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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
paniculatus (4), patens (2), peregrmus (1), puniceus 
(4-6), sericeus, (2), sibiricus (2), spectabilis (2), Stracheyi 
(-|), Townshendi (8). 
Purple-flowered kinds. — Alpinus (1), Amellus vars. 
(2) (Plate 38, fig. 89), diplostephioides (1^-), Ixvis (2-6), 
Novx-Anglix (4-6), sikhimensis (3), tricephalus (1-8). 
Lilac-flowered kinds . — Amethystinus (4), 7 lerveyi 
(1-2), Lindleyanus (2), Shorti (2-4), turbinellus (3). 
A well-known yellow-flowered kind is A. Linosyris, 
popularly known as Goldilocks. 
ASTILBE. — These are graceful border plants with 
much divided foliage and feathery plumes of blossoms. 
They all flourish in a good and well-drained soil, and 
like warm sheltered positions, as they are mostly 
native of India, China, and Japan. The best known 
species is japonica, a plant largely grown in pots for 
spring decorations, and commonly, but erroneously 
called a Spirxa. It has thick fleshy rootstocks, glossy 
deep green foliage, and erect panicles of pure white 
blossoms on stalks 1^ to 2 feet high. A. chinensis 
resembles it in appearance, but is rather taller and 
not so compact in growth ; it produces trusses of rosy 
blossoms during the summer and autumn months. A 
fine variety of it called Davidi, has recently been 
introduced from Central Asia. It grows from 3 to 5 
feet high, and has pyramidical panicles of violet- 
purple flowers. A. rivularis, from Nepal, grows 3 to 
4 feet high, and produces its creamy-white blossoms 
from July to September. It is an excellent plant for 
moist borders or near the edges of ponds, streams, &c. 
A. Thunbergi, from Japan, grows about 2 feet high, 
and has soft rosy or pure white blossoms in summer. 
