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produced in early spring, is not a very desirable species, 

 being of rather straggling growth and with few flowers.! 



K hirstjta. — Hairy-leaved Kalmia. South-East Virginia 

 to Florida, 1786. This is at once distinguished by the 

 rather rough and hairy foliage and few rosy-tinted flowers. 

 It is of dwarf, neat growth. 



X K. latifolia. — Calico Bush, or Mountain Laurel. Alle- 

 ghanies, Canada, and Western Florida, 1734. A favourite 

 shrub in every garden where the conditions of soil will 

 allow of its being successfully cultivated. In peaty soil, or 

 light, friable loam and leaf soil, it forms a dense, round- 

 headed bush, often 8 feet in height, and nearly as much 

 through, with pleasing green leaves and dense clusters 

 of beautiful pint, wax-like flowers. The flowering period 

 commences in May, and usually extends to the end of 

 July. This is a choice shrub of great hardihood, and 

 one of the handsomest flowering in cultivation. There 

 is a still more beautiful form named K. latifolia major 

 splendens, and one with small Myrtle-like foliage named 

 K. latifolia myrtifolia; while JL latifolia Pavarti (1888) 

 has very bright-coloured flowers, and is a desirable 

 variety. 



The members of this handsome family are, as a rule, 

 partial to cool, damp soil, peat of a light, sandy nature 

 being preferred. They thrive well where Azaleas and 

 Rhododendrons will succeed. In bold masses they have a 

 fine effect, but a well-developed standard specimen of the 

 commonly cultivated species is highly ornamental. 



Kerria (Rosacea). 



* Kebeia japonica (syn Corchorus japonicus). — Japan, 1700. 

 A Japanese shrub, the double-flowered variety of which, K. 

 japonica flore-pleno, is one of our commonest wall plants. 

 The orange-yellow flowers, produced in great rosettes, are 

 highly ornamental, and have earned for the shrub a 



