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Furze, 11,. r En rope us. — This is a dwarf, spiny shrub 

 growing iu masses on commons and barren ground in western 

 Europe. Leaves spinate, with minute, hairy leaflets. Flowers 

 yellow, sweet-scented, and very numerous in spring and 

 autumn. The dwarf furze ( U. nanus) is low and spreading, 

 seldom more than a foot high ; very floriferous ; flowers 

 yellow all summer. Good for naturalization on sunny hill- 

 sides. Very effective. 



False Indigo, Amorp7ia fruticosa. — -A tall, graceful 

 shrub with pinnate leaves, slender branches and spicate pani- 

 cles of deep, purplish-blue flowers from the axils of the upper 

 leaves. For mixed shrubberies, river-banks or rockeries, in 

 moderately rich soil. 



Pea Tree, Caragana arborescens. — Large shrub with 

 abruptly pinnate leaves and yellow flowers in axillary 

 fascicles. C. frutescens is a much dwarfer plant of grace- 

 ful habit, and the less showy. C spinosa is a very effective 

 and useful hedge plant. All are Siberian plants of great 

 hardiness ; fine for shrubberies in sunny positions. 



Bladder Senna, Coin tea arborescens, and C cruenta : the 

 first with axillary racemes of yellow flowers, the second 

 with flowers of a reddish-yellow color ; both have pinnate 

 leaves, are, upright spreading shrubs with light foliage and 

 of a graceful habit. Fine when planted together in small 

 groups on sunny lawns. Thrive well iu ordinary, light soil 



Rose Acacia. — See flowering trees. 



THE ROSE FAMILY. 



Double Flowering Plum, Prunus triloba. — A very beau- 

 tiful shrub of a dwarf and graceful habit, with numerous 



