. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. are several varieties of it, all ofgreat merit. A good blue flowered one is calledacuminata; another, not so blue, ccerulea, and a rosecolored one Imperatrice Eugenie; and there is stillanother, Thunbergii. Besides, in other ways, theseall differ from Hortensia proper in having flatheads of flowers instead of rounded ones as it japonica varieties are not absolutely hardy inPhiladelphia, but that they are nearly so is evidencedby the many showy specimens of them in fl
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. are several varieties of it, all ofgreat merit. A good blue flowered one is calledacuminata; another, not so blue, ccerulea, and a rosecolored one Imperatrice Eugenie; and there is stillanother, Thunbergii. Besides, in other ways, theseall differ from Hortensia proper in having flatheads of flowers instead of rounded ones as it japonica varieties are not absolutely hardy inPhiladelphia, but that they are nearly so is evidencedby the many showy specimens of them in flower sooften seen in gardens here. The color of these hy-drangeas differs so much from that of any othershrub flowering in Midsummer that this alone is aninducement to secure plants for the lawn. Florists who sell pot plants would find a good salefor these hydrangeas, without doubt. In additionto their beauty, to be able to say that they are hardywould greatly aid their sale. At this time of the year there are numerous youngshoots on the plants, giving wood for cuttings to bepropagated just as the common form Fraxlnus Ornus—Flowering Ash (Manna Ash.) Red Berried Holly. Professor Massey, in the Practical Farmer, sug-gests that the red berried holly, Ilex Cassine, mightprove hardy if planted in Philadelphia, as it is anative of Virginia southward. Some years ago smallplants were tried at Germantown, Pa., hut withoutsuccess. But there is no doubt it could be plantedin a sheltered place where it would live. The writerhas often studied the requirements of these southernplants and has succeded in finding them, and thushas carried the plants through the Winter. This redberried holly, and many another southern shrub andtree could be had to live here when one has largegrounds, containing a variety of situations. Occa-sionally this holly, Ilex Cassine, is to be found in thecollections of Christmas greens that come from theSouth to our florists. They know it under its localname, Yo
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