. Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 11-f 147 Hydrangea Hortensis. Although hardy in sheltered favorable po- sitions in the latitude of Philadelphia, they will give more satisfaction when grown as pot or tub plants and protected against frost. They thrive in any good garden soil, l:ut give better results when grown in a soil composed of two parts of good turfy loam and one part of thoroughly decom- posed cow or stable
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 11-f 147 Hydrangea Hortensis. Although hardy in sheltered favorable po- sitions in the latitude of Philadelphia, they will give more satisfaction when grown as pot or tub plants and protected against frost. They thrive in any good garden soil, l:ut give better results when grown in a soil composed of two parts of good turfy loam and one part of thoroughly decom- posed cow or stable manure. When in active growth supply liberally with water; at this lime also stimulants in the form of liquid manure, our Peerless Plant Food or Bonemeal, will prove beneficial. Give full exposure to the sun, except when in flower, whena slight shade will prolong theirbloom- ing. On the approach of freezing weather store in a light, cool cellar or similar place, water only sufficient to prevent the roots from drying up. Keep the plants as cool as possible during the winter, but never expose to frost; if they start into growth during winter they are stored too warm, and should be moved to cooler quarters. E;irly in spring bring the plants on the piazza or some shel- tered place and increase the supply of water, again giving full exposure as soon as the weather becomes thoroughly settled. In some soils, due to the presence of certain chemicals, Hydrangeas naturally flower blue. To produce this color artificially incorporate one-half pound of alum broken into pieces about the size of a hickory nut with each bushel of Specimen Plant of New Hydrangea NE^V VARIETIES OF HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS. With but few exceplions, the sorts heretofore cultivated were native Japanese introductions, and it is only recently that several European hybridizers have efi'ected crosses between such sorts as Otaksa, Souvenir de Claire, Japonica Rosea, etc., and as a result have given us many new and dis
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