436 HYDRANGEA. EXOCHORDA. 



The flowers resemble those of the double flowering al- 

 mond, but are fuller and brighter, and three times larger. 



The foliage is ornamental, and in autumn the round, 

 hard, plum-like fruit is very showy. 



HYDRANGEA. 



A very showy summer-blooming shrub, known as H. 

 paniculata grandiflora or deutzifolia, is coming into general 

 cultivation. 



The flowers are white, in immense corymbs, and remain 

 weeks in full beauty, turning deep rose before they fade. 



To produce large trusses, the soil should be rich and the 

 plant should be pruned in spring, the weak growth being 

 cut out. As this shrub blooms at a season when the shrub- 

 bery is generally barren of flowers, it is especially de- 

 sirable. 



It has been generally propagated, and is now very cheap. 



EXOCHOKDA. 



This plant (E. grandiflora), known also as Spirea grand- 

 iflora, although for years grown in England as a green- 

 house plant, is perfectly hardy. We have plants eight feet 

 high, which stood the severe winter of 1872 without even 

 the tips of the shoots being killed. 



