76 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
shrubs outside of the azaleas, with single and double 
flowers. Give a warm, sunny spot. Large plants 
can be stored in the cellar. Cuttings in spring or 
summer will furnish new plants. 
Hydrangea—This is another popular flowering 
shrub, often had in bloom inside in the spring, but 
personally I do not consider it suited for such use. 
The flowers are rather coarse to bear close inspec- 
tion, such as a house plant must be subject to: they 
are far more effective in masses out-of-doors or 
used as semi-formal decorations about paths or 
stoops, for which purpose they are unsurpassed. 
If you care to have them bloom indoors, get small 
plants from the florist, or start cuttings of new 
growth in spring, taking shoots which do not have 
buds. After flowering, cut back each branch and 
grow on, in a cool airy place with slight protection 
from noonday sun. Take into the house before 
frost, and gradually dry off for a rest of six weeks 
or more inacold room. Then start into growth. 
Plants for flowering early in the spring outdoors 
should be treated in the same way during summer, 
and wintered in the cellar, as directed above. Take 
up to the light any time after first of March in the 
spring, but be careful to harden off before setting 
outside. 
The varieties of the hydrangea are several, some 
being entirely hardy farther north than New York, 
but the sorts best for house and tub culture are not. 
