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of the balbous-iooud ptreiuial kiuJ, for llic 

 green -hcHisc. 



1 1 belongs to the class and order HfixamlrUt 

 J\hiiogy?!ia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 ^piitltucea'. 



' The characters are : that there is no calyx : the 

 corolla one-petalled, club-Shaped, bent, six- 

 cleft at top; segments ovate-ohlong ; the three 

 inner blunt, the three outer terminating in a lit- 

 tle horn : the stamina consist of six filaments, 

 fastened to the tube, filiform-subulate, a little 

 shorter than the corolla : anthers oblong, erect: 

 the pistillum is an inferior germ, ovate, obtusely 

 three-cornered: slvlc tiiiforni, the length ot the 

 corolla : stigma trilid. 



The species are : 1. C. angiis/ifuHiis, Narrow- 

 leaved Cyrtanthus ; 2. C. oitiquus, Obiiiiue- 

 leavcd Cvrtanthus. 



The first has a bulbous root, crowned by straight, 

 narrow, keel-shaped leaves closing at their base; 

 and flower-slalks one foot high, terminated by 

 umbellate clusters of scarlet nodding narrow 

 purple flowers, betweecn two and three inches 

 lonir each, with a bent tube. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



Tiie second species has a fleshy bulbous root, 

 smooth oblique leaves, and umbellale pendulous 

 simp'e flowers, terminating in a foot-stalk about 

 one foot high. It is also a native of the Cape. 



Ciillure. — These plants arc capable of being- 

 increased cither by off'-scts from the roots or 

 by seeds, but the first is the best method. 



The off-sets should be taken from the roots 

 V. hen the stems begin to decay, and planted out 

 in separate pots, placed under the protection of 

 the areen-housc or in a gardcn-lranie. 



In the latter method the seeds should be sown 

 in pots in the spring season, and plunged in a 

 moderate hot-bed. 



When the plants come up, and are of suf- 

 ficient erowth, they should be removed into se- 

 parate pots. 



In both methods they afterwards require the 

 same kind of management as other bulbous- 

 rooted jjlants from the same quarter. 



CYTiSUS, a genus containing plants of the 

 hardy evergreen and deciduous flowering shrub- 

 by knids. 



It belongs to the class and order Diadc/phia 

 Dccandria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Pfrpilionitcfxe. 



The characters are : that the calyx is aone-leaftd 

 perianlhium, bell-lorm, sliort, oljtuse at thebase: 

 mouth two-lipped: upper-lip two-cleft, acumi- 

 nate ; lower three-toothed : the corolla is papi- 

 lionaceous : standard ovate, rising upwards, sides 

 reflex: wings the lensth of tile standard, straight, 

 oblus'j : the keel somewhat bellied, aeuminale : 



the stamina consist of diadelphous filarnents, 

 (single and nine-cleft) rising upwards : anthers 

 simple: the pistillum is an oblong germ : stvle 

 simple, rising upwards: stigma obtuse: the peri- 

 carpium is an oblong leguiue, obtuse, attenuated 

 at the base, stifl": the seeds few, kidney-form, 

 compressed. 



The species are : \.C. Lalnirnum, Laburnum ; 

 2. C. scssilifolium, Common Cytisus ; 3. C 

 hirsutus. Hairy or Evergreen Cytisus. 



The first has a large upright tree-stem, branch^ 

 ing into a full-spreading head, from ten to twen- 

 ty feet high, having smooth greenish branches, 

 trifoliate, oblong-oval entire leaves, on long 

 slender foot-stalks; and from tlie sides of all 

 the branches nvmierous yellow flowers collected 

 in long spikes, hanging loosely downward ; ap- 

 pearini;; in May. It is a native of Switzerland, 



The varieties are: the Common broad-leaved; 

 the Narrow-leaved; Long-spiked, having very 

 long pendulous spikes of flowers ; the Short- 

 spiked, having short, roundish, thick spikes of 

 flowers; and the Variegated-leaved Laburnum. 



The second species rises with a woody stalk, 

 putting out many branches, covered with a 

 brownish bark : the leaflets are obovate, tcrnate, 

 on very short petioles : the flowers in close short 

 terminating racemes, of a bright yellow colour : 

 it rises to the height of seven or eight feet, and 

 becomes very bushy. It is a native of the South 

 of Europe. 



The third has a soft shrubby stalk, dividing 

 into many branches, which grow erect, and fre- 

 quently rise to the height of eigiit or ten feet: the 

 stalks, branches, and leaves are verv hairy ; the 

 leaves are ternate, ovate, and placed closely on 

 the branches : the flowers come out from the 

 side of the stalk in short racemes, and are of a pale 

 yellow, appearing in June. It is a native of the 

 South of Europe. 



Culture. — These plants are all capable of be- 

 insi increased by seeds, and many of them by 

 cuttings and layers. 



In the first mode the seed should be sown, 

 cither on beds or w here the plants are to remain, 

 in the spring, as about March, being in the lirst 

 mode, when of sufficient growth, transplanted 

 into luirsery rows, to remain till of a proper 

 size for being planted in the situations where 

 they are to grow. When sown where they are 

 to remain, they only retjuire to be kept peifectly 

 free from weeds, and trimmed to one good plant 

 in a place, giving the tender sorts the protection 

 of mats during the severity of the winter sea- 

 son. 



The trees of most of the sorts aflbrd seeds 'n\ 

 abundance in the autumn. 



The cuttings should be made from the young 

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