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siderablc height. There are two varieties, the Upright and 

 the Spreading. In the Levant this is used as a timber tree. 



Cytisus. Of this there are several species ; the most 

 beautiful of which is the Cytisus laburnum, or Laburnum 

 Tree, celebrated for the beauty it imparts to the Scotch 

 highland scenery ; the flowers, which are of the butterfly 

 form, and of a bright golden yellow colour, hang in long 

 pendant clusters, and have a most interesting appearance- 

 it is from the appearance of its golden blossoms that this 

 tree lias been called the Golden Chain, or Golden Acacia. 

 There are three varieties, the Broad Leaved, the Narrow 

 Leaved, and the Striped Leaved. 



There are other species of the Cytisus, which are only 

 low growing shrubs, viz. 



Cytisus sessilifolius, or Sessile Leaved. 

 Cytiaua hirsutus, or Hairy L^avtd. 

 Cytisus caftitatus, or Clutter Flowered* 

 Cytisus nigricanS) or Blackish Cytisus. 



All these form low bushy shrubs of from three to four feet 

 in height. 



Scorfiion Senna, or Coronilla emerus. This is often cnlled 

 the Red Flowering Coronilla ; it is a shrub of low growth, 

 seldom rising over three feet ; the leaves are pinnated, of a 

 pleasant green, and produced in great abundance ; the plant 

 throws up numerous shoots from the root, and forms a num- 

 ber of small branches, which, being closely clad with deli- 

 cate foliage, give it a very neat 'appearance. It is the 

 flowers, however, which form its greatest beauty ; these are 

 of papillionaeeous, or butterfly form, arid are produced early 

 in the season in the greatest abundance ; indeed, the whole 

 plant is interspersed with them. It also frequently flowers 

 a second time in autumn, 



Strawberry Tree, or Euonymus. Of this there are many 

 species; the principal of which I will proceed to describe. 



Euonymus eurofieus, or Euro/lean Strawberry Tree.' 

 This is also called the Spindle Tree, the Burning Bush, and 

 the False Arbutus. Its principal beauty consists in its fruit, 

 which is produced in great numbers; and, in the common 

 variety, they are of a red colour, and are considered at a dis- 

 tance to resemble strawberries. These hang on the trees 

 during the autumnal months, and part of the winter, and arc 



