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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



*Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensia (the Hy- 

 drangea, Syn H. 

 hortensis) 



China and Japan ; 

 Saxifrageas 



Deep red 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



H. paniculata 



H. petiolaris 

 (Climbing Hy- 

 drangea , Syn Schi- 

 zophragma hy- 

 drangeoides) 



H. quercifolia 



H. radiata 



Japan 



Japan 



North America 



North America 



Creamy 

 white ; 

 Autumn 



Creamy 



white ; 



Jime and 



July 



White 



White 



it is very handsome in the 

 open ground. The huge 

 heads of flowers mal<e a great 

 display. There are several 

 varieties, some of them being 

 often regarded as distinct 

 species, the most notable of 

 which are : Lindleyi, with 

 the large sterile flowers lim- 

 ited to a few around the out- 

 side of the cluster. They 

 are pink, tinged with blue. 

 Mariesii is a very handsome 

 Japanese variety, with large 

 sterileflowers, pinkish mauve. 

 Nigra or cyanoclada has 

 purplish black stems, and is 

 very notable on that account. 

 Rosea has all the flowers 

 sterile, and of rich rose 

 colour. Stellata has the 

 sterile flowers double and 

 star-like. Thomas Hogg has 

 white blossoms. 



A handsome shrub that may 

 be grown as a dwarf bush or 

 as a standard. The variety 

 grandiflora is far more popu- 

 lar than the type, and is 

 grown largely for flowering 

 under glass as well as in the 

 open ground. In this the 

 huge pyramidal-shaped heads 

 are composed entirely of 

 sterile blossoms. If to be 

 kept dwarf it must be 

 pruned back hard when 

 dormant, and only three 

 or four shoots allowed to 

 develop. 



A free-growing climber, that 

 attaches itself to a wall by 

 means of aerial roots after the 

 manner of ivy. It has flat- 

 tened clusters of flowers. 

 Being so distinct from all 

 the rest, it at once attracts 

 attention. 



A shrub about a yard high, 

 with large lobed leaves. The 

 flowers are less showy than 

 some of the others. It needs 

 a moist soil and a very shel- 

 tered spot. 



The flowers of this are not at 

 all showy, but the leaves are 

 clothed on the under sides 

 with a dense white felt-like 

 substance, which renders it 

 very noticeable when ruffled 

 by the wind. 



