astilboides—a rather newer variety, needing moisture, and pro- Shrubby 
ducing a quantity of effective creamy-white flowers. Spirzeas 
Among the shrubby varieties the list of those which should be 
introduced to the Wild Garden is longer, and prolongs the 
flowering season through the greater part of the year. Several 
varieties, such as aricfolia, lindleyana, and cantoniensis reevesiana, 
form fine bushes, and should stand alone in prominent positions 
where their full beauty can be seen; others are smaller in 
growth and flower, and look better massed. The earliest are— 
Thunbergi—with a multitude of tiny white starry flowers and 
leaves. 
prunifolia—with arching sprays studded with white rosettes 
and brilliant foliage in the autumn. 
arguta—with a profusion of white clusters in April. 
Through the course of the summer follow the pink varieties, 
bella, Japonica superba, Anthony Waterer, Douglast, and 
Nobleana, and the white forms— 
canescens flagelliformis—from six to eight feet in height, with 
arching sprays and bunches of small white flowers. 
cantoniensis reevesiana—about six feet in height, with small 
bright green leaves and white flowers. 
ariefolia—the most graceful variety of all, with dark foliage 
and large, soft, creamy plumes. 
lindleyana—from eight to twelve feet in height, with firm 
white plumes a foot or more in length in August, and 
handsome pinnate leaves. 
Common Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, must be men- 
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