TREES AND SHRUBS 



lanceolate, doubly and sharply serrated, bright green. 2-4 ins. long, petioles 

 purplish-red on upper side. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-6 ft ; Brandies stiff", spreading; Suckers freely pro 

 duced ; Twigs terete. 



Native of N. Europe and Asia; introduced 1759. 



THUNBERG'S SPIRiEA, Spircea ThunbergL 



Gardens. The earliest to flower. It likes a rich open soil, with plenty 

 of moisture and full sunshine, and will then produce its blossoms literally 

 in thousands. February — May. 



Flowers white, very small ; resembling Hawthorn ; axillary, mostly temate, 

 along length of shoots ; Ovary free, not inflated ; Fruit an etaerio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, simple, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, attenuated 

 both ends, serrulated, rarely entire, glabrous both sides, exstipulate. Autumn 

 tint crimson. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-3 ft. ; Branches very slender, slightly drooping ; Buds 

 minute. 



Native of China and Japan. 



NINE-BARK, Neillia opuUfolia. 



Shrubberies. June. A handsome shrub with flowers resembling a Spiraea. 

 It does well in open sunny shrubberies or on banks, and should be moderately 

 pruned after blooming. Propagated by cuttings of firm shoots, 2-3 ins. long, 

 inserted in sand under bell-glass at any time ; seeds may be sown in sandy 

 soil in sheltered position outdoors in autumn or spring. 



Floivers white or purplish, in a terminal umbellate corymb, nearly spherical, 



many flowered, 1-2 ins. diam. ; pedicels slender, glabrous, or slightly pubescent, 



^— | in. long ; Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, glabrous or nearly so, persistent ; 



Petals 5, inserted at throat of calyx ; Stamens 20-40, inserted with petals ; 



Pistil of 1-5 carpels, shortly stipitate, stigmas terminal, capitate ; Fruit of 



3-5 follicles, purplish, membranous, glabrous, shiny, obliquely- subulate tipped, 



twice length of calyx. 



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