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of the bulbous-rooted perennial kind, for the the stamina consist of diadelphous filament?, 

 green-house. (single and nine-cleft) rising upwards : anthers 



pie: 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Spatkacece. 



The characters are : that there is no calyx : the 

 corolla one-petalled, club-shaped, bent, six- 

 cleft at top; segments ovate-oblong; the three 

 inner blunt, the three outer terminating in a lit- 

 tle horn : the stamina consist of six filaments, 

 fastened to the tube, filiform-subulate, a little 

 shorter than the corolla : anthers oblong, erect: 

 the pistillum is an inferior germ, ovate, obtusely 

 three-cornered: style filiform, the length of the 

 corolla : stigma trilid. 



The species are : \. C. angustifolias, Narrow- 

 leaved Cyrlanthus ; 2. C. obiiquus, Oblique- 

 leaved Cyrtanthus. 



The firsthasabulbousroot, crowned by straight, 

 narrow, keel-shaped leaves closing at their base; 

 and flower-stalks one foot high, terminated by 

 umbellate clusters of scarlet nodding narrow 

 purple flowers, betweecn two and three inches 

 long each, with a bent tube. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



The second species has a fleshy bulbous root, 

 smooth oblique leaves, and umbellate pendulous 

 simp'e flowers, terminating in a foot-stalk about 

 one foot high. It is also a native of the Cape. 



Culture. — These plants are capable of being 

 increased either by off-sets from the roots or 

 by seeds, but the first is the best method. 



The off-sets should be taken from the roots 

 when the stems begin to decay, and planted out 

 hi separate pots, placed under the protection of 

 the green-house or in a garden-frame. 



In the latter method the seeds should be sown 

 in pots in the spring season, and plunged in a 

 moderate hot-bed. 



When the plants come up, and are of suf- 

 ficient growth, they should be removed into se- 

 parate pots. 



In both methods they afterwards require the 

 same kind of management as other bulbous- 

 rooted plants from the same quarter. 



CYT1SUS, a genus containing plants of the 

 hardy evergreen and deciduous flowering shrub- 

 by kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order DiadelpJtia 

 Decandria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Papiliovacece. 



The characters a? e : that the calyx is a one -leafed 

 perianthium, beU-form, short, obtuse at thebase: 

 mouth two-lipped j upper-lip two-cleft, acumi- 

 nate ; lower three-toothed : the corolla is papi- 

 lionaceous ^standard ovate, rising upwards, sides 

 reflex : wings the length of the standard, straight, 

 obtuse: the keel somewhat bellied, acuminate: 



simple: the pistillum is an oblong germ : style 

 simple, rising upwards: stigma obtuse : the peri- 

 carpium is an oblong legume, obtuse, attenuated 

 at the base, stiff: the seeds few, kidney-form, 

 compressed. 



The species are : 1 . C. Laburnum, Laburnum ; 

 2. C. sessU'if'olium, Common Cytisus ; 3. C. 

 hirsutus, Hairy or Evergreen Cytisus. 



The first has a large upright tree-stem, branch- 

 ing into a full-spreading head, from ten to twen- 

 ty feet high, having smooth greenish branches, 

 trifoliate, oblong-oval entire leaves, on long 

 slender foot-stalks ; and from the sides of all 

 the branches numerous yellow flowers collected 

 in long spikes, hanging loosely downward ; ap- 

 pearing in May. It is a native of Switzerland. 



The varieties are: the Common broad-leaved; 

 the Narrow-leaved; Long-spiked, having very 

 long pendulous spikes of flowers ; the Short- 

 spiked, having short, roundish, thick spikes of 

 flowers; and the Variegated-leaved Laburnum. 



The second species rises with a woody stalk, 

 putting out many branches, covered with a 

 brownish bark : the leaflets are obovate, ternate, 

 on very short petioles : the flowers in close short 

 terminating racemes, of a bright yellow colour : 

 it rises to the height of seven or eight feet, and 

 becomes very bushy. It is a native of the South 

 of Europe. 



The third has a soft shrubby stalk, dividing 

 into many branches, which grow erect, and fre- 

 quently rise to the height of eight or ten feet : the 

 stalks, branches, and leaves are very hairy; the 

 leaves are ternate, ovate, and placed closely on 

 the branches : the flowers come out from the 

 sideof the stalk in short racemes, and are of a pale 

 yellow, appearing in June. It is a native of the 

 South of Europe. 



Culture. — These plants are all capable of be- 

 ing increased by seeds, and many of them by 

 cuttings and layers. 



In the first mode the seed should be sown, 

 either on beds or where the plants are to remain, 

 in the spring, as about March, being in the first 

 mode, when of sufficient growth, transplanted 

 into nursery rows, to remain till of a proper 

 size for being planted in the situations where 

 they are to grow. When sown where they are 

 to remain, they only require to be kept perfectly 

 free from weeds, »id trimmed to one good plant 

 in a place, giving the tender sorts the protection 

 of mats during the severity of the winter sea- 

 son. 



The trees of most of the sorts afford seeds in 

 abundance in the autumn-. 



The cuttings should be made from the young 



