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ELLWANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 



SPIR^A EXIMIA. 



S. n. var. aurea. Golden Elder. 

 A handsome variety, -with golden yellow 

 foliage. A valuable plant for enlivening- 

 shrubberies. $1.00. 



var. heteropliylla. Feen- 

 le a ved Elder. Luxuriant grower, with 

 deeply cut foliage. Fine. 50 cents. 



var. laciniata. A valuable 

 variety with elegantly divided leaves; 

 one of the best cut-leaved shrubs. 75 

 cents. 



var. variegata. Variega- 

 ted-leaved Elder. Of strong, healthy 

 growth, and foliage mottled with yellow. 

 One of the best variegated-leaved shrubs. 



SPIRAEA. Meadow Sweet. 



Spierstrauch, Ger. Spiree, Fr. 



The Spiraeas are all elegant, low 

 shrubs, of the easiest culture, and their 

 blooming extends over a period of three 

 months. 



S. ari^efolia. White-beam Tree- 

 leaved Spirjea. An elegant species 

 from North West America ; habit dense 

 and bushy ; plant entirely covered with 

 greenish white blossoms in July. 50 cts. 



S. Billardi. Billard's Spirjea. 

 Rose-colored. Blooms nearly all sum- 

 mer. . 



S. crenata. Hawthorn-leaved 

 Spirjea. Dwarf habit. Flowers dull 

 white. Free bloomer, in June. 



S. eallosa. Fortune's Spiraea. 

 Has large panicles of deep rosy blos- 

 soms; grows freely and blossoms nearly 

 all summer ; fine. 



var. eallosa alba. For- 

 tune's Dwarf White Spiraea. A 

 white-flowering variety, of dwarf habit ; 

 very fine. Keeps in flower all summer. 



S. chamaedrifolia. German- 

 der-leaved Spiraea. A beautiful spe- 

 cies, with small wiry branches, covered 

 in June with clusters of white flowers. 



S. Douglasi. Douglas' Spiraea. Has spikes of beautiful deep rose-colored 

 flowers in July and August. 



S. eximia. Flowers bright rose-color. July. One of the best. See cut. 

 S. Foilteiiaysii. Vigorous and a very free bloomer. Large panicles of green- 

 ish white flowers. Latter part of June. 



S. Niconderti. Xiconderts Spiraea. Small, smooth, soft leaves; small 

 spikes ; white flowers ; one of the first to flower. May. 



S. obovata. Obovate-leaved Spiraea. Small and glossy toothed leaves, and 

 small spikes of white flowers. July and August. 



