Cbe fational 'Rnmrvman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERYSTOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXVII. 
HATBORO. PENNA. MARCH, 1919 
No. 3 
SOBARIAS 
A well grown plant of Sobaria arborea or Spiraea arborea 
T he Soltarias are Ix'lltM’ known to niirserynien under 
tlie name of S])iraea and the one most eornmonly 
listed in the catalogues is Spiraea, sorbifolia. 
They are a handsome genus of flowering shruhs and it 
is rt'ally a wonder they are not more often met with in 
shruhht'ry plantings. Perhaps one of these days some 
nurserymen will work up a big stock and push them and 
then all the others will follo^\ his lead and they will he- 
eome more common. 
As seen hy the illustration Sobaria arborea has much 
to commend it and the picture just as well illustrates 
S. sorbifolia and *5. Ailchisoni for tin' practical purposes 
of planting. 
The planter is usually concerned more about a plant’s 
