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THE SPIRAEAS 



WHITE FLOWERS : 



S. arguta (hybrid), S. Thunbergi x S. 



multiflora 



S. ariczfolia, or S. discolor . Spray Bush 

 S. prunifolia 

 S. Henryi 

 S. lindleyana 

 PINK AND RED FLOWERS : 



S. japonica .... Rosy Bush Meadow Sweet 

 var. Anthony Water er 

 bumalda 



splendens, and others 

 5. Douglasi 

 S. salicifolia 

 S. nobliana 

 S. tomentosa . . . . The Hardback, or Steeple Bush 



NO shrubs are more graceful, none more delicately 

 enchanting, than the Spiraeas; and they are 

 doubly desirable in that, for the most part, they 

 grace the garden when the majority of flowering shrubs 

 have had their day. Relatives of the meadow sweet 

 that " queen of the meadows " which in July and August 

 days waves its tall plumes by stream or ditch-side they 

 come crowding from all parts of the Northern hemisphere 



to add charm to our gardens : from California and Japan, 



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