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ULEX EUROP^EUS (Common Gorse or Whin). 

 This common British plant needs little description 

 here. When seen in its wild state, where it is 

 thoroughly naturalised, it presents a most charming 

 sight. Half-wild patches of land may easily be 

 made suitable for it at little expense. During winter 

 the land should either be ploughed or dug, and the 

 seed sown during April, either in drills or broad- 

 cast, and the seedlings thinned to a fair distance 

 apart during the following spring. When once 

 thoroughly established, little trouble will be ex- 

 perienced in keeping the ground well stocked. 

 Occasionally, when the old plants become leggy, 

 they should be cut close to the ground immediately 

 after flowering, and in a short time these will break 

 away freely from the bottom. Ulex europceus flore- 

 pleno is an invaluable plant for all kinds of orna- 

 mental planting, and is struck from cuttings, which are 

 potted up. In this way the plants are distributed ; 

 nevertheless, it is a most important plant to have. 

 The flower is a much brighter yellow than the 

 common form, is produced more freely, and lasts 

 a considerable time in beauty. It is very suitable 

 for either making beds or forming large patches of 

 colour behind rocks and among the fissures of the 

 rock garden. It should be planted about 3 feet 

 apart, in fairly good ground, and about every fifth 

 year pruned down close to the ground. 



VIBURNUM TINUS (Laurustinus). A beautiful ever- 

 green flowering shrub, and generally well known, 

 but unfortunately it is not sufficiently hardy to plant 



