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important in point of effect is S. aruncus. It has 

 very beautiful large foliage, and throws up erect 

 spikes of creamy flowers in June, which grow about 

 four or five feet high. A large plant of this with 

 twenty or thirty feather-like blooms is a fine sight, 

 contrasting well with the blue Delphiniums. It 

 looks best when seen against a background of 

 shrubs or evergreens, the dark colour showing off the 

 stately white plumes ; it grows fairly quickly, and 

 can be increased by dividing the roots in autumn. 



S. idmaria is a garden edition of the pretty wild 

 Meadow Sweet, and is worth growing where you 

 can give it a damp situation, in which it delights. 



S.filipendida is also an indigenous plant and very 

 pretty. It has low-growing fern-like foliage, from 

 which rise many ivory-coloured flowers with reddish 

 buds on stems eighteen inches high ; they are in 

 large sprays, and last in beauty for a long time. A 

 very pretty plant in our borders, for the leaves are 

 ornamental, even when the flowers are over. It is 

 easily raised from seed. 



One more that I would specially recommend is 

 S. palmata ; bold foliage, ending in beautiful sprays 

 of carmine-coloured flowers, growing three to four 

 feet high. A very handsome-looking plant, but one 



