Spiraea 
Many of the children know either the 
Nine-bark, the rose-purple Hardback, or 
the long, graceful, creamy-white blos¬ 
soms of the Goatsbeard. 
These are a few kinds of Meadowsweet 
or Spiraea. 
The picture shows a pretty white 
mountain Spiraea. We gathered it near 
the top of Mount Elinore. It was creep¬ 
ing along crevasses in the rocks. 
It looks like moss with beautiful 
flowers growing from it. 
Many of our dainty mountain plants 
make us think of flowering mosses. 
This little Spiraea has a spike of white 
flowerets more than an inch long. Its 
leaves are evergreen. 
No. 44. 
