TREES AND SHRUBS 



HOARY SPIRAEA, Spircea canescens. 



Gardens. A very free-flowering shrub with hoary stems. June, July. 



Flowers white or pale pink, in a corymb, pedicels slender, unibracteate ; 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, green, yellowish-green ring at base of sepals; 

 Corolla of 5 petals, obovate ; Stamens indefinite, perigynous, inserted under 

 yellow disk, filaments white, anthers yellow ; Styles 5 ; Fruit an etaerio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, oval or obovate, obtuse, entire, villous. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-8 ft. ; Stems erect, branched, arching, hoary. 



Introduced from Himalayas, 1879. Twenty-four synonyms in Kew List. 



GERMANDER-LEAVED SPIR^A, Spircea chamoedrifoUa. 



Gardens. June, July. 



Flowers white, in a terminal hemispherical corymb ; pedicels slender, 

 elongated ; Sepals reflexed ; Fruit an etasrio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, ovate, acute, deeply serrated at apex, 

 pubescent, pale green. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-2 ft. ; dense, twiggy. 



Widely distributed through Europe, Asia, America ; introduced 1789. 



WHITE-BEAM-LEAVED SPIRiEA, Spircea discolor. 



Gardens, shrubberies, lawns. This most graceful of all Spiraeas, when 

 covered with its plume-like panicles of creamy-white blossoms, is indeed 

 worthy of its name of Spray Bush. Its silvery foliage makes it a very 

 distinct species. It is easily established in almost any soil, and makes 

 strong and rapid growth. July. 



Flowers creamy- white, in a many-flowered, terminal, nodding panicle; 



Calyx inferior, 5-lobed, persistent ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous, perigynous, 



longer than petals; Ovary superior, carpels 5, 1-valved, cartilaginous, 



free ; Fruit an etasrio of follicles. 



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