Hydrangea Var. cyanoclada

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Read about Hydrangea Var. cyanoclada in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hydrangea Var. cyanoclada, Dipp. (H. mandshurica, Koehne. H. Hortensia Var. nigra, Arb. Kew. H. nigra, Carr. H. ramulis coccineis and H. ramulis pictis, Hort.). Branches dark purple or violet, often almost black: lvs. ovate-elliptic, acute: cymes large, with purple peduncles; sepals pink or bluish, obovate. A.F. 5:361. Var. hortensia, Dipp. Lvs. large, elliptic, glabrous: sepals broadly ovate, entire, usually pink. This is the form which first came into cult, outside of Japan and China, and is said to have been intro. from China to England in 1790, by Joseph Banks. B.M. 438. G.C: III. 24:45; 52:251. Gn. 45, p. 12; 50, pp. 123, 256, 367; 52, p. 281. F.E. 18:277. A.G. 1900:695. Gn.M. 2:66. G. 4:223; 15:139; 20:441. Var. plena, Regel. Similar to the preceding, but sepals toothed. Var. otaksa, Dipp. (H. otaksa, Sieb. & Zucc.). Fig. 1933. Dwarfer, but of vigorous growth: lvs. obovate, short acuminate, rather thick, glabrous: sepals obovate, entire, pink or blue. S.Z. 52. F.S. 17:1732, 1733. Gn. 50: 122. R.H. 1868:450. Mn. 5, p. 105. A.G. 11: 415; 19: suppl. Feb. 12; 44:415. A.F. 10:1015. F.E. 9:52, 401. Gng. 5:161; 6:7. Here belong also the following 4 forms: Var. otaksa monstrosa, Lambert, with very large heads. S.H. 2:517. G.W. 13, p. 43. Var. otaksa monstrosa nana, Brunnemann. A very dwarf form of the preceding. M.D.G. 1909:235. Var. rosea, Veitch. Lvs. smaller, more finely serrate: fls. deep rose-color or bright blue. Gt. 53:1533 (rose). R.H. 1904:544 (blue). Gn. 50:122. G.W. 7:582. Gn.W. 22:493. Var. Thomas Hogg, Hort. Lvs. elliptic, or ovate: heads pure white, large. One of the best as a pot-plant. It is also to be recommended for outdoor cult., as it is one of the hardiest.—-Some beautiful forms mostly of hybrid origin of the Hortensia group have recently appeared in the trade, of these may be mentioned here: Madame E. Mouillere, white fls. with crenate close sepals. R.H. 1912, p. 62. M.D.G. 1911:41. G.C. III. 49:204. Gn. 75, p. 180. Beaute Vendomaise, fls. very large, with clawed and crenate sepals, fls. therefore open in the center. R.H. 1912, p. 63. Professor D. Bois, fls. deep rose, large, sometimes 5 in. across. R.H. 1912, p. 325. Eclaireur, fls. large, rose-carmine, said to be the most deeply colored form. Mademoiselle Renee Gaillard, fls. white with dentate sepals. M.D.G. 1911: 38, 39. Avalanche, fls. pure white. Generale Vicomtesse de Vibraye, with very large pink fls., with entire sepals. R.B. 37:377. President Viger, very floriferous, clusters large, fls. very large, with dentate sepals, bright pink. Saarbrucken, dwarf, with very large heads of pink fls.; sepals denticulate. M.D.G. 1910:601. G.W. 15, p. 76. For other varieties see: M.D.G. 1911:38-41,265-273; 1912:210,211.


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