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LIST OF SHRUBS. 



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TREE. — Lat. Soi^hus hyhrida. A tree common in the north of 

 Europe, and differing from the others in its leaves and flowers 

 only ; the former being downy, and the latter smaller. Propa- 

 gated from seed^ and are obtained sooner by grafting on the 

 quince or thorn. 



401. SCORPION SENNA.— Lat. Coronilla emerus, A 

 shrub originally from the south of France, three or four feet high, 

 bearing, in April and J une, a yellow flower ; and, if dipt with 

 the scissors, will blow again in the middle of the summer. Pro- 

 pagated by seeds or by suckers, or cuttings planted in the open 

 ground early in the autumn. A very pretty plant for the fronts of 

 shrubberies. 



402. SNOWDROP-TREE, f our -wing ed.—L'aX. Halesia 

 tetraptera. A hardy tree of Carolina, twenty or thirty feet high, 

 and blowing a white flower in oVIay. Propagated by seed and by 

 layers, which do not firmly take root until the third year. It likes 

 a good soil, and will grow freely. 



403. SPINDLE-TREE, common. — ljdiX,EvonymiisEuropceus, 

 A hardy shrub twelve feet in height, and blows a whitish flower in 



May. Coimxion in England. Spindle Tree, the icarted. — 



Lat. Evonymus verrucosus. A hardy shrub from Austria. In 

 May blows a flower of a brownish purple. These shrubs are pro- 

 pagated by their seed sown in light earth in the shade, or by 

 ripened cuttings struck in the open ground in autumn. Any soil 

 suits them ; and they suit large pleasure-grounds, 



404. SPIRAL A, Hawthorn-leaved. — Lat. Spircea crenata. A 

 hardy shrub originally from Siberia, about three feet high, and blows 

 a white flower in June and July. — SpiR-EA, Willow -leaved. — Lat. 

 SpircBa salicifolia. A hardy shrub from North America, about 

 six feet high, and blows a purplish red flower in July and August. 

 — Spir-EA, Germander-leaved.— -lu^t. Spircea chamcBdrifolia. A 

 hardy shrub from Siberia that blows a white flower eaJy in the 

 spring. — SpiRiEA, hypericinn frutex. — Lat. Spircea hypericifolia. 



A hardy shrub, and blows a white flower. From America. 



SpiR-E, Scarlet. — Lat. Spircea tommentosa. A hardy shrub from 

 America, and blows a red flower. All these are propagated by 

 layers, slips, suckers, cuttings, and also by seed. Not particular 

 as to soil. Very desirable shrubs. 



405. ST. PETER'S WORT.— Lat. Symphoria racemosa. A 



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