 

 Nobleana, 3-4 ft.; salicifolia, 3-5 

 ft.; tomentosa, 3 ft. Many of the 

 above are grown in pots and forced 

 into early bloom under glass. 



Staphylea colchica (BLADDER 

 NUT). A distinct Caucasian shrub, 

 45 ft. high, with serrated leaflets and erect branching racemes of white 

 flowers. pinnata (Job's Tears; St. Anthony's Nuts), 6-12 ft. high, 

 produces its white flowers in May, followed by roundish white nuts in a 

 bladdery capsule. These two species are largely grown in pots and are 

 forced into early flower under glass. Other species are Bolanderi, 

 Bumakla, and trifolia. A fine hybrid, called Coulombieri, has been raised 

 between colchica and pinnata. Staphyleas grow in ordinary good garden 

 soil in sheltered spots and are raised from cuttings of the ripened shoots, 

 layers, suckers, and seeds. 



Symphoriearpos racemosus (SNOWBERRY). A strong -growing shrub, 

 4-6 ft. or more high, with oval leaves and loose spikes of small funnel- 

 shaped pinkish flowers from July to September, succeeded by large white 

 berries. 8. occidentalis (the Wolf Berry) and vulgaris (or orbiculatus) 

 are other species all natives of North America, and useful in any rough 

 soil. The last-named has a variegated form. They are all easily raised 

 from suckers. 



Fig. 444. Spircea japonica A. Waterer 



