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during the winters at the North ; but there are some varieties, 
as the oak-leaved — quercifolia , heart-leaved — cordata , and some 
others, that prove hardy ; and for positions where low-growing 
plants with large foliage are required, they are particularly well 
adapted, and from their large spikes of greenish white flowers 
measurably ornamental. Hydrangea Deutziafolia is a new 
variety of good promise, and should be tested. 
Fig. 52 .— Upright or Tree Honeysuckle. 
The Upright Honeysuckle — Lonicera . — The tree or Tartarian 
honeysuckles are hardy and beautiful shrubs, blooming early in 
June. In foliage they are quite handsome, and the flower being 
followed with fruit makes them desirable in all grounds, even 
of the smallest. They grow freely in all soils, attaining, if left 
unclipped, a height of ten or twelve feet ; but they should be 
annually clipped and kept down to four or five feet. Very 
pretty ornamental hedges can be formed by mingling the 
