112 TOWN PLANTING 



fairly well when subjected to smoke and soot, 

 but it is apt to become rusty and require 

 replenishing. For suburban districts it is 

 better suited. 



KERRIA JAPONICA has good claims to be 

 considered as a town shrub, and is one of 

 those accommodating members of the Rose 

 family that can succeed almost anywhere. As 

 a wall plant for the town garden, it is in 

 common use, and, being highly ornamental 

 both in leaf and flower and well suited for 

 training, has special recommendations for 

 extended use. The orange yellow flowers 

 are produced in great rosettes, and, while 

 the shrub is perhaps best suited for wall 

 purposes, yet it makes a handsome standard 

 or shrubbery specimen. In many parts of 

 London both the species and variegated 

 leaved form do remarkably well. 



THE SNOWDROP TREE (Halesia tetrap- 

 terd). It is well to know that so beautiful 

 and hardy a shrub as the Snowdrop Tree 

 is suitable for town culture. It succeeds 

 in various parts of London, one in the East 



