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HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



Spiraea Palmata. 



PALM-LIKE SPIK^EA; Nat. Ord. ROSACES. 



A BOLD and handsome species from China, imported about sixty 

 years ago. It is perfectly hardy, though generally grown in 

 pots and under glass. It belongs to the herbaceous section, and 

 I may as well state at once that the Spiraeas more especially 

 the he baceous kinds are only decorative when in flower, by 

 which I wish to convey the idea that after they have done 



PIG. 99. SPIRAEA PALMATA. 

 (One-eighth natural size.) 



flowering, from their abundant foliage, which then begins to turn 

 sere and ragged, they become unsightly if planted in conspicuous 

 parts. Still, their flowers and general habit are both rich and 

 handsome when in their prime, and they are certainly worth 

 growing, especially by those who have large gardens, where they 

 can be planted in large patches in some of the less frequented 

 parts. 



S. palmata (Fig. 99) has remarkably bright rosy - crimson 

 flowers ; they are of indistinct form iinless closely examined. It 



