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Hydrangea, continued 
whose knowledge is limited to this variety, and those 
who have become tired of it, should try some of the 
other kinds. 
Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandiflora. The 
solid white flower clusters are sometimes nearly 
a foot long. The largest flowers may be secured 
by cutting down each winter to 6 inches, and 
strong shoots 3 feet high will be formed. This 
variety is often used in large beds on a lawn 
where they can be planted about 4 feet apart, 
H. paniculata. This is the wild form from Japan, 
making a sturdy shrub 10 feet high, with graceful, 
open panicles of flowers. It is destined to become 
more widely planted, especially by those who 
already have the variety Grandiflora, and who 
wish a plant less artificial and common in appear- 
ance. There are two kinds of this wild form, 
variety Prsecox, or early-flowering Hydrangea, 
blooming in July, and therefore much extending 
the season, and variety Tardiva, blooming in 
August. 
H. Hortensis, var. Otaksa. This is the kind most 
commonly grown in tubs; usually such a puzzle 
as to whether the flowers will be pink or blue. 
This depends upon the soil, and there are some 
regions of Long Island where most of the flowers 
are pink, in others blue. In Newport they are 
grown outside and the tops bent down or boxed 
and covered with soil for the winter. Many peo- 
Hydrangea paniculata, not the variety Grandiflora. This 
is more graceful and beautiful, though less showy than the 
better known variety Grandiflora, which has solid heads of 
white flowers. More attention should be given to the flow- 
ering and berry-bearing shrubs that have decorative value 
from midsummer through the autumn. 
Dwarf Horse-Chestnut on the lawn of the late John D. 
Hicks, Westbury, L. I. This is the most magnificent flower- 
ing shrub of its season in mid-July. It is rare in nurseries, 
but we have succeeded in working up a stock of it. 
Hydrangea Hortensis, continued 
pie ask us why their plants do not bloom. It is 
because the upper buds of the previous year's 
growth have been cut off or winter-killed. We 
have a number of old plants that have been win- 
tered for several years in the cellar and will give 
showy effects from June till October. 
H. radiata. A conspicuous plant in the shrubbery 
from the silvery white lining to the leaves, which 
shows when stirred by the breeze. The flowers 
are white, in flat-topped clusters. It grows about 
4 feet high. 
Oak-leaved. H. quercifolia. One of the rarest and 
most beautiful species, with graceful, open pani- 
cles of white flowers. 
Hypericum 
Hypericum aureum. A low shrub about 3 feet 
high, thickly studded with golden yellow flowers. 
' H. densiflorum. A smaller shrub with smaller 
and more numerous flowers. 
Indian Currant • Coral Berry 
(Symphoricarpus vulgaris) 
A graceful shrub, about 2 or 3 feet high, with deep 
red berries clustered and crowded along its arching 
twigs. The branches take root where they touch the 
ground and therefore are useful to hold steep banks 
and edge groups of tall shrubs in the same manner 
as Thunberg's Barberry. 
