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Flowering Shrubs for Color and Variety in Your Garden 65 
h SPIRAEA, Of the many species of Spiraea we nae listed the Boat popular 
varieties. All are deciduous and do well in sun or shade. These improve 
by heavy pruning after flowering. 
bumalda Anthony Waterer. To 3 feet. Dwarf growing, colorful; almost 
evergreen foliage. Showy clusters of red flowers continuously from June 
to October. 12 to 18 in., $1.50; 18 to 21 in., $2.00. 
prunifolia plena, see Bridal-wreath, Double. 
Thunbergi. To 4 feet. Slender branches of feathery foliage; very early 
white flowers in profusion in March-April. 2 to 3 ft., $2.00. 
Van Houttei, see Bridal-wreath. 
PIREA, BLUE, see Caryopteris. 
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h SPRUCE Alberti (Picea Albertiana conica) (Dwarf white Spruce) (CE). 
5 feet. Dwarf, slow growing, slender conical of brilliant green needle foliage. 
12 to 15 in., $3.00; 15 to 18 in., $4.00. 
Koster’s Blue Spruce (Picea pungens Kosteri) (CE). One of the best of the 
blue spruces. Regular columnar habit to 50 feet. Our true strain is grown 
only from grafts. 15 to 18 in., $5.00. 
Moerheim’s Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca Moerheimi) (CE). Very 
handsome and hardy tree of symmetrical habit. Deep blue compact foliage. 
Our true strain is grown only from grafts, 15 to 18 in., $5.00. 
