HYDRANGEA. ^T9 



HYDRANGEA or CHINESE GUELDER- 

 ROSE. Hj/drangea Hortensis. 



Natural Order Succulentce, Saxtfragce, Juss : \ 

 Genus of the Decandria Digynia Class. 



•* Witness the sprightly joy, when aught unknown 



Strikes the quick sense, and wakes each active pow'r 



To brisker measures." 



Akensidb. 



Few flowers ever excited greater interest than 

 the Hydrangea produced on its first introduction 

 into Europe, nor do we remember an instance of 

 any tender plant's having become common in so 

 short a period. The extraordinary size of the 

 cymes of the flowers which this plant produces, 

 even when confined in a small pot of earth, was 

 a novelty alone sufficient to recommend it to every 

 collector of exotic flowers. When it first became 

 known in Paris, it was so eagerly sought after, 

 and bore so high a price, as to make the fortune 

 of the florist who had procured the first plants 

 from England. 



In this country we have followed the Hydran- 

 gea from the stove to the green-bouse, and from 



