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Definition of Spireas
1. spirea [n] - See also: spirea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spireas
Literary usage of Spireas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"There is much horticultural literature on spireas, for the plants are popular
... The spireas are very ornamental, usually low or, medium-sized shrubs with ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Some of the most important species, arranged according to their relative flowering
time, are the following: Early-flowering spireas—S. ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"The branches of these spireas hang during June in the most graceful curves studded
to their very tips with lovely rosettes of pure white flowers. ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"The branches of these spireas hang during June in the most graceful curves studded
to their very tips with lovely rosettes of pure white flowers. ..."
5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1858)
"From A. Apple, twelve varieties hollyhocks, ten of phlox, roses, spireas, ...
From G. Evers, seedling carnations, gloxinias, roses, spireas, &c. ..."
6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"The spireas are a good group of early bloomers, also excellent for massing. ...
The best known of the spireas is the familiar old "Bridal Wreath" (Spirea ..."
7. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"Both of these plants, though placed by botanists in separate families, are
popularly and in catalogues called spireas. The Aruncus is closely related to the ..."
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