ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 281 



G.pygmaea. — Dwarf habit. Flowers small, white, with a purplish 

 band. 



G. Pavonia. — Grows about i8 inches high. Leaves hairy. 

 Flowers yellow, with a brown spot at base, with a green tinge. 

 Blooms in July. A handsome plant. 



G. rigens. — Grows about 12 inches high. Leaves spatulate and 

 hairy. Flowers of a brilliant golden colour, in June. 



G. splendens. — Trailing habit. Leaves a silky white beneath. 

 Flowers brilliant orange colour, with a black and white spot at the 

 base of each ray-floret. Blooms July to October. 



G. uniflora. — Decumbent habit, shrubby growth. Leaves downy 

 beneath. Flowers yellow. Blooms July and August. 



There are also several hybrids of garden origin, some with 

 variegated leaves. 



Genista (Leguminosae) 



A genus of shrubs very nearly allied to the Cytisus ; in fact it is 

 not easy to distinguish one from the other. They all grow easily 

 in any dry, sandy loam, and are very useful and attractive. They 

 are a numerous genus, and the following is a selection of the dwarfer 

 and most suitable kinds. The tall-growing varieties can be used 

 with good effect for massing with other shrubs. 



G. anglica. — A dwarf-growing, native shrub, seldom reaching 



2 feet in height. The yellow flowers in leafy racemes appear in 

 June and July. 



G. anxsantica. — Very similar to the native G. ti7ictora. Its yellow 

 flowers appear in late summer. 



G. germanica. — Grows about 18 inches to 2 feet, with arching 

 branches and yellow flowers produced in summer and autumn. 

 A useful shrub. Very pretty. 



G. hispanica (Spanish Gorse). — A most useful, very compact, 

 dwarf, evergreen shrub, only growing some 12 to 18 inches high, 

 with a profusion of yellow flowers the whole summer. 



G. pilosa. — A dense, prostrate-growing shrub for dry, gravelly 

 soils, and yellow flowers very freely borne in May and June. 



G. prostrata. — A creeping shrub, scarcely more than 2 inches 

 high. Yellow flowers very freely produced during the early summer. 

 A very useful and attractive evergreen shrub for growing over stones 

 or banks. One of the best. 



G. radiata. — Evergreen, much-branched spiny shrub, growing 



3 to 4 feet high, and a wealth of yellow flowers during the summer. 

 Hardy, and one of the best and most useful of the genus. 



G. sagittalis. — A creeping shrub about 6 inches high. Very 

 distinct, with peculiar winged stems and a profusion of rich yellow 

 flowers. A shrub more peculiar than attractive. 



