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Spiraeas 



Are nil lovely, hut many resemble one another so 

 closely that it is almost impossible to distinguish them 

 apart. Some of them will form lovely specimens when 

 grown singly in the open, their gracefully drooping 

 branches being completely wreathed in blossom, but 

 most of them look best when grouped, either on the 

 lawn or near a pond or stream. They are great lovers 

 of water, doing well in places that most shrubs would 

 find far too moist ; but their roots should not become 

 ice-bound in Winter. They are deciduous shrubs, that 

 will, however, thrive in almost any position, though a 

 good mulch of manure will greatly assist them in dry 

 places, and if cuttings of the young wood are inserted 

 in sand under a shaded hand-glass they will strike 

 readily. 



Spiraea arguta 



Grows to a height of about 5 ft., but when barely 

 a yard high its slender branches have already begun to 

 arch over in a most graceful way, and in May are 

 covered with clusters of pure white flowers. 



Spiraea aritffolia^ 



Sometimes known as S. discolor, is one of the most 

 beautiful of all Spirteas, that should be grown as a 



