. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. DOUBLE KEREIA. Ktrrui JcpoHuur [Jl. pi.). S this plant is often la))elled Corc/mriis Ji/jjinilca, we com- mence tins notice liy sayini;' that it is not a covehoras, anil sliould never l>e so called. The covehorus is allied to the lime-li'ce ; tlu Iverria is allied tothesi>ii'a'a, and IS, therefore, a rosaceons |ilant. The leaves are iniite s])ira?a-]ike ; hid the llov\-er of the doidili' variety may take us far a\v;v}' from spir;ea, until we examine it carefullv. The Japan Kerria is named in honour of Mr. AVilliam Ker
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. DOUBLE KEREIA. Ktrrui JcpoHuur [Jl. pi.). S this plant is often la))elled Corc/mriis Ji/jjinilca, we com- mence tins notice liy sayini;' that it is not a covehoras, anil sliould never l>e so called. The covehorus is allied to the lime-li'ce ; tlu Iverria is allied tothesi>ii'a'a, and IS, therefore, a rosaceons |ilant. The leaves are iniite s])ira?a-]ike ; hid the llov\-er of the doidili' variety may take us far a\v;v}' from spir;ea, until we examine it carefullv. The Japan Kerria is named in honour of Mr. AVilliam Kerr, a collector sent out from the Royal Gardens at Kew, and some time suiierintendent of the Botanic Garden in Ceylon. The hardiness and beauty of the doulile variety, which was lirst inti'oduceil, made the botanists desire to obtain the sino-le fdrm of the plant; and Don, in the second volume of his " Dichlamydeus Plants" (]i, 517), intimates that it was still unknown in , when that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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