HYDRANGEA. 



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SOIL AND GENERAL TREATMENT. 



A soil of loam enriched with leaf-mold and man- 

 ure is suitable. 



While growing they should have a plentiful sup- 

 ply of water, but none while resting. 



Ripened cuttings root freely, if planted in any 

 sheltered situation. Flowers are produced on the 

 shoots of the previous year, and are larger on 

 young plants than those three or more years old- 

 Most varieties require shade, as the hot sun injures 

 their foliage. They may be grown in a tub and 

 wintered in the cellar. The color of the pink 

 varieties will become blue if iron filings are mixed 

 with the soil. 



Varieties. 



Hydrangea Hortensis, the old hardy variety, growing about two 

 feet in height, flowers pink, changing to bluish purple. 



H. Imfieratrice Eugenie ', large heads of white flowers, tinted blue 

 and pale rose. 



H. Japonica Variegata, a hardy plant, yet excellent for indoors 

 during the summer. The leaves, deep green, marked with white,, 

 burn on full exposure to our hot mid-summer suns. 



H. Lindleyii, a new species from Japan, with small heads of 

 bright pink flowers. 



H. Otaska, similar in color to the common H. Hortensis y but 

 much larger, flowering when the plants ^e quite small, in panicles 

 of rosy-carmine flowers. 



H. Paniculata grandiflora, flowers in large white panicles or 

 trusses six inches in length. The plant attains a height and breadth 

 of four or five feet, the flowers slightly droop. Blooms from 

 August to November. 



