308 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Willd. Enum. p. 540., Don’s Mill. ii. p. 520. (Wats. Dend. Brit., 
t.66.; and our jig. 518.)—Leaves ovate-oblong. Petals white. Bark 
of branches rather reddish. 
a S.s. 5 grandiflora; 8S. grandifldra Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 1988., and our 
Jig. 519. ; has its pink flowers nearly twice as large as those of the 
species ; and is a very ornamental free-growing shrub. Raised from 
seeds sent from Kamtschatka, in 1826. . 
a S.s 6 taérica. S.taarica Hort—An upright shrub, 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, 
tolerably distinct, and coming into flower before any other variety. 
Hort. Soc. Garden. : 
Other Varieties or Synonymes. The following kinds, in Messrs. Loddiges’s 
collection and in that of the Hort. Soc., are either varieties of, or identical 
with, S. salicifolia : — S. canadénsis, S. urticeefdlia, S. laciniata, S, chamedri- 
folia, S. lanceolata, S. carpinifdlia, S. refléxa, S. incarnata. 
This species sends up numerous straight rod-like stems, and these and the 
lateral branches terminate in large, conical, spiked panicles, of pale red, or 
flesh-coloured, flowers. In deep moist soils, a sucker will attain the height of 
4 ft, in one season, and flower. These suckers are produced in such abun- 
dance, that, in order to keep the shrub in a vigorous state, they ought to be cut 
down when they have flowered twa years, in the same manner as is practised 
with raspberries; and the entire plant ought also to be taken up every three 
or four years, and separated; otherwise the old shoots are apt to die, and 
render the bush unsightly. It is one of the hardiest of garden shrubs, and is, 
also, very beautiful, from its long spicate panicles full of light feathery-looking 
flowers. 2 
ai 21. S. Menzie’szt Hook. Menzies’s Spirza. 
‘Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., p. 173.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 520, 
Engraving. Our fig. 520. from a specimen in Dr. Hooker’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Branches pubescent at the apex, as well as 
the peduncles and calyces. Sepals reflexed. Leaves elliptic, 
coarsely and unequally serrated towards the apex, glabrous, 
the same colour on both surfaces; panicle crowded with 
flowers, oblong, obtuse. Flowers small. Stamens twice the 
length of the corolla; ovaries 5, glabrous. (Don’s Mill.) An 
erect shrub. North America, on the west coast. Height 
2ft.to 3ft. Introduced in 1838. Flowers tose-coloured ; 
June and July. 520. S. Menzidsi. 
#1 22. S. romento'sa L. The downy Spirza. 
Sopra, Be ONSEN RODE: FH Bor, Aikeke Betias Pee) Dome MMs Be Bs 20, 
Engravings Pluk. Phyt.. t. 321. f.5.; Schmidt Arb., 1. t.51.; and our jig. 521. 
Spec. Char., §c. Nearly all the parts of this plant are more 
or less clothed with tomentum, the under surface of the 
leaves most so. The tomentum upon the stem and pe- 
duncles, and perhaps elsewhere, is of a reddish colour. 
The leaves are ovate and serrated, the latter partly doubly. 
so. Lobes of the calyx triangular and deflexed. Carpels 
divaricate. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub. Canada, on 
mountains. Height 2ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1814. 
Flowers white; June and July. Capsule reddish ; fipe in 
September. 
This species, or subspecies, in its mode of growth, re- ES 
sembles S. salicifolia; but differs from it in having rather LAN 
smaller and more deeply serrated leaves, which are very to- 
mentose beneath. The flowers are much smaller, and of a 
deeper red. 
521, S, tomentisa. 
