ROSACEA 



Leaves alternate, ovate or orbicular, resembling Guelder Rose, 1-2 ins. long, 

 3-lobed, obtuse or acute at apex, cordate, truncate, or cuneate at base, crenate- 

 dentate ; stipules caducous. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-10 ft.; Branches recurved, twigs glabrous; Bark 

 peeling in thin strips. 



Native of N. America ; introduced 1690. Genus named after Patrick 

 Neill, Secretary to Caledonian Horticultural Society in early nineteenth century. 

 Syn. Spircea opulifolia. 



Stephanandra Ta nakce. 



Gardens. June. A shrub resembling a Spiraea. Propagated by cuttings 

 under a hand-light in August. 



Flowers greenish-white, very small, puberulous, in a terminal pendulous 

 panicle, 3-4 ins. long ; Sepals 5, petaloid ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numei'ous ; 

 Ovary superior. 



Leaves alternate, triangular-ovate, 3-lobed, lobes acuminate, serrated, bright 

 green, 2 ins. long, 2 ins. wide. Autumn tint golden-yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-8 ft. ; Branches brown ; Buds rose-coloured, pointed. 



Introduced from Japan, 1893. Syn. Neillia Tanakce. 



JEW'S MALLOW, Kerria japonica. 



Gardens and shrubberies. April, May. This is not so well known as 

 the double variety, but is of more graceful habit, and has a longer flowering 

 period. It does well in a good loamy soil, and is excellent for a south or 

 west wall or on a trellis. Old and weak shoots should be cut out after 

 flowering. Propagated by cuttings of young shoots 2-3 ins. long, inserted 

 in sandy soil under a hand-light or in cold frame in summer ; layering of 

 shoots in October ; division of roots in autumn. 



Flowers orange-yellow, 1 in. across ; solitary, terminal, peduncles about 



\ inch long, glabrous ; Sepals 5 ; Petals 5, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, spreading ; 



Stamens indefinite ; Ovary superior. 



Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, sharply and deeply serrated, 



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