TREES AND SHRUBS. 97 



Spiraea Menziesii 



Syn. for Spirtea Douglasi, q.v. 



Spiraea oblongifolia 



Syn. for S. coufuwi, q.v. 



Spir^a prunifolia flore pleno 



Will flower in April and May, and a bed of this 

 small Spircea, that grows to a height of about 3 ft, will 

 look charming. Its flowers resemble white rosettes and 

 are double, which is a rare thing with Spirceas, and 

 another of its features is that its leaves, in the Autumn, 

 become tinted before they fall. v. Spircea. 



Spiraea splendens 



(Syn. for 8. callosa rosea and S. japonica splendens) 

 is about 3 ft. high, and covered in July with flattened 

 corymbs of bright carmine blossoms, v. Spiraea. 



Spiraea Thunbergi 



Is a graceful little shrub about a yard high, that 

 is best seen in a group ; for it is not as showy as some 

 of the Spirceax, but it is the first to flower, the small 

 white blossoms appearing in April and May at the same 

 time as the leaves, v. Sp'trcca. 



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