. 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. 2609. Ulmaria Filipendula (plant about 2 feet high). Commonly known .as Spirwa Filipendula. One of the plants called Meadow Sweet. 3. palmata, Focke {Spircea palm&ta, Pall. Filipin- dulcs paimdta, Max. Spinea digitdta, Willd.). Height 2-3 ft.: Ivs. whitish tomentose beneath or glabrous; terminal lfts. 7-9-p
. 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. 2609. Ulmaria Filipendula (plant about 2 feet high). Commonly known .as Spirwa Filipendula. One of the plants called Meadow Sweet. 3. palmata, Focke {Spircea palm&ta, Pall. Filipin- dulcs paimdta, Max. Spinea digitdta, Willd.). Height 2-3 ft.: Ivs. whitish tomentose beneath or glabrous; terminal lfts. 7-9-parted; stipules large, semi-cordate: fls. pale pink at first, changing to white: akenes 5-8. July. Siberia, Kamschatka and Sacchalin. —This spe- cies is but rarely cult.; the plant common under the name Spircea pahnata belongs to F. purpiirea. BB. Lateral lfts. none, or few and ovate. 4. Camtschitica, Eehd. (Spircea CamtscMtica, Pall. Spircea tjigantea, Hort. Filip4ndtila Camschdtica, Maxim.). Height 5-10 ft.: Ivs. glabrous or villous be- neath, often with rufous veins; terminal Ift. very large cordate, 3-5-lobed, with broadly ovate, doubly serrate lobes, lateral lfts. usually none; stipules large, serai- cordate: fls. white : akenes usually 5, ciliate. July. Manchuria, Kamschatka. 5. purptoea, Eehd. (Spircea paimdta, Thunb. Fili- pindiila purpiirea, Maxim.). Height 2-4 ft., glabrous: terminal 1ft. very large, cordate, 5-7-lobed, with oblong, acuminate, doubly serrate lobes; lateral lfts. none or few, oblong-ovate; stipules narrow: fls. carmine or deep pink, in large paniculate cymes with crimson pe- duncles and stems: akenes usually 5, ciliate. June- Aug. Japan. 5726. 15:577. 18:1851. Gn. 17:36. —This is undoubtedly the finest species of this genus. It is also sometimes grown in pots and forced. Var. Alba, Hort., has white fis. and var. Slo- gans, Hort., white with red stamens and usually several lateral lfts.; the latter is said to be a hybrid. 4
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