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DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



There are several species from Asia, though probably the first, below, is 

 the only one in general cultivation as yet. This is called Pearl Bcsh 

 (241) — Exochorda grandiflbra — and grovys in the North to a height of 8 



Fig. 242. — Kerria. 



Fig. 243. — Stephanandra. 



feet, in the South to 15 feet or more. The leaves are simple, alternate, and 



whitish below, more or less toothed. 



Fig. 244.— Rhodotypos. 



A straggling bush very beautiful 

 in flower but needing pruning or 

 hiding of the lower portion by 

 other plants to make it sightly 

 through the season. The pruning 

 may make a tree-like growth of it. 

 Exochorda Alberti is a more 

 vigorous species with darker foliage 

 and larger and more numerous 

 flowers in the clusters. 



[Seeds ; twig cuttings ; layers.] 



KIrria japdnica. Kerkia (242) 

 or Japanese ' Rose,' or Globe 

 Flower (incorrectly called Cor- 

 chorus), is an old-fashioned sbrub 

 often cultivated, with green erect, 

 slender, whip-like, pithy stems 5 to 

 8 feet high, and yellow usually 



