228 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. MEADOW-SWEET: Queen-of-the-Meadow : 

 Quaker Lady. Spiraea latifdlia. 



Rose Family. June — Aug. 



A shrubby plant, 2-4 feet high, found in 

 rocky pastures, borders of fields. Newfound- 

 land to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Mis- 

 souri. 

 Flowers — Small, flesh pink or whitish, in dense, 



terminal clusters. 

 Leaves — Light green, oval or oblong, rather 

 coarsely toothed. Plant stems red or 

 purplish brown. 

 S, salicifdlia differs from the preceding in 

 its white flowers, yellowish brown stems, and 

 finely toothed leaves. Chiefly in low ground. 



2. HARDHACK; STEEPLE BUSH: 



Spiraea tomentbsa. 

 Rose Family. July — Sept. 



A shrubby plant, with erect, woolly stems 2-4 

 feet high, found in low ground or on hillsides. 

 New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Minnesota 

 and Kansas. 

 Flowers — Pink or magenta, rarely white, in dense, 



steeple-like clusters. 

 Leaves — Dark green above, whitish- woolly be- 

 neathj toothed. 



