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NEW, PARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
SPIRiEA ASTILBOIDES. 
PciTr One of the most handsome of hardy herbaceous perennials, which has been certificated both by 
the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies on account of its great merit. The stems grow 
from two to three feet high, and are terminated by compound feathery branches of elegant white 
flowers. It will be a charming plant for pot culture on account of its free growth aud beautiful 
flowers, which are produced in the greatest profusion. This is one of the Twelve New Plants with 
which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the Great Show of the Royal Horticultural Society, held 
at Kensington, in 1882. 10s. 6 d. 
