258 Some Account of the New Shrub Spirm^a prunifblia. 



shrub from the specimen represented in the engraving, {jig. 

 25). Imagine a neat, deep-green, upright bush, covered with 

 thousands of snow-white flowers, of the size represented, and 

 as perfect as roses, and some idea may be formed of this new 



Fig. ^5. SpircB^a prunifolia. 



spiraea. Braving with impunity the severity of our hyperbo- 

 rean latitude [Belgium], it must be considered one of the great- 

 est acquisitions for decorating the lawn or parterre. 



We do not know the native country of this shrub. M. 

 Siebold, to whom we are indebted for its introduction, we 



