SPIRiEA. 



like Pyrus Ana, but ratlier fmallei*, and villous, not cot- 

 tony, beneath. The dried_/7ow<:rj look as if they had been 

 reddiih. 



17. S. difcolor. Folded-leaved Spiraea. Purfh n. 8. — 

 ** Leaves ovate, lobed, toothed, fomewhat plaited ; fnovv- 

 white and downy beneath. Panicles terminal, ftalked, very 

 much branched." — On the banks of the Kooflcooflcy, ga- 

 thered by governor Lewis, flowering in June and July. A 

 fhrub about five feet high. Purjh. Can this be the fame 

 fpecies with our laft ? We have not had an opportunity of 

 comparing fpecimens. 



18. S. forbifolia. Service-tree-leaved Spirsa. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 702. Ait. n. II. Purfh n. 9. Pall. Roff. v. i. 

 p. I. 34. t. 24, 25. (S. n. 51 ; Gmel. Sib. v. 3. 190. 

 t. 40.) — Leaves pinnate ; leaflets uniform, (harply ferrated. 

 Stem (hrubby. Flowers panicled. — Native of Siberia and 

 the north-well coait of America, flowering in July and 

 Augull. Frequent in gardens, and diilinguiflied by the 

 elegance of its bright-green, finely ferrated leaves, as well 

 as its large panicles of cream-coloured Jloivers. The root 

 creeps in fome degree. The Jiems are three or four feet 

 high, not very woody. 



Seft. 2. Stem herbaceous. 



19. S. Aruncus. Goat's-beard Spirxa. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 702. Ait. n. 12. Purfh n. 10. Pall. RofT. v. i. p. i. 

 30. t. 26. (Barbacapri; Fuchf. Hill. 181. B. capra ; 

 Camer. Hort. 26. t. 9.) — Leaves doubly compound. 

 Spikes panicled. Flowers dioecious. — Native of Siberia, 

 Auitria, Switzerland, the Pyrenees, and the mountains of 

 North America. A hardy perennial in our gardens, of 

 great elegance, about a yard high, with ample light-green 

 leaves, and innumerable white feathery Jlowers, produced in 

 June and July. 



20. S. FUipendula. Common Dropwort Spirsea. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 702. Willd. n. 16, Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 284. Fl. Dan. t. 63J. (Fihpendula; Ger. Em. 1058. 

 Camer. Epit. 608. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 217.) — Leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets uniform, ferrated, fmooth. 

 Stem herbaceous. Flowers cymofe, with many Ilyles. — 

 Native of high chalky or gravelly paftures in England, and 

 other parts of Europe, flowering in July. Commonly 

 double in gardens. The root is perennial, furnifhed with 

 oval woody knobs. Stem one or two feet high. Leaflets 

 fmall, oblong, fharply cut. Flowers cream-coloured, with 

 here and there a tinge of red. 



21. S. Ulmaria. Meadow-fweet Spiraea. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 702. Willd. n. 17. Fl. Brit. n. 3. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 960. Curt. Lond. fafc. 5. t. 33. Fl. Dan. t. 547. 

 (Regina prati ; Ger. Em. 1043.} — Leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate ; downy beneath : the terminal leaflet lobed. 

 Flowers cymofe, with many llylcs. — Common in wet mea- 

 dows, bogs, and the borders of rivers and pools throughout 

 Europe, flowering in June and July. The root is fibrous, 

 perennial. Stems three or four feet high. Leaves broad, 

 ferrated ; white underneath. Flowers cream-coloured, co- 

 pious, with a very fweet, but oppreflive, fragrance. Ger- 

 mens twilled. 



22. S. d'lg'itata. Fingered Spirsea. Willd. n. 18. (S. 

 palmata ; Linn. Suppl. 262. Pall. RofT. v. i. p. i. 40. 

 t. 27.) — Leaves pinnate; downy beneath: the terminal 

 leaflet largelt, in feven deep lobes ; fide ones in five. Co- 

 rymb compound, denfe. — Native of moift mountainous 

 fituations, in the eallcrn part of Siberia. This has the 

 habit of the lall, but the palmate deeply divided leajlets 

 abundantly diftinguifh it. 



23. S. lohata. Palmate Red Spirxa. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 

 ». I. 38. t. 88. Willd. n. 19. Purfh n. 11. — Leaves pin- 



nate, fmooth : the terminal Itaflet lafgeft, feven-lobed : fide 



onci three-lobed. Corymbs proliferous. In fertile wet 



meadows of Virginia and Carolina, flowering in July and 

 Augull. A beautiful perennial ; flowers red, in large 

 cluflers. Purfli. The Linnoean herbarium fhews that 

 authors have here mifapplied the reference to the Stipplemea- 

 tum, which belongs to the laft fpecies. 



24. S. camtfchatka. Broad-leaved Siberian Spiraea. Pall. 

 Roll. V. I. p. I. 41. t. 28. Willd. n. 20. — Leaves five- 

 lobed, with auricles on the ilalks. Corymbs proliferous. 

 Stem fomewhat hairy. — Native of Camtfchatka and Beering's 

 ifland. The roo< is perennial. Z^a-yj-j very broad, fmooth, 

 with acute lobes. Flowers white. 



25. S. palmata. Palmate Japan Spiraea. Thunb. Jap. 

 212. Willd. n. 21. — " Leaves palmate, ferrated. Panicle 

 repeatedly compound. Stem fmooth." — Native of Japan. 

 The ilalks of the haves feem to have no auricles, and the 



flem is fmooth ; otherwife the defcription of this fpeciei 

 bears fome refemblance to the kit. Flowers red or white. 



26. S. trifoltata. Common Three-leaved Spiraea. Linn. 

 Sp. Pk 702. Ait. n. 16. Purfh n. 12. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 4S9. — Leaves ternate, ferrated, nearly equal. Stipulas 

 linear. Flowers terminal, loofely panicled. Calyx tubular. 

 — In fliady woods and on bogs, chiefly in the raountainoui 

 parts of North America from Canada to Florida, flowering 

 in June and July. Puifi. A hardy perennial in our gar- 

 dens, of fingular elegance, with large drooping ^ow^r/, 

 whofe petals are white, calyx deep red. 



27. Q.flipulacea. Auricled Three-leaved Spiraea. Willd. 

 Enum. 542. Purfh n. 13. — Leaves ternate, ferrated, nearly 

 equal. Stipulas ovate, leafy, cut. Flowers terminal, 

 loofely pinicled. Calyx bell-fhaped. — In the fhady wood* 

 of Kentucky and Tenaffee, flowering in June and July. 

 Purjl}. We received it from the choice garden of James 

 Vere, efq. in Auguft, 18 14. The general appearance of 

 this fpecies is very like the laft, but the very hrgc flipulas, 

 and perhaps the fhorter greener calyx, diftinguifli it. 



Si'iR^A, in Gardening, contains plants of the fhrubby 

 and herbaceous kinds, among which the fpecies cultivated 

 are, the willow-leaved fpirxa (S. falicifolia) ; the fcarlet- 

 Icaved fpirasa (S. tomentofa); the hypericuni-leaved fpiraea 

 (S. hypericifolia) ; the filvcr-leaved fpirxa (S. argentea); 

 the germander-leaved fpiraea (S. chama:drifolia); the haw- 

 thorn-leaved fpiraea (S. crenata) ; the three-lobe-leaved 

 fpiraea (S. triloba) ; the currant-leaved fpirxa (S. opuli- 

 folia) ; the fervice-leaved fpiraea (S. forbifolia) ; the goat's, 

 beard fpiraea (S. aruncus) ; the common dropwort fpirxa 

 (S. filipendula); the common meadow-fweet fpirxa (S. ul- 

 maria) ; and the three-leaved fpirxa (S. trifoliata). 



In the firft fpecies there are feveral varieties ; as the flefh- 

 coloured willow-leaved, the Alpine willow-leaved, the 

 panicled willow-leaved, and the broad willow-leaved fpirxx. 

 The tough, ftraight, pliant, young fhoots of this plant are 

 fometimcs ufed to top fifhing-rods, &c. 



The fifth fpecies varies very much, with larger or fmaller 

 leaves, more or lefs cut, but more commonly quite entire 

 and ovate-acute. 



The eighth fort is commonly known in the nurfcrics by 

 the name of Virginian guelder rofe. 



Tiie eleventh fort is an elegant plant, wiiich in gardeni 

 grows very luxuriantly, and has often double flowers. 



In the twelfth fort there are varieties with double flowers, 

 and with variegated leaves. 



Method of Culture — In all the flirubby forts, this may 



be performed by fuckers, layers, and cuttings. The 



fucker-i ihould be taken off in the autumn, and planted out 



where they are to remain, or in nurfery-rows, to attain a 



4B 2 fuller 



