68 NEW, EARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
SPIRiEA ASTILBOIDES. 
One o£ the most handsome of hardy herbaceous perennials, ■which has been certificated hotli by 
the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botsiuic Societies on accoimt of its great merit. The stems grow 
from two to three feet high, and are terminated by compound feathery branches of elegant white 
flowers, produced in the greatest profusion. A charming plant for pot culture. This is one of the 
Twelve New Plants with which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the Great Show of tlic Royal 
Horticultural Society, held at Kensington, in 1832. 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
