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FIG. 239. BROOM (Cytisus scoparius). 



A valuable wild shrub with pliant stems and beautiful bright yellow flowers. It grows upon poor sandy soils, to which, 

 with the aid of the nitrifying bacteria ou its roots, it imparts a considerable amount of fertility. El WPE, r.. ASIA, 



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