SPIRiE'A PRUNIFO'LIA. 
Flore Pleno. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING JAPAN SPIRAEA. 
Class. 
JCOSANDRIA. 
Order. 
DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
rosacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
China. 
6 feet. 
May, June. 
Shrub. 
in 1847. 
No. 1138. 
It is questionable whether the Greeks adopted 
this name from the cord-like branches of their 
plant, or from its wreaths or cords of flowers. See 
No. 1045. 
F or one of the prettiest flowering shrubs to which 
we have for a long time been introduced, we are 
indebted to the obliging attentions of the Messrs. 
Pope, of Handsworth ; who, constant to their usual 
practice, seize the earliest opportunity of obtaining 
every novelty that is worthy of a place in the gar- 
dens of their customers. The blessings of peace 
have given us the wide world to wander over. 
Africa, the Indies, and the far-spread continent of 
America, from the ton-id to the frigid zones, are 
continually pouring in their riches upon us, so that 
before the pleasurable excitement from one acces- 
sion has ceased, another lays claim to attention. 
The productions of the warmer parts of the world 
have extended the number of plants for our hot- 
houses, in an extraordinary degree ; but, still, it 
must be confessed, that a charm attends the open 
garden, which never can be realized in the conser- 
vatory, the greenhouse, or stove. We would not 
