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KERRIA JAPONICA. 



Fig. i;i83.— Kerria jAPONirA. 



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OR many years this shrub has 

 been grown in the Niagara 

 District, under the name of 

 Japonica, or by some, of Yel- 

 Rose. Neglected, as it often is, 



the bloom is sparse,, and the bush strag- 

 gling, but recently we have noticed a 

 bush of surprising beauty. It is situated 

 on the north side of the mountain at 

 Grimsby partially sheltered by trees ; the 

 soil is moist clay, well drained by a natur- 



al slope, and here it grows to great per- 

 fection. The bush has grown to a great 

 size, it is full and symmetrical in habit, 

 and on the 2nd of June it was loaded 

 heavily with its golden bloom. Indeed 

 it was a most showy ornamental, worthy 

 a place in any garden, or lawn. We 

 have not seen it outside this district in 

 Ontario, and for those who give their 

 plants only neglect, we do not advise 

 the Kerria Japonica, but for the careful 

 cultivator, who will give good care, and 

 good soil, there is no finer ornamental 

 to be found. 



The genus name, Kerria, is after M. 

 Kerr, formerly Supt. of the Botanical 

 Garden at Ceylon. The only species 

 known to cultivation is K. Japonica 

 (Japanese), so-called because introduced 

 from Japan in 1700. There are two 

 forms, the single and the double 

 flowered, the latter being the form 

 usually seen, but the former is the more 

 graceful and the more continuously in 

 bloom. The accompanying photograph 

 shows a branch of the double form, 

 from the bush above mentioned, and 

 will enable any reader to identify the 

 plant. The flowers are orange yellow, 

 solitary and terminal ; the leaves are 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; 

 height of bush, 4 to 6 feet. 



In addition to these forms there is a 

 sort with variegated leaves, but all are 

 of the same species. 



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