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bears its flowers along the edges of the leaves, 

 and in Buscus hypophyllum the flowers are 

 borne on the under side of the flattened 

 branches. 



The young shoots of the English Butchers' 

 Broom are eaten like those of asparagus, and 

 the mature plants are made into brooms. The 

 plant is one of the Asparagese. Belonging 

 to the same sub-order are Asparagus, Lily 

 of the Valley, Solomon's Seal, Herb Paris, 

 which is poisonous, Wood Lily, and Parlour 

 Palm. 



Recognised authorities on botanical subjects, 

 in a few words, express a great deal. In 

 Warming and Potter's Systematic Botany the 

 Butchers' Broom is described as follows : ' Is a 

 South European shrub with leaf-like ovoid or 

 elliptical shoots, which are borne in the axils of 

 scale-like leaves, and bear flowers in the central 

 line. Dioecious, stamens 3, united, anthers 

 extrose.' 



On referring to the Student's Text Book of 

 Botany, by S. H. Vines, I find the plant 

 described as follows : ' Small shrub, with leaf- 



