. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. amified, and formwhite plumy-looking tufts; it appears that thisvariety is a form of A. japonica with leaves reticulatedwith yellow, but the foliage of which has returned toits normal colour, and the panicles, already more name is no more ridiculous than many terms inbotanical nomenclature, such as Dracaena Draco,Ervum ervilia, Specularia speculum, &c* A. (Spirata) astilboides grows from about 1A footto 2 feet high ; the pinnatifid leaves have reddishpetioles; the folioles ova, pointed, much toothed,
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. amified, and formwhite plumy-looking tufts; it appears that thisvariety is a form of A. japonica with leaves reticulatedwith yellow, but the foliage of which has returned toits normal colour, and the panicles, already more name is no more ridiculous than many terms inbotanical nomenclature, such as Dracaena Draco,Ervum ervilia, Specularia speculum, &c* A. (Spirata) astilboides grows from about 1A footto 2 feet high ; the pinnatifid leaves have reddishpetioles; the folioles ova, pointed, much toothed,hairy, of a brown-green colour; the ramified floralstalks are covered with little white flowers, dense,which are in the form of a tabular calyx with fivewhite lobes, five white petals, ten white stamens,and two united carpels. This species, as a perennial,likes a silicious soil, and is particularly effective inrockwork, but is especially valuable for pot-cultureand for forcing, under which very pretty floweriDgspecimens can be raised. The origin of a variety, called by i(s producer, FlQ. 67.—ASTILBE X . (SEE P. 358.) perfectly erect, and bear flowers with petals whitemerging into pale rose, elegantly set along the flori-ferous branches. Everyone knows Attilbe japonica, M quel, moreoften called Hoteia japonica, Morr. and Desne, oreven Spiraea japonica, Hort. It is a plant coveredwith long brown hairs on the base of the stems andpetioles, willi radical leaves in tufts, trifurcatepetioles, folioles oval lengthy, almost coriaceous, ofa dark bright green on the upper surface; paniclesstraight, ramified, while the bracts, the pedicels, thecalyx, the corolla, and the stamens, are pure species, when grown in quantities for forcing, isalso an excellent perennial plant; it likes a peatysoil, and generally a cool and half-sharly soil. Therhizomes are perfectly hardy, tut very often theyoung shoots are destroyed by spring frosts. Many other varieties of A. japoni
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