Identifier: treesshrubshardy01bean (
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Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British islesYear:
1914 (
1910s)Authors:
Bean, William Jackson, 1863-Subjects:
Shrubs TreesPublisher:
London J. MurrayContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:milar climate. Its one defect is that its flower-heads areoften so heavy that the stalk is not stout enough to hold them upright. H. Bretschneideri, Dippel. (H. pekinensis, Hort,; 11. vestita var. pubescens, Maximowicz.) A deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 ft. high, forming a sturdy bush, old barkpeeling ; young branches smooth. Leaves oblong to ovate, 3 to 5 ins. long,I to 2 ins. wide ; rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, slender pointed,regularly toothed ; dull and smooth above, hairy on the veins and sometimesover the whole surface beneath. Corymbs flattened, 4 to 6 ins. across, witha considerable number of large sterile flowers at the margins ; these areI to \ ins. across, the three or four sepals rounded or obovate, white,aftenvards rosy. The small, perfect flowers are dull white ; flower-stalksclothed with erect bristly down. The seed vessels are egg-shaped, thepersistent calyx forming a raised band round the middle. Native of China ; introduced from the mountains about Pekin in 1882,Text Appearing After Image:HYDRANGEA 625 by Dr Bretschneider. Planted in a sunny position in good soil, this makes areally handsome shrub, flowering in June and July, perfectly hardy and alwaysvigorous. H. CINEREA, Small. A species intermediate between H. arborescens, whose leaves are almostsmooth, and H. radiata, which has them clothed beneath with a close, snowy-white felt. In H. cinerea the leaves are covered beneath with a dense greyishdown. The corymbs have few large sterile flowers or none. Found wild in mountainous parts of the south-eastern United States. Avariety, STERILIS, Rehder, in which nearly all the flowers are of the large steriletype, is described as having originated in Ohio, U.S.A., and was introduced in19 fo, but I have not seen it flower in cultivation. There has long been incultivation a Hydrangea intermediate between H. radiata and H. arborescens,which has been regarded as a hybrid between the two. It is known asH. canescens, Koch^ and H. arborescens var. canescens, Nicholson^ but I donotNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.