LEGUMINOS^ 



DWARF FURZE, Ukx nanus. 



Heaths, commons, and wastes. Useful for growing on semi-wild banks, 

 and is better when planted in rather poor, dry soil. July — November. 



Flowers yellow ; Inflorescence more racemose than in U. europceus ; 

 Calyx | in. long, pubescent with adpressed hairs, or glabrous, teeth minute; 

 Corolla \ in. long, wings usually shorter than keel ; Fruit a legume, h in. 

 long, persistent till following season. 



Leaves mostly reduced to spines. 



A spiny shrub, 1-3 ft. ; Stem procumbent ; Branches drooping ; spines 

 weak, deflexed, |— H in. long. 



Native of British Isles. Specific name is Latin for a dwarf. Known as 

 Cat Whin. 



WHITE SPANISH BROOM, Cytisus albus. 



The genus Cytisus contains about twenty hardy shrubs, many of which 

 are showy species, and mostly bearing yellow flowers resembling the 

 Laburnums and Genistas. They are inclined to become leggy with age, so 

 should have the old wood cut out occasionally, that they may produce young 

 flowering shoots. They may be propagated by cuttings in March or April ; 

 by layers in October or November; or seeds sown outdoors in March 

 or April. 



Cytisus albus is an extremely beautiful shrub of rapid growth, thriving 

 best on rather light sandy soils. It makes handsome groups in the shrubby 

 border, or looks well on a lawn. May. 



Flowers white, papilionaceous, in fascicles disposed in long racemes ; Fruit 

 a legume. 



Leaves alternate, simple and ternate, sessile, leaflets linear-oblong, entire, 

 silky. 



A deciduous shrub, G-10 ft., or more in sheltered position ; Branches 



terete, twiggy. 



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