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S. callosa) | |carmine; |name of S. callosa than
| |June and |that of japonica; it forms
| |July |a shrub 5 or 6 feet high
| | |with brightly coloured
| | |flowers in flattened
| | |clusters. There are many
| | |distinct varieties, all
| | |good, the best being alba,
| | |a dwarf form with white
| | |flowers; Bumalda, also
| | |dwarf with pink blossoms;
| | |Anthony Waterer, the
| | |richest tinted of all dwarf
| | |kinds; superba, a deep
| | |tinted form of the type;
| | |and glabrata, with
| | |curiously broad leaves.
| | |Anthony Waterer is
| | |especially worth growing.
| | |
*S. lindleyana |Himalaya |White; |Reaches a height of 10 to
| |August |12 feet, and is remarkable
| | |for its handsome pinnate
| | |leaves, while the large
| | |feathery flower panicles
| | |are very striking.
| | |
S. media (Syn S. |Europe |White; |Forms a dense rounded bush
confusa) | |May |from 5 to 8 feet high, and
| | |has clusters of pure white
| | |blossoms in profusion.
| | |
S. opulifolia (Nine|North America |Whitish |One of the largest of all
Bark of the United | | |the Spiraeas, being of
States), (Syn. | | |almost tree-like habit, but