

Encyclopaedia of Gardening 93 



Lawrenceanum and variety Hyeanum. 

 niveum (Bot. Mag., t. 5922). 

 Rothschildianum (Bot. Mag., t. 7102). 



The colours are mostly combinations of green, brown,, 

 yellow, white, and purple. 



Cool House. 



insigne and varieties Chantinii, Sanderae, Sanderianum, etc. 



Schlimii and variety albiflorum. 



Spicerianum. 



villosum and variety aureum. 



Hardy. 



Calceolus, yellow, 

 guttatum, rose and white, 

 macranthum, purple, 

 pubescens, brown and yellow, 

 spectabile, rose and white (Moccasin Flower). 



album, white. 



For the newest hybrids it is well to consult a modern work on 

 Orchids; Leeanum, Harrisianum, Morganiae, and Sedeni are good 

 and inexpensive. 



Cyrtomium falcatum. This popular fern is now called Aspidium 

 falcatum. 



Cystopteris, Bladder fern (cystop-teris, from kystos, a bladder, 

 and pteris, fern. Ord. Fiiices). A small genus, of which the most 

 important species is fragilis, a hardy British fern, liking a compost 

 of loam, peat, and leaf mould, with sand; there are several varieties. 

 Propagation is by division when growth starts in spring. 



Cytisus, Broom (cyt-isus, from Cythrus. Ord. Leguminosae) . 

 Beautiful shrubs, nearly all hardy, and thriving in light, sandy soil. 

 They are allied to Genista, and the yellow species racemosus is 

 extensively grown for market under the name Genista racemosa. 

 Of the principal species, Ardoini, with yellow flowers, is good for the 

 rock garden. Kewensis is a fine hybrid of prostrate habit, with 

 creamy flowers, hardy. Praecox, pale yellow, very early, is also 

 hardy, and makes a nice bed; as does albus, with white flowers in 

 spring. Racemosus or fragrans should be grown in pots for the 

 greenhouse; it may be propagated by cuttings in spring, and with 

 a little pinching soon makes a nice bush; the plants will flower the 

 following spring. Scoparius is the common yellow Broom; a more 

 important plant is its variety andreanus, which has beautiful brown 

 and yellow flowers ; sulphureus is a pale yellow variety of scoparius. 

 Dallimorei, mauve, is a hybrid (albus X andreanus). Purpureus 

 and its varieties, and decumbens, are good for the rockery. 

 See also Genista and Laburnum. The choicer Brooms are grafted 

 on Laburnums, especially for standards; but cuttings will root in 

 a frame in autumn. 



Daboecia (daboe-cia, St. Dabeoc's Heath. Ord. Ericaceae). A 

 small genus of low evergreen shrubs, much the most important 

 species of which is polifolia, also called Menziesia polifolia. It is a 



