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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



coming from the crown by a number of stems in the natural 

 way; but they may be kept to a single stem if desired, and 

 clipped to any wished height. No place can be complete with- 

 out many plants of the spiraea, and no garden is too small to 

 admit of their introduction. 



The following are among the most beautiful, viz., prurvifolia 

 flore pleno, niconderii, thalictroides, crenata, lanceolata fore 

 ple?io, callosa alba, and floribunda, all with white flowers. The 



Fig. 62. Spikjea Douglassi. 



bella, JSfobleana, eximia, callosa, Douglassii, and Billardii all have 

 pink or rosy flowers. For decorating small lots in cemeteries 

 all the spiraeas are extremely well suited, especially those with 

 white flowers. 



The Snow-Ball Viburnum. The snow-ball or Guelder rose 

 viburnum opulus is a well-known shrub, common in almost all 



