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Carjadiai] horticulturist. 



Vol. XI 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA 



^^^^ SHRUli that carries so 

 /_1 grand a name as this one 

 |"~| must surely be of some 

 A ^_Ai^ importance, judging mere- 

 J ]y from its high sounding 



title. But great names are so fre- 

 quently employed now-a-days to help 

 the sale of some novelty, that we often 

 regard them with suspicion until we 

 have proved the plant itself upon our 

 own grounds. 



This shrub, however, has been well 

 tested in Ontario. Some years ago it 

 was distributed by our association 

 among its tnembers, and has proved 

 itself perfectly hardy. We speak not 

 only from our own experience at 

 (frimsby, but would also cite the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Jas. Goldie, of Guelph, who 

 says that it has stood a winter tempera- 

 ture there of 40 degress below zero, and 



has come out perfectly unharmed This 

 is very remarkable because the other 

 varieties of Hydrangea, such as Thos. 

 Hogg, Otaksa, Hortensia, etc., though 

 most beautiful in flower are too tender 

 for out-door planting in Canada ; 

 even the wild Hydrangea, (H. arbor- 

 escens) is only found in Pennsylvania 

 and southward. 



Our colored plate well represents one 

 of these flowering shrubs in full bloom. 

 Tiie immense panicles of bloom are 

 made up of hundreds of small blossoms 

 sucli as is shown to the left hand, and 

 these continue growing and developing 

 for six weeks or more, changing gradu- 

 ally from ivory white to pinkish white. 

 The late flowers dry up, and take on a 

 ricli brown color, when they are desir- 

 aljle for winter boquets. 



The Hydrangea is very susceptible 



