SORBAHIA 



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FIG. 230. Ninebark. 



FIG. 237. Golden Ninebark. 



tivation, but there is a taller and more 

 vigorous species from eastern Asia, v^^, 

 EASTERN NINEBARK Pliysocarpus 

 amure'nsis, which can be known by its 

 smaller and more hairy pods only one 

 third longer than the calyx lobes ; the 

 leaves, also, are more decidedly lobed 

 and more sharply notched. 



[Twig cuttings ; seeds. ] 



Sorbaria. The ASH-LEAVED 

 SIMKEAS are beautiful hardy 

 shrubs with pinnate or bipin- 

 nate leaves and spirea-like white 

 flowers in showy terminal pan- 

 icles. Except the last species 

 they all prefer rich and rather 

 moist soil. They put out their 

 foliage early in the season. 



[Twig cuttings ; root cut- 

 tings ; suckers ; seeds.] 



FIG. 238. 



Mouiitaiu-asli 



Spirea. 



