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moved into separate pots, and be replaced in 

 the hot-bed, due shade being given till they are 

 re-established, when they must have air and 

 water in proportion to the warmth of the sea- 

 son. As the autumn approaches thev should be 

 removed into the bark -bed or' the stove, where 

 they are best kept the two first seasons; but they 

 may afterwards be exposed in the open air in the 

 hot summer months. 



These plants are valuable for the variety which 

 they afford in stove collections. 

 GARLICK. See Allium. 

 GARLICK-PEAR. See Crateva. 

 GELDER ROSE. See Viburnum. 

 GENISTA, a genus containing plants of the 

 low shrubby deciduous and evergreen kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Diadelphia 

 Becandriu, and ranks in the natural order of 

 PapilionacecB. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, small, tubular, two-lipped : 

 upper lip two-toothed, more deeply divided ; 

 lower three-toothed, nearly equal : the corolla 

 is papilionaceous : banner oblong, remote from 

 the keel,- the whole reflex : wings oblong, loose, 

 shorter than the others : keel straight, emargi- 

 nate, longer than the banner : the stamina have 

 ten filaments, connate, emerging from the keel: 

 anthers simple : the pistillum is an oblong 

 germ : style simple, rising : stigma sharp, rolled 

 in : the pericarpium is a roundish legume, tur- 

 gid, one-celled, two-valved: the seeds solitary, 

 usually kidney-form. 



The species chiefly cultivated are: 1. G. tinc- 

 toria, Common Dyer's Genista, or Broom ; 



2. G. sapttalis, Jointed Genista, or Broom ; 



3. G.florida, Spanish Dyer's Genista, or Broom; 



4. G. pilosa, Hairy Genista, or Broom ; 5. G. 

 Anglica, English Genista, Petty-white, or 

 Needle-Furze; 6. G. candicans, Hoary Genista, 

 or Montpelier Cytisus; 7. G. Canariensis, Ca- 

 nary Genista, or Cytisus. 



In the first the roots creep far and wide. The 

 stems are many, angular, tough, from a foot 

 to eighteen inches or two feet in height, some- 

 times more ; the branches subdivided, ending 

 in short spikes of yellow flowers, with stipules 

 between them. The leaves alternate, sessile, 

 quite entire, acuminate, an inch long, and two 

 lines broad, smooth, except that the edges and 

 the nerve underneath are slightly villose. It is 

 a native of most parts of Europe. 



The second species sends out several stalks, 

 which spread flat on the ground, and divide in- 

 to many flat branches which are jointed, and 

 their two sides are edged like a broad-sword ; 

 they are herbaceous but perennial. At each 

 of the joints is placed one small sessile spear- 



shaped leaf, ending in a point, of a deep- 

 green colour and smooth. The flowers are 

 produced in close spikes at the ends of the 

 branches, and succeeded by short hairy pods, 

 which contain three or four kidney-shaped 

 seeds. It is a native of France. 



The third rises with woody stalks two or three 

 feet high, sending out many taper channelled 

 branches, which grow erect. The leaves are 

 small, alternate. The spikes of flowers termi- 

 nating; succeeded by short pods, which turn 

 black when ripe, and contain four or five kid- 

 ney-shaped seeds. It is a native of Spain, 

 flowering in June and July. 



The fourth species differs from the first in 

 having the branches depressed on every side and 

 procumbent, while that is upright. The root 

 is long, running obliquely, and furnished with 

 many small fibres. The stem a foot in length 

 or more, much branched, and tough ; the old 

 branches naked, the young ones clothed with 

 numerous, minute, oval or oval-lanceolate 

 leaves, entire, smooth on the upper surface, 

 beneath covered with long white silky hairs. 

 The flowers are in short spikes on the summit 

 of the branches, on short hairy peduncles. It 

 is a native of Sweden, flowering in May. 



The fifth has the stem much branched : the 

 branches tough, without leaves, furnished with 

 extremely sharp slender thorns, from a quarter 

 to half an inch in length ; the shoots of the 

 year grow in bundles on the summits of the old 

 ones, and sparingly from the sides, bearing nu- 

 merous, small, light green, oval or lanceolate, 

 smooth, entire leaves-, intermixed with soft 

 spines. The flowers are small, pale yellow, and 

 few. It is a native of Britain. 



The sixth species rises to the height of seven 

 or eight feet, sending out many slender branches, 

 the upper parts of which, for more than a foot 

 in length, send out small flowering-branches on 

 their sides, supporting five yellow flowers, which 

 appear in June and July. It is a native of 

 Spain. 



The seventh has the leaves obovate, some- 

 what mucronate ; but the floral leaves subsessile 

 and minute. The calyx is trifid, the lowest 

 segment three-toothed. The flowers are in co- 

 rymbs, five or six together, and sweet-scented. 

 It is a native of the Canaries. 



Culture. — The first six hardy sorts are all 

 capable of being raised by sowing the seeds in 

 beds of common earth, or, which is better, in 

 the places where thev are to remain, in the early 

 autumn or spring ; but the former is the more 

 advantageous, as much time will be saved. 

 Where raised in beds, the plants must be care- 

 fully taken up and removed, when they have 



