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SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



H. a.rhoteseens 



Hydrangea 



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Mpamculzita. 



Hydrangea arborescens Linne 1753 Wild Hydrangea 



A shrub 1-3 m. high (in our climate only about 5-9 dm., dying back 

 in winter to within 2-3 dm. of the ground), young twigs pubescent; leaves 

 ovate, cordate at the base, acute at the apex, serrate, scattered rough hairs 

 on upper surface, pubescent along the veins beneath, thin and with promi- 

 nent veins beneath, 6-9 cm. long, 4.5 cm. wide, petioles 1-2 cm. long; 

 cyme compound, flattened, 5-10 cm. broad, sterile marginal flowers few 

 or quite numerous (in the cultivated forms often constituting the entire 

 flower cluster) , white and showy ; fruit a two-beaked capsule : arbores- 

 cens, tree-like. 



Common on rocky banks and river banks, from southern N. Y. and 

 N. J., south to Florida and west to Iowa and Mo. Not native of Minn. 

 The following variety is frequently cultivated within the state. 



Var. s t e r i 1 i s Torrey and Gray. 



This variety has almost all the flowers sterile. It is sometimes called 

 "Hills of Snow." 



