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North America; 1808. C. barbatum (bearded); stove peren- 

 nial ; I foot ; flowers purple and green, in July ; Mount Ophir ; 

 1838. C. calceolus (common slipper) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; 

 flowers yellow and brown, in May ; England. C. candidum 

 (white) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers white, in May ; North 

 America ; 1826. C. guttatum (spotted) ; hardy perennial ; 2 

 feet ; flowers white and rose, in May; Siberia ; 1829. C. humile 

 or acaule (humble) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers purple 

 and white, in June; North America; 1786. C. insigne (strik- 

 ing) ; stove perennial ; I foot ; flowers green, white, and purple, 

 in July; Nepaul ; 1819. C. Irapeanum (Irapean) ; stove per- 

 ennial ; 1 8 inches ; flowers yellow, in June ; Mexico ; 1844. 

 C. Loivii (Low's) ; stove perennial; 18 inches; flowers purple 

 and green, in May; Borneo; 1847. C.pubescens (pubescent); 

 hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers yellow and purple, in May ; 

 North America ; 1 790. C. spectabile (showy) ; hardy perennial ; 

 1 8 inches ; flowers purple and white, in June ; North America ; 

 1731. C. ventricosnm (bellied); hardy perennial; 9 inches; 

 flowers purple, in May ; Siberia ; 1828. C. venustum (hand- 

 some) ; stove perennial ; i foot ; flowers green and red, in July ; 

 Nepaul ; 1816. 



CYTISUS. [Leguminosag.] Elegant, and, for the most 

 part, showy shrubs, and small trees. C. Laburnum and Al- 

 pinus are well-known free-flowering trees, and, though the 

 most familiar and common, are the most beautiful of the 

 whole family. They may be raised from seeds, which need 

 only be sown on the common open ground and raked in, 

 where they may be thinned to proper distances, two or three 

 inches apart, and remain the first season ; the next, they 

 may be planted out in rows, a foot from plant to plant, and 

 two feet from row to row. As all these trees are wanted 

 as standards, whether for their own sakes or for stocks on 

 which to graft or bud other varieties, the side-shoots, except 

 the top two or three, should be rubbed off while merely 

 buds. When they are tall enough, their heads may be 



