134 FLOllA DOMESTICA. 



Isle of Cyprus ; and is, indeed, not unworthy of cultivation 

 in VenusV own garden. It is a pretty flower for the par- 

 lour or study table ; and the temperature of an inhabited 

 room is well adapted to it. 



The Cyclamen requires shelter from frost ; particularly 

 the two last-mentioned kinds. During the winter, or while 

 destitute of leaves, they should have very little water, and 

 be carefully preserved from damps. In the summer, they 

 should be placed where they may enjoy the sun till about 

 eleven o'clock. They do not flower till the fifth year after 

 they are sown. 



CYTISUS. 



LEGUMINOSJE. DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Said to have been first found in the island of Cythnus, whence it 

 has derived its name. French, le cytise. Italian, citiso ; avorniello ; 

 maggio pendolino. 



OF this genus is that most elegant tree, the Laburnum, 

 which drops its yellow blossoms so invitingly, as if wooing 

 the beholder to pluck them. There are two varieties of 

 Cytisus; one with narrower leaves and longer blossoms 

 than the other, which is by far the handsomest, and is very 

 justly called Golden-chair. I have seen a sprig of this in 

 a lady^s hair, where its bright green leaves, and its drooping 

 blossoms, intermingling with the rich chestnut curls, had a 

 very graceful appearance. But unfortunately it does not 

 long survive the gathering : so that ladies who are disposed 

 to adorn themselves with it must have recourse to imitation ; 

 and this* notwithstanding the perfection to which artificial 

 flowers have been brought of late, will not easily equal the 

 real flower. 



In a delightful little volume, which I saw for the first 

 time but a few days since, (and upon that occasion knew 

 not whether most to regret the time lost, or to rejoice that 



