Show BEAUTY OF bf THE HYDRANGEA by LIMA R ROSE inquiries have come in about good fall flowering shrubs it Is likely it a vote were taken for the best beat late flowering hardy shrub tho the honor would fall to the hydrangea while there are shrubs that I 1 like better this one seems to suit the masses it has the merit of extreme hardiness easy culture great floriferous ous ness late blooming and persistent its flowers lose their early whiteness as the season advances but in their pinky brown stage they are not without attractiveness and even after snow comes they afford pleasing effects when seen against a background of puro white in planting the hydrangea I 1 would never advise using it singly it Is vastly more effective when grouped by this means wo we secure for it a strength and dignity which single specimens never have bate the enormous heads beads of the bloom have considerable weight but they are all the more attractive when they caaso the branches to take OR on a graceful curve |