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Lance-Leaved Spirea

SPIREA. (MEADOW SWEET). -The spireas are all elegant, low shrubs, universally admired and grown in some of their numerous varieties. They are of the easiest culture, and their blooming extends over a period of three months. We illustrate two fine varieties eximia, page 523, a well-known sort, and the double-flowered, lance-leaved variety. We also give a list of ten sorts, which flower in the order named, beginning in the middle of May and ending, in the North, about the middle of August: (1.) Prunifolia fl. pl., Thunbergii. (2.) Niconderti. (3.) Chamædrifolia. (4.) Cratægifolia, lanceolata, lanceolata fl. pl., lanceolata robusta. (5.) Ulmifolia. (6.) Opulifolia aurea crenata. (7.) Fontenaysii, salicifolia, sorbifolia. (8.) Billardi. (9.) Ariæfoiia. (10.) Callosa and callosa alba, callosa superba. The marks fl.pl. mean double flowering.