NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



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■J-NEW AND EARE-* 



*HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBSi* 



HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 



HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 



Price. — Strong blooming plants, 35 cents each ; 2 for 60 cents ; 6 for $1.50 ; 12 for I3.00. 



Note. — This Hydrangea still retains its position as the finest hardy flowering Shrub in 

 cultivation, the demand for it constantly increases as its merits become better known. 



Description. — Hydrangea Grandifiora — See illustration above. A new, very striki7tg 

 and elegant Hardy Flowering Shrub, suitable for Lawns, recently introduced from Japan; 

 thefiowers are pure white, afterwards changing to pink, and are borne in iminense pyrami- 

 dal trusses 7nore than a foot long ana nearly as much in diameter. It blooms in mid-sicm- 

 mer, and remains in bloom two or three months. Creates a great sensation wherever seen; 

 is yet scarce and difficult to obtain. The plant is of bushy and compact growth, attains a 

 height of 3 to 4 feet, and is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country ^ needs no protection 

 of any kind. 



