822 SPIRJEA. 



THE ENGLISH P LOWER GARDEN. 



flower at different times it is well to have 

 them both. They are of vigorous growth, 

 and they bear dense erect clusters of deep 

 red flowers. N. America. S. Douglasi 

 succeeds in every part of the British 

 Isles, but S. Nobleana is less hardy. 



S. japonica (Rosy Bush Meadow 

 Sweet} is easily recognised by its slender 

 stems 3 or 4 ft. high, surmounted by broad 

 flat clusters of deep pink flowers. The 



japonica, very dwarf and compact, rapid 

 in growth and hardy, about 2 ft. high, with 

 broad clusters of deep rose-pink flowers. 

 A fine new variety is A. Waterer. Even 

 in such a beautiful family it outshines in 

 brilliancy of colour. It is a variety of S. 

 japonica, which for the last thirty or forty 

 years has been known in gardens under 

 other names, such as S. callosa, Fortunei, 

 the name S. japonica having been errone- 



Spiraea ariaefolia. 



varieties splendens, rubra, superba, and 

 atro-sanguinea are richer and deeper than 

 the type, while the variety alba bears 

 white flowers in small clusters. It is a 

 variable species, and has numerous syno- 

 nyms. All the varieties in catalogues 

 ranged under the names S. callosa and 

 Fortunei belong properly to S. japonica. 

 S. bella is dwarfer and denser than S. 

 iaponica. S. Bumalda is a variety of S. 



ously applied to a totally different plant, 

 in fact Astilbe or Hoteia japonica. 

 The parent of A. Waterer is the variety 

 of S. japonica named S. Bumalda, which is 

 distinguished from the type by its dwarfer 

 growth and persistent bloom throughout 

 the summer and autumn. From S. 

 Bumalda the A. Waterer variety does not 

 differ except in brilliancy of colour. 

 S. Hypericifolia, from Asia Minor, is 



