Kerria, or Jew's Mallow 



Although the Kerria is usually put as a climber or 

 to grow by a wall, it is seen, like so many other plants 

 the japonica, for instance to even more advantage 

 as a bush. Since it is not a very solid individual, it 

 serves admirably in the foreground of a shrubbery. 

 It is perfectly hardy in all but the most exposed 

 positions. It also makes good hedges, either alone or 

 mixed with stiffer shrubs, such as flowering currant 

 and lilac, the greenness of its leafless shoots giving a 

 trellis effect in winter, and being an additional recom- 

 mendation. In its native country it is frequently 

 grown as a hedge. 



Soil and Cultivation. The Kerria is not particular 

 in its requirements and will thrive in good loam or in 

 poor sandy soil. It is usually propagated either by 

 layers or by cuttings (taken preferably in June or July), 

 or the whole shrub can be divided. It requires little 

 attention beyond, perhaps, a little pruning of the old 

 wood after flowering. 



WHITE JEW'S MALLOW . Rhodotypus kerrioides 



The White Jew's Mallow a pretty hardy shrub 

 remarkably like the ordinary single Jew's Mallow in all 

 but the colour of its blossoms is not, however, a 

 Kerria, but as its botanical name, Rhodotypus kerri- 

 oides, implies, a member of the Rhodotypus genus in the 



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