FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 437 



NAME. 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



NATURAL ORDER. 



"Spiraea lindleyana 



S. media (Syn S. 

 confusa) 



S. opulifolia (Nine 

 Bark of the United 

 States), (SynNeil- 

 lia opulifolia) 



S. prunifolia flore- 

 pleno 



S. salicifolia 

 S. sorbifolia 



S. Thunbergi 



S. Van Houttei 

 Staphylea colchica 



S. pinnata (Euro- 

 pean Bladder-Nut) 



S. trifolia (Ameri- 

 can Bladder-Nut 

 tree) 



Himalaya 



Europe 



North America 



Japan 



Europe 

 Northern Europe 



Japan 

 Garden form 



Caucasus ; 

 Sapindaceee 



COLOUR 



AND 



SEASON. 



White ; 

 August 



White ; 

 May 



Whitish 



Europe 



North America 



White ; 

 Spring 



Pinkish 



White ; 

 July 



White ; 



very early 



Spring 



White 



White ; 

 Spring 



Greenish 

 white ; 

 Spring 



Greenish 

 white ; 

 Spring 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Reaches a height of 10 to 12 

 feet, and is remarkable for 

 its handsome pinnate leaves, 

 while the large feathery 

 flower panicles are very 

 striking. 



Forms a dense rounded bush 

 from 5 to 8 feet high, and 

 has clusters of pure white 

 blossoms in profusion. 



One of the largest of all the 

 Spiraeas, being of almost 

 tree-like habit, but the 

 flowers are not showy. There 

 is a golden - leaved form 

 (aurea) of dwarf er habit than 

 the type, which is in the 

 first half of the season very 

 pretty. 



The flowers of this are quite 

 double, like little rosettes, 

 and in clusters along the 

 arching shoots. Early in 

 April as a rule they are very 

 pretty. 



A variable kind, more or less 

 approaching S. Douglasi, 

 but with light-tinted flowers. 



A pinnate-leaved species some- 

 what in the way of S. lind- 

 leyana, but it does not grow 

 more than half the height 

 and flowers a month earlier. 



The first of all the Spiraeas to 

 bloom, but its beauty is often 

 marred by inclement weather, 

 It forms a dense mass of 

 slender twigs clothed with 

 tiny leaves. 



A hybrid kind with pure white 

 blossoms, which are as a rule 

 more satisfactory under glass 

 than in the open ground. 



A sturdy upright deciduous 

 shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 drooping clusters of white 

 flowers. Though decidedly 

 ornamental it is as a rule 

 more effective when flowered 

 under glass than in the open 

 ground. Needs a fairly moist 

 loamy soil. 



A shrub from 8 to 10 feet high, 

 which has bladder-like cap- 

 sules in which the seeds are 

 contained. The capsules are 

 more attractive than the 

 flowers themselves. 



In the way of the last, but a 

 stronger grower, while the 

 leaves are pinnate. 



