SPIR^A 



ROSE OBDEB 



SPIR.KA 367 



terminal cluster 6-9 in. long. This species 

 is sometimes known as S. Menziesi. 

 Culture Sc. as above, p. 365. 



S. expansa {S. Immaonensis). — -A 

 vigorous-growing compact shrub 4-5 ft. 

 high, native of the Himalayas, and having 

 rather large lance-shaped leaves, sharply 

 and coarsely toothed near the apex, dull 

 yellowish-green above, and blue-green 

 beneath. The rather small pale red or 

 pink flowers appear in August and Sep- 

 tember, and are borne in large branching 

 panicles. 



CuUtt/re Sc. as above, p. 365. 



S. fissa. — A vigorous Mexican shrub 

 about 8 ft. high, with angular downy 

 branches, small leaves, wedge-shaped at 

 the base, with the side lobes split into a 

 pair of unequal sharp teeth. Flowers in 

 May and June, whitish, in loose terminal 

 panicles. 



CiiUiire (f-c. as above. This can be 

 grown with safety only in the mildest 

 parts of the country. 



S. gracilis A hairy-branched species 



2 ft. high, native of Nepaul. Leaves 

 obtuse or roundish eUiptic, smooth, glau- 

 cous beneath, serrated at the apex. 

 Flowers in July and August, white, in 

 loose, rounded corymbs. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 365. 



S. hypericifolia {8. flagellata). — An 

 Asiatic shrub 4-6 ft. high. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, 3-4-nerved, entire or 

 toothed, smooth or slightly downy. 

 Flowers in summer, white, in corymbs 

 or sessile umbels. The variety acuta (S. 

 acutifolia) has spathulate, acute, entire or 

 rarely 3-5-toothed, rather smooth leaves 

 and flowers in sessile corymbs ; Besseriana 

 has mostly entire leaves and flowers in 

 rather loose corymbs ; crenata has obovate 

 crenate leaves ; tJialictroides from Mon- 

 golia has smooth glaucous obovate entire 

 leaves, those on the sterile shoots being 

 crenate-obovate or somewhat deltoid. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 365. 



S. japonica (8. callosa; 8. FortvMei). 

 A very beautiful Chinese and Japanese 

 shrub 3-4 ft. high, with purplish stems 

 and lance-shaped acute, serrated leaves. 

 Flowers in June and July, light and dark 

 rosy-red, in flat terminal corymbs. 



There are several fine forms of this, 

 including alba, a compact pretty bush 

 about 1 ft. high, with white flowers ; 

 Bumalda, also dwarf and compact, 2 ft. 



high, with deep rose-pink flowers ; and its 

 sub-variety Antliony Waterer still more 

 brilliant in colour, and very near rubra, 

 a handsome form with briUiant purple-red 

 flowers ; splendens (or hydranrjecefoUa) 

 has peach-coloured flowers ; and superba 

 has deep rosy-red ones ; ruberrima is a 

 hybrid between the variety Bumalda and 

 bullata. It is dwarfer in habit than 

 Bumalda and has also larger and deeper 

 coloured flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. The plant 

 grown in pots and sold in large quantities 

 in spring as Spircea japonica belongs to 

 the Saxifrage order, and its proper name 

 is Astilbe japonica (see p. 414). 



S. laevigata (iS. altaAca). — A Siberian 

 shrub 2-3 ft. high, with smooth, glaucous, 

 entire, oblong lance-shaped leaves- 

 Flowers in June, white, tinged with rose, 

 dioecious, male flowers in larger and 

 looser panicles than the female ones. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. lindleyana. — A beautiful Himalayan 

 shrub 4-12 ft. high, with large unequally 

 pinnate leaves composed of 11-21 ovate 

 lance-shaped, coarsely toothed leaflets, 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers in July and 

 August, white, in large plume-like clusters. 



Culture dc. as above. In warm 

 chalky soils, and sheltered from north 

 and east winds, this species displays itself 

 to great advantage. But it is near water, 

 and in spots where it has plenty of space, 

 that the greatest development takes place. 

 Seeds are freely produced in favourable 

 seasons, and often sow themselves. 



S. media {S. confusa ; 8. oblongi- 

 folia). — A beautiful shrub 2-4 ft. high, 

 native of N. Asia. Leaves elliptic lance- 

 shaped acute, more or less serrate, hairy 

 beneath. Flowers in June and July, 

 white, in corymbs. 



Culture do. as above, p. 365. 



S. Millefolium {Chammbatiaria mille- 

 folium). — A dwarf evergreen Californian 

 shrub with much cut leaves like those of 

 the Milfoil (Achillea), smooth above, with 

 stellate woolly hairs beneath. Flowers 

 in summer, whitish, in terminal racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. nobleana. — This species comes 

 from California, and is closely related to 

 but not quite so hardy as Douglasi. It 

 grows 3-4 ft. high and has elliptic or 

 oblong, blunt or acute, more or less toothed 



