or, ( ALKXDAK OF FLOWERING 



Sp/r<ea Douglasi 



(Syn. tor Menziesii) will attain a height of more 

 than < ft., and in August produce its panicles of rich 

 rosy red flowers on the tips of the erect growing shoots, 

 which, as they grow very closely together, should be 

 thinned out every year. v. Spinca. 



Spirxa grandijiora 



Syn. for Exochorda grandiflora, q.v. 



Spiraea japonica splendens 



Syn. for S. splendent, q.v. 



Spiraea Lindleyana 



Is one of the largest of all the ^rini'dx, and the 

 latest of all to bloom. It will grow to a height of 

 12 ft., and in -Inly be waving its feathery plumes of 

 white blossoms, which, as they die. leave behind the 

 little brown seeds that continue to give the shrub such 

 a striking appearance, v. Spircrn. 



Spiraea media 



Syn. for 8. confuxa, q.v. 



