TREES AND SHRUBS 



acuminate, bright green and almost glabrous above, paler and slightly hairy 

 beneath, exstipulate, thin. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-4 ft. ; Branches slender, twiggy, round, bright 

 green, glabrous ; Buds pointed, red-brown, scales ciliate. 



Named after M. Kerr, sometime Superintendent of the Botanic Garden 

 in Ceylon. Introduced from China. Better known in its double-flowered 

 form (A", jap. flore-pleno) ; introduced from Japan 1700. The latter grows 

 to a height of 8 ft., and does well on a wall. It was at one time erroneously 

 named Corchorus japonicum. 



WHITE KERRIA, Rhodotypos kerrioides. 



Gardens, shrubberies. A handsome shrub, resembling Kerria japonica, but 

 white. It requires the same treatment, and is propagated in the same 

 manner. April, May, 



Flowers white, resembling a single Rose, nearly 2 ins. diam. ; solitary 

 and terminal, shortly pedicellate ; Calyx persistent, villous within ; Petals 4, 

 orbiculate, shortly clawed ; Stamens indefinite ; Ovary superior, several free 

 carpels. Fruit an etasrio of fleshy drupels, usually 4, brilliant black. 



Leaves decussate, simple, ovate-acuminate, argutely serrated, petiolate, 

 silky beneath, 3 ins. long, 1| in. wide, stipules free, membranous, much 

 wrinkled. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-15 ft. ; Branches decussate, twiggy. 



Introduced from Japan by Siebold, 1866 ; there known as Jamabuki. 

 Generic name from Gr. rhodon, a rose, and typos, a model or type; specific 

 name from resemblance of foliage to Kerria japonica. 



ALABAMA SNOW WREATH, Neviusia ahbamensis. 



Gardens. May. Requires a sunny position, and prefers a rather free, rich 

 loam. Propagated by cuttings under a hand-light in summer ; layering of 

 shoots in October. 



Flowers white or yellowish-green, 1 in. diam., in axillary clusters. 



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