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from field mice and, after he came, my trees and hedges came 
through the winter unharmed. Whereas I have heard tales 
of young orchards practically destroyed by the pests elsewhere, 
and hedges nearly ruined. As the Lord made both cats and 
birds and both have survived to this day, 1 guess both are 
necessary and both had better be protected. Fortunately 
Jinks seems to prefer field mice to birds and when he 
does happen to catch a bird and brings it home in triumph 
to show, he does not get a very warm reception or an encour¬ 
aging one to further pursue that field of research.—L. M. H. 
Longmeadow, Mass. 
Some Hybrid Hydrangeas That Please 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
P ERPHAPS you may be interested in my experience with 
French Hydrangeas in the open. Until three years ago I 
had never grown any of these hybrids, but in the late winter of 
1920 set out four varieties, leaving the choice to the nursery¬ 
man. 1 was much interested to see how they would compare 
with the ordinary Hydrangea hortensis in point of coloring, 
hardiness, etc. The varieties sent me were Souvenir de Mad. 
E.Chantard, Bouquet Rose, Cupolans Filetens, and what 1 be¬ 
lieve to be hortensis rosea. 
The ground was well prepared for them and a situation se¬ 
lected to their liking under the shade of a large Oak. Since 
the plants were small, the bloom the first summer did not 
amount to much, but the next summer, after a year of growth, 
the blossoms were very fine. Except for Bouquet Rose they 
were all rather similar in coloring, being a rich pink and 
of large size. Souvenir de Mad. E. Chantard was especially 
TWO PRIZE WIN¬ 
NING ARRANGE¬ 
MENTS AFTER THE 
JAPANESE 
Mrs. Henry O. Taylor of 
Middletown,Conn., won 
a first by her ingenious 
use of Everlastings, Ber¬ 
ries, and the shimmer¬ 
ing Honesty (shown at 
left); and to Mrs. Scott 
McLanahan of New 
York went the second 
prize for an effective ar¬ 
rangement of Orchids 
(Cymbidium Paulwelsi) 
and foliage shown above. 
Awards by the Garden 
Club of America at the 
International Flower 
Show, New York, in 
March of this year 
■early, coming into bloom about May 20th and blooming very freely. 
With the exception of Bouquet Rose again, the cymes of all were very 
large, as well as the individual florets. Bouquet Rose differed ma¬ 
terially from the other varieties, the whole bush being smaller and 
daintier and the blossoms developing into a light pink. If these differ¬ 
ences are typical of the variety, it would seem to make a good plant for 
the foreground or for a bed in which other Hydrangeas would be too 
large. 
Apparently these hybrids are just as hardy here as the type Hydran¬ 
geas hortensis. At any rate they endured a temperature of 18 0 easily in 
the winter after being set out and were wonderfully fine in the summer 
of 1922. They received almost no sun, yet the color effect was gorge- 
