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S. Fortunei (S. japonica of gardens). — This is a dwarfer 

 plant than the others, with lanceolate, dark -green leaves, 

 hermaphrodite flowers, and dark -red obovate fruits. 

 China, 1849. 



S. japonica (S. oblata) (fig. 394). — Usually dioecious, 

 the male plant being often known as S. fragrans, the 

 female as S. oblata. The leaves are elliptical-obovate, 

 larger than those of S. Fortunei, the oblate berries being 

 bright-scarlet. Japan, 1864. 



S. Laureola is a tender species of little value. It can 

 always be recognized by the disagreeable odour of its 

 leaves. Nepaul. 



Smilax aspera. — An elegant climbing shrub, furnished 

 with crooked spines and tendrils. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 with five longitudinal ribs. Flowers small, whitish or 

 red, male and female on separate plants, the latter, when 

 fertilized, succeeded by clustered scarlet or black berries. 

 Suitable for covering a small extent of wall. Southern 

 Europe, 1656. 



S. rotundifolia. — One of the hardiest and most vigorous 

 of climbers. The leaves are of a dark, very glossy 

 green. Useful for covering rooteries, &c. North Ame- 

 rica. 



Solanum crispum. — A showy woody plant, with long 

 branches, growing 12 to 14 feet high against a wall; the 

 leaves are ovate and somewhat wavy, and the bluish - 

 purple fragrant flowers are very abundantly produced in 

 large corymbs. It has survived some of our severest 

 winters in Scotland. Chili, 1824. 



Sophora japonica. — A fine spreading tree growing 

 from 40 to 50 feet high. Leaves dark-green, pinnate ; 

 flowers dull- white. Japan, 1763. The variety pendula 

 is an exceedingly beautiful example of the weeping tree. 

 Flowers in September. 



Spartium junceum, Spanish Broom. — A loose-growing 

 shrub 6 feet high, with slender branches, and large 

 yellow flowers in terminal racemes, appearing late in 

 summer. There is a variety with double flowers. It 

 succeeds well near the sea, and in poor, gravelly soil. 

 Mediterranean region, 1548. 



Spiejea. — The shrubby species are among the most 

 ornamental of hardy flowering shrubs, and of the forty 

 or so now in cultivation, at least half are worthy of a 

 place in the garden. They require no special treatment, 

 and a moist fairly-rich soil suits them. (See also Neillia 

 and Exochorda.) 



S. arguta.—A small shrub of hybrid origin. It has 

 small leaves and thin arching branches, which in spring 

 are laden with numerous small white flowers. By many 

 it is considered the most beautiful of the Spiraeas. 



S. bella. — From 3 to 4 feet high, with small ovate 

 leaves, and terminal corymbs of rosy -red flowers. North- 

 ern India, 1820. 



S. bracteata (S. media var. rotundifolia). — Dwarf and 

 compact, with elliptical leaves toothed near the apex. 

 Flowers pure-white, fragrant, and produced in compact, 

 rounded corymbs. Japan. 



S. bidlata (S. crispifolia). — A compact little shrub a 

 foot high, with deep-green convex leaves and dark-pink 

 flowers. Japan. 



S. discolor (S. aricefolia). — A much-branched, bushy 

 shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with leaves resembling those 

 of the White-Beam tree, and a profusion of small whitish 

 flowers in large terminal panicles late in summer. North- 

 West America, 1827. 



8. Douglasii. — A compact shrub, with ovate leaves, 

 and rose-coloured flowers in dense terminal panicles. 

 North- West America, 1840. 

 Vol. I. 



S. hypericifolia — An exceedingly variable hardy shrub, 

 with small simple leaves and white flowers. Northern 

 Asia, 1640. 



*S'. japonica, (8. cailosa, 8. Fortunei). — A handsome 

 species of erect growth with lanceolate serrated leaves 

 and flat corymbs of rosy flowers. China and Japan, 

 1859. Vars. alba, and rubra have white and deep -red 

 flowers respectively. One of the most charming varieties 

 is Bumalda, a dwarfer and more compact grower, with 

 carmine flowers. A variety called "Anthony Waterer" 

 (fig. 395) has brighter-coloured flowers, and is a most 



Fig. 395.— Spiraea japonica A. Waterer. 



usetul summer- and autumn-flowering shrub. There are 

 numerous hybrids or varieties of this species, which are 

 all characterized by the large flat corymbs of flowers. 

 Their flowering season is lengthened by removing the 

 flowers as they fade, so as to prevent seeding. 



S. Lindleyana. — A branching shrub 8 feet high, with 

 large pinnate leaves, and large terminal panicles of white 

 flowers produced in autumn. Northern India, 1840. S. 

 sorbifolia is closely allied to it but dAvarfer. 



S. media (S. confusa). — A pretty species, with corymbs 

 of white flowers, very useful for forcing. Europe, &c. 



S. Millefolium (fig. 396). — A remarkable shrub 4 to 6 

 feet high, with leaves minutely cut and divided so as to 

 resemble the Milfoil of our waysides. Flowers white, in 

 terminal pyramidal racemes. California. 



S. Nobleana, S. tomentosa, and S. salicifolia are all 

 showy species near S. Douglasii. 



S. prunifolia. — The double-flowered variety of this is 

 common in gardens ; it has slender branches, small leaves. 

 and an abundance of small pure-white rosette-like flowers. 

 Japan, 1845. 



S. Thunbergii. — A graceful shrub, the earliest to flower 

 of all the Spiraeas. It has thin wiry branches; the leaves 

 are small, linear, and the flowers white. Japan. 



S. trilobata. — A handsome and useful shrub, with 

 smooth, rounded, crenate leaves and numerous compact 

 corymbs of white flowers produced in May. North Asia. 

 1801. S. Van Houttei is a hybrid of similar character 

 raised from this species and -8. media. 



Stachyurus praecox. — A shrub or small tree, with red 



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