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that can be grown anywhere and in any soil, but it 

 does not transplant well, and is best raised from seed 

 or layers. 



Genista hispanica 



(Sf)diii.sli Fnr~c} will do in any soil or position, but 

 on a sunny bank in a dry soil or on a ledge of rock- 

 work it is happiest. There it will grow into a dense 

 spreading mass of golden blossom not more than a 

 foot high, and last throughout the Summer. Even 

 the smoke in the neighbourhood of large towns will 

 not injure it. and it can be easily raised by layers or 

 from seed. 



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Never grows higher than 2 ft. or .'} ft., but among 

 shrubs of that height it is one of the most charming 

 in flower in May, growing into a dense spreading bush, 

 completely covered by racemes of clear sulphur 

 coloured blossoms. It will grow readily in any soil 

 or position ; and can easily be raised from seed or by 

 layers, and it looks remarkably well when grafted on to 

 a stem of Laburnum after the manner of a standard 

 rose. 



Genista virgata 



Is in its way as beautiful as any shrub in June, 

 when nothing is to be seen of it but the blossom. 



