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ELLWANOER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 
CUT-LEAVED ELDER. 
SAMBUCUS. Elder. Hollunder, Ger . Sureau, Fr . 
These are showy large shrubs, quite ornamental in flowers, fruit and foliage. They blos¬ 
som in June. 
S. nigra. Black-berried Elder. A native of Europe, of medium size, with 
purplish black berries in September. 
var. anrea. Golden Elder. A handsome variety, with golden yellow 
foliage. A valuable plant for enlivening shrubberies. 75 cents. 
. var. lieterophylla. Fern-leaved Elder. Luxuriant in growth, 
with deep and delicately 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. Variegated-leaved Elder. Of strong healthy growth; 
foliage mottled with yellow and white. One of the best variegated-leaved shrubs. 
SPIRyEA. Meadow-Sweet. Spier- 
strauch, Ger. SriREE, Fr. 
The Spiraeas are all elegant, low shrubs, of the easiest 
culture, and their blooming extends over a period of three 
months. 
S. arisefolia. White-beam leaved Spiraea. 
An elegant species from North West America; 
habit dense and bushy; plant entirely covered 
with greenish white blossoms in July. 
8. Billardi. Billard’s Spiraea. Rose- 
colored. Blooms nearly all summer. 
S. Blumei. Has large panicles of deep rose- 
colored flowers. June ar4l July. 
S. crenata. Dwarf in habit. Flowers dull 
white; free bloomer. June. 
S. callosa. Fortune’s Spiraea. Has large 
panicles of deep rosy blossoms; grows freely and 
blooms nearly all summer; fine. 
spir.ea ulmifolia. 
