EHODOTYPOS 



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double flowers an inch or more broad. In the rare single-flowered 



form there are five petals and many stamens. The leaves are alternate, 



thin, doubly serrate and plaited, the veiniug is feathered and straight, the 



tips are long and slender. The flowers are abundant in June and appear 



irregularly through the rest of the 



year. There is a variety with white 



variegated foliage, growing only 2 to 



8 feet high, arg^nteo-variegita, 



and another dwarf form with the 



twigs striped yeUow and green, 



aureo-vittatis. 



[Twig cuttings ; layers ; divisions.] 



Stephandndra flexubsa. Stephan- 

 ANDKA (243) is a beautiful smooth 



Fig. 245. — Shrubby Potentilla. 



shrub (5 feet) with angular zigzag 

 branches and deciduous triangular 

 deeply-notched and lobed leaves of 

 a peculiar grayish green color (|-1 J 

 inches long). The white flowers 

 are small and inconspicuous (June) 

 in terminal clusters. The small 

 pods contain 1 or 2 shining seeds. 

 The plant is cultivated for its pe- 

 culiar foliage, which turns a bronze- 

 red in late summer. Hardy north 

 to Massachusetts if somewhat pro- 

 tected. 



[Twig cuttings ; seeds.] 



Rhodotypos kerrioides. White Kerria or Rhodottpos (244) is another 

 hardy Japanese shrub with plaited leaves similar to the last but arranged 

 opposite on the stem. The almost pure white single-rose-like 4-petaled 



Fig. 246. — Purple-flowering 

 Raspberry. 



