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GENISTA virgata. 
Twiggy Broom. 
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LeGumınosz. $ PAPILIONACEX. ` 
GENISTA. Lam. 
G. virgata ; ramis virgatis teretibus striatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sub- 
sericeis, floribus secus ramulos solitarios subracemosis, petalis sericeis 
longitudine subzequalibus, leguminibus villosis 1-3-spermis compresso- 
planis ad semina subtorosis. DeCand. Prodr. 2. 149. 
Spartium virgatum, Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. 11. 
Cytisus tener, Jacq. ic. rar. £. 147. e 
Genista gracilis, Poir. suppl. 2. 715. 
The plant from which this figure was taken we received 
from Mr. Young, Nurseryman, Milford, in July 1843. He 
states that it is a very handsome compact shrub, which resisted 
the hard winter of 1836-7. It was raised from the seeds sent 
by Mr. Webb from Madeira in 1825, was turned out in 1833 
into the open border, and is now a very woody shrub. It is 
deserving a place in all shrubberies. 
In the garden of the Horticultural Society it grows about 
four feet high, and is capable of enduring the ordinary winters 
round London, if placed in a dry situation, and planted in a 
loamy soil. It is increased by seeds or by cuttings of the young 
wood after midsummer. The cuttings should be placed in a 
shady situation, in light sandy soil, and covered with a hand- 
glass. It flowers freely in May and June, and forms a loose 
rather spreading bush, rather thin of foliage. 
In the nurseries it is generally known by the name of 
Spartium virgatum. 
In such wild and cultivated specimens, as we have had 
the opportunity of examining, the leaves were uniformly sim- 
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