LABURNUM 3 



slender, J in. long, with a small bract about the middle ; standard petal 

 roundish, | in. diameter. Seed-pod 2 to 3 ins. long, J in. wide, flat, the upper 

 seam distinctly winged, developing one to four seeds. 



Native of Greece and Asia Minor; introduced about 1879, but stil1 ver Y 



LABURNUM CARAMANICUM. 



uncommon. It has lived outside at Kew for a good many years, but the 

 shoots are cut back severely every winter. Owing to its flowering late in the 

 season on the shoots of the year, this does not affect its blossoming, although 

 the plants increase slowly in size. To be seen at its best, no doubt, it needs 

 a hotter, sunnier climate than ours. It flowers too late to ripen seed with 



