. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1722 STEPHANANDKA STEECULIA green, %-l% in. long: fls. white, about % in. across, in terminal short, 8-12-fld., usually panicled racemes; sta- mens 10. June. Japan, Korea. Gu. , p. 141. Tanikse, Pranoh. & Sar. Fig. 2397. Shrub, 5 ft. high, almost glabrous: Ivs. triangular-ovate, slightly cordate at the b
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1722 STEPHANANDKA STEECULIA green, %-l% in. long: fls. white, about % in. across, in terminal short, 8-12-fld., usually panicled racemes; sta- mens 10. June. Japan, Korea. Gu. , p. 141. Tanikse, Pranoh. & Sar. Fig. 2397. Shrub, 5 ft. high, almost glabrous: Ivs. triangular-ovate, slightly cordate at the base, abruptly and long-acuminate, usually 3- lobed and doubly serrate or lobulate, pubescent only on the veins beneath, l^'2-3 in. long: tis. iu terminal loose panicles, slender-pediceled, % in. across ; stamens 15-20. June, July. Japan. B. M. 7593. Gt. 45 Handsome shrub much resembling Neillia m foliage, coloring in fall bril- liant orange and scarlet or yellow. Alfred Rehder Sloribunda, Brongn. Fig. 239S. Glabrous, 8-15 ft.: Ivs. elliptic, with a short point, thick and shining green, entire: tls. 1-2 in. long, of waxy consistency, white or cream color, very fragrant, in many umbels, uhe ca- lyx one-fourth or less the length of the corolla-tube: fr. 3-4 in. long, ellipsoid, glabrous, fleshy, containing Steplianandra flexuosa is closely allied to Spiraea and has the Spir^a style of beauty It grows 2-3 ft. high and has long, slendei branches which are densely and regularly m terwoven in a fan-like manner. Its habit of growth is fountain-like, the branches bemg giacefuUj pendent. Its flowers are snowy white and, although minute, are so numerous that the plant becomes very showy. It is especially fitted for the back of herba- ceous borders or for the front of larger shrubs. Its foliage, which is deeply toothed, is tinted red in early spring and deep glossy green during spring and sum- mer. In the autumn it puts on unusual tints of red- dish purple. This species can be incre
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