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GENISTA virgata. 

 Twiggy Broom. 



MONADELPHIA BECANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Leguminos^. § Papihonace^. 

 GENISTA. Lam. 



G. virgata ; ramis virgatis teretibus striatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sub- 

 sericeis, floribus secus ramulos solitarios subracemosis, petalis sericeis 

 longitudine subsequalibus, leguminibus villosis 1-3-spermis compresso- 

 planis ad semina subtorosis. BeCand. Prodr. 2. 149. 



Spartium virgatum, Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. 11. 



Cytisus tener, Jacq. ic. rar. t. 147- 



Genista gracilis, Voir, 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- 



