. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1112. Hydrangea paniculata, var. erandiflora. 1113. Hydrangea hortensis, var. Otaksa, to var. Hortensia, but sepals toothed. Var. Thomas Hogg, Hort. Lvs. elliptic or ovate, rather small: heads large, pure white. This variety is somewhat dwarfer than the common Hydrangea and is, besides Otaksa, the best as a pot
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1112. Hydrangea paniculata, var. erandiflora. 1113. Hydrangea hortensis, var. Otaksa, to var. Hortensia, but sepals toothed. Var. Thomas Hogg, Hort. Lvs. elliptic or ovate, rather small: heads large, pure white. This variety is somewhat dwarfer than the common Hydrangea and is, besides Otaksa, the best as a pot-plant. It is also to be recommended for outdoor cultivation, as it is one of the hardiest. (3) Stellata group: fls. ^cith many .narrow sepals. Var. steliata, Maxim. (R. stellAta, Sieb. & Zucc). Lvs. ovate or ovate-oblong, sparingly pubescent: cj'mes with larger sterile and smaller fertile fls., both with many narrow-elliptic sepals. 59. Var. fimbriata, Dipp. Cj'mes rather dense, with almost all the fls. sterile: sepals limbriate, white, pink toward the base. III. 23, suppl. 5:28. Var. prollfera, Hort. {R. stel- lata, var. prolife7-a, Rgl.). The fertile fls. bearing 1 or few smaller ones in the center. Var. rubro-plfena, Dipp. Cymes rather dense, with almost all fls. sterile, chang- ing from pink or pale lilac to dark red. There are also some varieties with variegated lvs., as var. variegata, Regel, a form of var. Belzoni, with the lvs. edged white ( 7:696); var. tricolor, Hort., with the lvs. variegated with white and edged yellow; var. rdseo-margin^ta, Hort., with the lvs. spotted white and edged pink. CC. Cyme enclosed before expanding by 6-S large, deciduous bracts. 8. involucr^ta, Sieb. Low shrub, to 5 ft.: , acuminate, densely and sharply ser- rate, appressed, pubescent on both sides, rough to the touch, 4-8 in. long: bracts at the base of the cyme large, orbicular; smaller bracts none: fertile fls. blue or pinkish, sterile ones whitish: capsul
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