. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 283 or border culture; it grows upwards of 3ft. high, and from June to August produces dense plumes of feathery white flowers. The variety floribiinda is rather dwarf in habit, but bears larger plumes. S. Filipendula Hore-pleno (Double Dropwort) is a low-growing plant with fern-like foliage and branch- ing panicles of creamy-white •double flowers, which are suitable for cutting. It reaches a height of 2 ft., and is to be seen at its best during June and July. S. pahnata (Fig. 165) is a
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 283 or border culture; it grows upwards of 3ft. high, and from June to August produces dense plumes of feathery white flowers. The variety floribiinda is rather dwarf in habit, but bears larger plumes. S. Filipendula Hore-pleno (Double Dropwort) is a low-growing plant with fern-like foliage and branch- ing panicles of creamy-white •double flowers, which are suitable for cutting. It reaches a height of 2 ft., and is to be seen at its best during June and July. S. pahnata (Fig. 165) is a hand- some plant, de- lighting in marshy ground, near the banks of streams, ponds, &c., and also growing luxu- riantly in damp, shady borders; it grows 2ft. high, and bears large heads of crimson flowers from June to August. A white variety is also grown. S. Ulmaria (Common Meadow- sweet) is a plant enjoy- ing similar situations to the last-men- tioned spe- cies ; it grows 2ft. and upwards in height, and yields heads of white flowers from June to August. The variety flore-ple?io has sweet-scented double white flowers, whilst aurea or mireo-variegata has golden variegated foliage and creamy-white flowers. Statice is a genus of very graceful plants suitable for the rockery or mixed border. S. Ginelini grows from i^ft, to Fig. 164.—Spir.^ia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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