re
| | |as a rule more satisfactory
| | |under glass than in the
| | |open ground.
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[Illustration: _FLOWERS OF SPIRAEA LINDLEYANA._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Staphylea colchica |Caucasus; |White; |A sturdy upright deciduous
|Sapindaceae |Spring |shrub, 6 to 8 feet high,
| | |with drooping clusters of
| | |white flowers. Though
| | |decidedly ornamental it is
| | |as a rule more effective
| | |when flowered under glass
| | |than in the open ground.
| | |Needs a fairly moist loamy
| | |soil.
| | |
*S. pinnata |Europe |Greenish |A shrub from 8 to 10 feet
(European | |white; |high, which has
Bladder-Nut) | |Spring |bladder-like capsules in
| | |which the seeds are
| | |contained. The capsules are
| | |more attractive than the
| | |flowers themselves.
| | |
S. trifolia |North America |Greenish |In the way of the last, but
(American | |white; |a stronger grower, while
Bladder-Nut tree) | |Spring |the leaves are pinnate.
| | |
Stuartia pentagyna |United States; |White; |In its native country this
(Syn. |Ternstroemiaceae|July and |attains the dimensions of a
Malachodendron |