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THE WILLOW-LEAVED SPIRAEA. — SPI- 

 RAEA SALICIFOLIA, SPIR^E FRUTEX. 



Natural order •, Pomacece. Rosacea, Juss. A 

 genus of the Icosandria Pentagynia class. 



" How far, beyond the transient glare 



Of fickle fashion, or of formal art, 



Thy flowery works with charm perennial please." 



Mason. 



This beautiful species of spiraea, that gar- 

 nishes its taper stalks with spikes of flesh- 

 coloured flowers so agreeably in the months 

 of June and July, springs in the deserts to 

 cheer the banished Muscovites, whom the 

 tyranny of despotic rulers sends to waste their 

 bloom of manhood in the dreary regions of 

 Siberia. 



" Peaceful and lowly in their native soil, 

 They neither know to spin or care to toil ; 

 Yet with confest magnificence deride 

 The vile attire, and impotence of pride." Prior. 



This ornamental shrub begins to flourish 

 about the banks of the river Oby, and from 

 thence becomes more abundant about the 



