This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Kerria Japonica, formerly Corchorus Japonica. - Japan Globe-flower. - This is an elegant shrub, growing three or four feet high, producing a profusion of double yellow globular flowers, from June to September. The branches are bright deep-green; the foliage handsome. It is a little tender in some locations, the tops being frequently killed down; but it sends up fresh shoots, which flower the same season. It is easily propagated by suckers.
 
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