64 MY SHRUBS 



in the South Alleghanies. Nothing is finer than these fresh and 

 beautiful shrubs, with their bright evergreen foliage and corymbs of 

 clear pink bloom. That it approves peat and half shade is certain, 

 but it may thrive equally under other conditions. I suspect, how- 

 ever, like so many Americans, it is intolerant of lime. 



K. glauca is a choice dwarf species ; but K. angustifolia is 

 not to be commended. This shrub from Canada has a poor, 

 wiry habit, and nothing much to atone for it. There is, too, 

 K. angustifolia rubra, which has good friends, but I have not seen 

 this red-flowered variety. 



Kennedy a, with which may be reckoned Hardenbergia, is a 

 valuable and beautiful climber for the greenhouse or cold house. 

 I grew one from seed, and satisfied myself that it was very good. 

 The species mostly produces scarlet flowers of varying shades ; 

 but there are purple, and blue Kennedyas also. In Algiers I 

 recollect a handsome blue species. The bloom is in the style 

 of Clianthus, though not so large as the Glory Pea, and the habit 

 always scandent. I suppose they would be useless in the open. 



Kerria japonica, though a mid- Victorian, may still rank as a 

 most valuable flowering shrub. Who rejoices not to see its 

 jovial gold in the spring sunshine ? Either upon a wall or in the 

 shrubbery its graceful wands are equally at home. 



Koelreuteria paniculata, a monotypic genus from North China, 

 grows swiftly when satisfied with the conditions. My specimen 

 has after eight years attained to the dignity of a little tree. Its 

 deeply toothed, pinnate foliage is ruby-red in spring, and turns 

 to a fine pale orange in autumn ; while during a hot summer 

 it sends forth long, upright pannicles of yellow flowers. These 

 in their turn produce a conspicuous capsuled fruit when September 



