FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
S. Ulmaria (elm-grove). Meadow-Sweet, or Queen of the Meadows. 
Stems erect, furrowed, 2 to 4 feet. Radical leaves, 1 to 2 feet long, 
interruptedly pinnate. Flowers creamy white in compound cymes; 
June to August. 
II. Shrubby Section— 
S. bullata (blistered). Stems branched, erect, 12 to 18 inches 
high; branches round and hairy, clothed with reddish down. Leaves 
almost stalkless, leathery, smooth, upper surface blistered. Flowers 
dark pink or claret colour, in dense corymbs; June to August. A 
native of Japan. 
S. canescens (hoary). Stems erect, branched, hoary, 4 to 6 feet. 
Leaves oval, stalked, entire, covered with weak hairs. Flowers pale 
pink or white, in crowded corymbs that are clothed with cottony 
filaments; June to August. Introduced from Himalaya (1879). 
S. japonica (Japanese). This is not the plant usually but 
improperly known as 8. japonica (see Astilbe, page 27, vol. ii.). A 
greenhouse evergreen, 4 to 6 feet high. Leaves lance-shaped, undivided, 
smooth, sharply-toothed, teeth with thick tips. Flowers rosy in flat 
terminal corymbs; June. Native of India, China, and Japan (intro¬ 
duced 1859). There are several varieties, of which the most desirable 
are var. Bumalda, var. ruberimma, and var. Watereri. 
S. lindleyana (Lindley’s). Stems branching 4 to 8 feet high. 
Leaves large, unequally pinnate, with from eleven to twelve leaflets; 
oval, lance-shaped; coarsely saw-toothed. Flowers white, in large 
terminal panicles; September. Native of Himalaya. 
S. salicifolia (willow-leaved). Stems 3 to 5 feet high, with 
runners from the base. Leaves oblong, lance-shaped, saw-toothed. 
Flowers rosy or pink, in dense cymes; July and August. The principal 
varieties are jioribus albis (white-flowered), floribus roseis (rosy-flowered), 
paniculata (flowers white, in large branched panicles). 
Culture Ordinary garden soil well manured suits most of the 
Spiraeas , and they succeed best in loam. 8. FUipendvIa 
likes a dry situation, whereas 8. pahnata and 8. Ulmaria prefer a wet 
one, and will do best in a damp hollow or at the very edge of a stream 
or ditch. Should these conditions not exist in the garden, these species 
may be accommodated in a tub sunk in a border. The shrubby species 
are most useful for borders or massive beds on the lawn. S. lincUeyana 
used to be magnificent at Hampton Court, where it formed elegant 
shrubs ten feet high. The form of S. japonica known as A. Watereri is one 
of the most ornamental summer-flowering shrubs of recent introduction. 
The herbaceous species may be readily propagated by division of the 
