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part of the inflorescence which appears to be the flower is an exaggerated expansion of the sepals, the other parts being generally abortive. The perfect flowers are small, rarely produced in the See also:

SPECIES

species above referred to, but well illustrated by others, in which they occupy the inner parts of the corymb, the larger showy neuter flowers being produced at the circumference. There are upwards of See also:

THIRTY

thirty species, found chiefly in See also:

JAPAN

Japan, in the mountains of See also:

India, and in See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, and many of them are See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in gardens. H. Hortensia (a species long known in cultivation in See also:

CHINA

China and japan) is the most useful for decoration, as the head of flowers lasts long in a fresh See also:

state, and by the aid of forcing can be had for a considerable periodfor the ornamentation of the greenhouse and conservatory. Their natural flowering See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season is towards the end of the summer, but they may be had earlier by means of forcing. H. japonica is another See also:

FINE

fine conservatory plant, with foliage and See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit much resembling the last named, but this has See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat corymbs of flowers, the central ones small and perfect, and the See also:

OUTER

outer ones only enlarged and neuter. This also produces pink or blue flowers under the influence of different soils.

The See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese species of hydrangea are sufficiently See also:

hardy to grow in any tolerably favourable situation, but except in the most sheltered localities they seldom blossom to any degree of perfection in the open See also:

air, the head of blossom depending on the uninjured development of a well-ripened terminal bud, and this growth being frequently affected by See also:

LATE

late See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring frosts. They are much more useful for pot-culture indoors, and should be reared from cuttings of shoots having the terminal bud plump and prominent, put in during summer, these developing a single head of flowers the succeeding summer. Somewhat larger See also:

PLANTS

plants may be had by nipping out the terminal bud and inducing three or four shoots to start in its See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and these, being steadily See also:

DEVELOPED

developed and well ripened, should each yield its inflorescence in the following summer, that is, when two years old. Large plants grown in tubs and vases are fine subjects for large conservatories, and useful for decorating See also:

TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace walks and similar places during summer, being- housed in See also:

winter, and started under See also:

glass in spring. Hydrangea paniculata See also:

var. grandiflora is a very handsome plant; the branched inflorescence under favourable circumstances is a yard or more in length, and consists of large spreading masses of crowded white neuter flowers which completely conceal the few inconspicuous fertile ones. The plant attains a height of 8 to ro ft. and when in flower late in summer and in autumn is a very attractive See also:

OBJECT

object in the shrubbery. The See also:

INDIAN

Indian and See also:

AMERICAN

American species, especially the latter, are quite hardy, and some of them are extremely effective.

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