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the smaller-flowered cytisus. Of this there are two 

 sorts which are good ornaments for any lawn — the 

 pure white Cytisus albus from Portugal, very pretty, 

 though apt to grow in a thin and weak way, and the 

 Cytisus praecox, a garden variety, which forms a close 

 bush covered with lovely, pale lemon flowers, which 

 last a long time, but cannot be picked on account of 

 their heavy, unpleasant smell. The barberries are all 

 useful, both for their spring flowers and their autumnal 

 tints, and they are easily grown, and keep in good 

 shape. They are found in all quarters of the globe, 

 and we have one in England which is interesting to the 

 student of old English botany as being joined by the 

 old writers with the box as an ornamental hedge plant, 

 and bearing a name which has not changed (it is 

 'barbaryn tre' in the Promptorium), but which has 

 never been explained. Choisya ternata is a beautiful 

 shrub of the rue family, which, though known to 

 botanists for more than sixty years, has only been 

 introduced into England about twenty years. It is a 

 rich evergreen, and in spring is crowded with its sweet- 

 scented pure white flowers, and its buds are so like 

 the buds of the orange that they are often used as 

 substitutes. Though a Mexican plant, it is perfectly 

 hardy, but likes to be sheltered from strong winds; 

 and as it increases easily from cuttings, it ought soon 



