February, 1915 
The Hydrangeas of all varieties are 
evidently considered most desirable sum¬ 
mer bloomers, judging by the extensive 
plantings which we see on all sides. They 
are attractive, if properly placed and 
grouped, but the usual planting is neither 
good nor attractive. They require a deep 
moist soil and prefer a shaded situation. 
They should be grouped in masses against 
an evergreen background where the 
closely-pruned stems will not be obtrusive 
in winter, and in this position they are 
dependable for fine summer results, even 
though the leaves droop at midday from 
the heat. Usually they are in prominent 
places without proper background, and 
consequently for more than half the year 
they are unsightly. They do not mix well 
with other plantings. The white Hydran¬ 
gea paniculata grandidora and the Otaksa, 
in pink and blue, with the creamy Hy¬ 
drangea quercifolia, are good deciduous 
plantings for large places, where striking 
effects can be obtained for a season and 
lost sight of later on. 
As delicate of foliage as the hydrangeas 
are coarse are the feathery tamarisks, 
which are much like the cypress in leaf. 
Their color is a dainty glaucous green, 
and with the fern-like form of the leafage, 
and the foamy blossoms of palest pink, are 
exquisitely dainty and beautiful. The 
Tainari.v hispida cestivalis is considered 
the finest of all and blooms from late 
spring through the long summer. This, 
with the Tarnarix gallic'a, may be planted 
now. The other varieties bloom earlier, 
and it is too late to put them out, but all 
are attractive and satisfactory if planted 
among the heavier-leaved groups and 
given the moist soil of either sand or loam 
that they like. They do well at the seaside 
also, as the saline or alkaline soils seem 
to suit them. 
Of strikingly different form and ever¬ 
green are the Yuccas, which are being 
more and more planted throughout the 
South, perhaps because they are so easy 
to grow. The varieties, Yucca treculeana 
and Yucca filamentosa , are very stately and 
lend an air of tropical luxuriance to the 
garden. They are effective both in leaf 
and flower. 
Among the broad-leaved evergreens that 
bloom in the autumn are the heavenly 
sweet oleasters, Eleagnus macrophylla, 
and the bronze oleaster, Eleagnus redexa. 
If only for their fragrance they should 
be found in every garden. These, with 
the Eriobotrya, the Japanese loquat, bloom 
in October, and perfume the air for a wide 
circumference with their delicious odors. 
The Olea fragrans and Osmanthus aqui- 
folium, the tea olives, are also wonder¬ 
fully fragrant and fall-blooming varieties 
of these evergreens. A little later than the 
oleasters we have the blossoms of the 
Assam tea plant, the Thea Bohea, which is 
truly a tropical shrub. This is not as well 
known as it should be, for it is really quite 
a decorative plant at all times and in the 
blooming season most attractive. The 
petals are pearly white, either four or five 
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