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Spartium (Leguminosae), 



SPARTIUM JUNCEUM {syn S. acuUfolium). Spanish, or 

 Kush Broom. Mediterranean region and Canary Isles, 

 1548. This resembles our common Broom, but the 

 slender Kush-like branches are not angular, and usually 

 destitute of leaves. The fragrant yellow flowers are 

 produced abundantly in racemes, and when at their best 

 impart to the shrub a very striking and beautiful ap- 

 pearance. For planting in poor, sandy or gravelly soils, 

 or amongst stones and shingle, and where only a very 

 limited number of shrubs could be got to grow, the 

 Spanish Broom will be found an excellent and valuable 

 plant. It is a native of Southern Europe, and is quite 

 hardy all over the country. Propagated from seed. 



Spiraea (Rosaceae), See Neillia and Exochorda, 



ARBUSCULA. Washington, 1897. This is an 

 alpine shrub, with erect, wiry stems, and small, compact 

 corymbs of the brightest rosy-red flowers. 



S. BELLA. Pretty-flowered Spiraea. Himalayas, 1820. 

 The reddish stems of this rather tall-growing species are 

 of interest, and render the plant distinct. Leaves ovate, 

 acute, and serrated, and tormentose beneath. Flowers in 

 spreading corymbs, of a very beautiful rose colour, and at 

 their best from the middle of May till the middle of June. 

 S. bella alba has white flowers. 



S. BLUMEI. Blume's Spirsea. Japan. This is a 

 Japanese species, growing 4 feet or 5 feet high, with 

 small, ovate, bluntly -pointed leaves, and white flowers 

 arranged in compact terminal cymes. It is a good and 

 worthy species for ornamental planting. 



S. BULLATA (syn S. crispifolia). Japan. This will ever 

 be accounted valuable for the rock garden, owing to its 

 very dwarf habit and extreme floriferousness. It bears 



