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NEW, EARE AND DESIRABLE HARDY PLANTS. 
SPIR^A ASTILBOIDES. 
SPIRiEA ASTILBOIDES 
FLORIBUNDA. 
A new virriety, dift’eriiig from the 
type ill producing beautiful thyrsoid 
spikoH ot bloom, much more crowded 
with flowers than is the case with 
6’. astilho'ides. It is also des(;ribed 
by the raiser as of more robust and 
hardier growth, the foliage being of a 
rich deep green colour. Zs. Qd. each. 
21^^. per dozen. 
SPIR-flEA BUMALDA 
RRBERRIMA. 
A dwarf hybrid variety, raised 
between S. humalda and S. irifipifolia. 
The flowers, which ai’e bonio in 
corymbs, are dark carmine-rose, with 
bright carmine centre, the long tufts 
of rose stamens giving the flowers a 
plumose appearance. 5s. 
SPIRiEA (HOTEIA) 
JAPONICA. 
Strong clumps in the autumn. >n. 
per dozen. 
SPIR.2EA JAPONICA AUREO-RETICULATA. 
Pretty variegated foliage, added to ■wliich it boars a profusion of bandsome compact spikes 
of pure white flowers. 1«. and l.«. Grf. 
SPIR.S:A JAPONICA COMPACTA MULTIFLORA. 
This most desirable variety is a groat improvement on the old *S. japotiicet^ a.s it produces 
a profusion of large and dense spikes of pure white flowers, in telling contrast to the dark green 
foliage of the plant, the habit of whieli is dwarf and compact, le. 
SPIRiEA KAMTSCHATIKA (GIGANTEA). 
A very remarkable species imported from Asia. It grows from 6 to 7 feet high, well fiimished 
with large Aralia-like leaves. The flowers are produced in largo cymes and are pure white. 3s. &d. 
SPIR.SA PALMATA. 
The bright pink Spirma, one of the most beautiful hardy plants in cultivation, producing lovely 
broad corymbs of pink flowers. It is a native of Japan. Is. 
SPIR.®A PALMATA ALBA. 
A counterpart of S. palmala, except in the colour of the flowers, which are pure white; a 
very beautiful and elegant variety. l.s. lid. 
STAPHYLEA colchica, 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
nYBKIDA CoULOMUIEEI, 3s. Gd. 
STATICE LATIFOLIA, Is. 
8TAUNT0NIA LAUFOLIA, 2s. Gd. 
STYRAX jAtonica, 3s. Gd. 
SYRINGA JAPONICA, 3.S. Gd. 
vuLOAKis FI.. -PL. Alpiionse Lavallee, 2s. Gd. 
Comte IIoiiaoe de 
CnoiSEtn.. 2s. Gd. 
UVAOINTHIFLORA PLENA, Is. Gd. 
SYRINGA VULGARIS FLORE-PLENO LEMOINEI. 
A beautiful variety of the Zilae, producing large branched spikes, weU fm-nished with double 
rosette-like flowers ; the buds before opening are rose-coloured, and the fully expanded flowers are of 
a soft Ulac shade ; but the plant is more particularly charming when forced, in which state the 
blossoms are pure white; exceedingly useful for all lands of decoration. 2s. each; 24s. per dozen. 
SYRINGA VULGARIS FL.-PL. EMILE LEMOINE. 
A very fine variety, producing immense compound hunches of large well-shaped globular 
flowers, the colour being a very soft sliade of rosy-lilac. 5s. 
SYRINGA VULGARIS FL.-PL. JEAN BART. 
A very floriferous variety, the inflorescence being composed of very long tlijwscs grouped 
together, the flowers being very double, irregular in form, of a vinous ro.se colour ; the buds 
carmine. 3s. Gd. 
