lintimitiiml lifpiiiiiiirrrf. 



EDITED BY P. BAHRT. 



are slightly globular, and are produced on lateral 

 shoots four or five inches long, on the whole enJth 

 °a land of""''' ""'' ^°.'='°^'^'y that every branch .Ta 

 garland of snowy whiteness, showing with great 

 eflect on a lawn or border. It is propagated ftom 



m o^-erth'ree """l "' ■'''I ^°""^ ^■^°'' ""^ plan" 

 not over three inches in height blossom This sea- 



month, and is now ISth June) in full perfection 

 onger. The annexed figure, though imperfect, con- 

 h^ri.'T' "^r "^, " '"'Sie cUister'of the bios somT; 

 whole brrch!" "^'^"^ '"J"^*''^'^ .'° ^^'"^ '-^ ^'-" '^ 



TWO FINE FLOWERIWG SHRUBS 



AMON6 the multitude of flowering shrubs that embel- 

 lish so highly the months of May and June, the n-eniis 

 spiraa is wortliy of a prominent place. Already our 

 collections number some ten or twelve species that 

 bloom at this season, and all so hardy and so easy of 

 culture as to succeed every where, and under any 

 sort of management. The new double flowerincr 

 Japan species introduced a few years ago,- and which 

 we noticed in our volume for 1849, has proved a 

 decuied acquisition. It is hardy, forms a small com- 

 pact shrub, and is increased and cultivated with the 

 greatest ease. Its pretty, double, white flowers, re- 

 semble those of the double thorn and sloe 



We have now to notice two other species, com- 

 bining so many good qualities, beauty, hardiness, fcc, 

 Cic., that we can cheerfully recommend tliem to all 

 who are making collections of select hardy shrub"; 





Lance-leaved OR Garland Spiraea. Spircea 

 height, with slender, spreading branches, and lono- 



oX'd 'TheT" ^"='^«-^'°'j^'', and d'entated, or 

 toothed. I he flowers are produced in clusters or 

 corymbs, forty or fifty i,, number, each nearlv as 



arge as a wood strawberry blossom, the whole clus 



orfTnTfo'tf '"° '" .""r '"'^'^^^ '" diameter c 

 cording to the vigor of the plant. These corymbs 



Elm-leaved Spiraea. Spiraa ulmifolia.~rhis 

 attains a larger size than the other, say eight or ten 

 feet ; said to be from Carniola, a province of Austria. 

 1 he branches are stout and erect, leaves oval-oblong 

 and toothed, or serrated, bearing some resemblanci 

 to the fohago of some species of the elm. The 

 flowers are produced on lateral shoots six or eight 

 inches long on the whole length of last year's 

 branches, and like the branches,%tand erect. The 

 flowers are a trifle larger than the lance-leaved, and 

 are produced ,n pyramidal clusters of forty or fifty 

 flowers in each. The stamens being very numerous 

 and longer than the petals, which is not tlie case in 

 wo^dd t n',h "' *' "'''■*'"^^^ °f 'he flower, which 

 wit H.e/T'f '"""-''y ''^'^'- When compared 

 wahihe lanceolata, it is at once distinguished by a 

 comparative coarseness in all its parts. The shoots 



round r'^fl" '''' T'' '''"' '^ foliage larger and 

 flnwl, l' "' '''""'^ "°* ^'° numerous ; heads of 



reflTvld T'' """"] Py^^-nidal ; flowers larger, more 

 thPvP f ' "'^"' '°"-'''- f" ^" the parts, indeed, 

 P,n,!. f 7fy '""Portant and striking differences! 

 Pvn?*^" f .>'" *" ^""""^ "^"y "^ the other, and blooms 

 fil "^^I'he same time, but does not last quite so 

 r.J' 7 u ""^ fnff'-a^-'"? of this is quite imper- 

 fect, not shovving the pyramidal form of the cluster 

 01 flowers ; the leaves aho are below the. natural size. 

 .h..lK^ *""! f "t™' °'her species of Spiraea, both 

 shrubby and herbaceous, that we consider highly 

 desirable ornamental plants, and we shall herelfter 

 take occasion to notice them. 



