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simple and trifoliate, the upper part being of the former, and 

 the lower part of the latter description : these will be some- 

 times retained by the plant for a portion of the winter, but 

 when entirely divested of foliage, its numerous shoots being 

 green, give to it a pleasant appearance. It is the flowers, 

 however, which constitute its principal beauty : these ex- 

 pand in the month of May ; they are large and yellow, of a 

 papilionaceous form, and are produced in such profusion in 

 some seasons, as almost to cover the shrub ; the seeds grow 

 in compressed pods, are small, and of a kidney shape. There 

 is a variety with white blossoms, and another with variegated 

 leaves ; there is also the Spartium junceum, or Spanish 

 Broom, with single and double flowers, but this latter species 

 is not sufficiently hardy to support the winters of this latitude, 

 though it would suit the climate of North-Carolina, and 

 south of it. 



Dyers* Broom, or Genista tinctoria.^-This is a native of 

 England, where it is often called Dyers* Green Weed. It 

 grows about three feet high ; the leaves are lanceolate and 

 alternate ; the branches are delicate and channelled ; in June 

 its yellow flowers are produced in spikes for the whole length 

 of the shoots, and render the shrub extremely beautiful : 

 these are succeeded by pods, which ripen their seed during 

 autumn. There are other species of the Genista, viz. the 

 candicans, canariensis, 8cc. but the most of them are rather 

 too delicate for the winters of this locality. 



Wiring or Furze. Ulex eurQ/j # w*.-~This is a native of the 

 same countries as> the preceding, and is there so common as 

 to be often used as fuel ; it also, in some cases, serves as food 

 for horses; it is an evergreen, and clad with abundant fo- 

 liage, which is somewhat harsh and rigid; the flowers are 

 produced in great numbers, and the general appearance of 

 the plant is quite ornamental : it is a shrub of very easy cul- 

 ture, and will grow on almost any soil, but is sometimes de- 

 stroyed by our severest winters. Ttiere is a variety with 

 double flowers, which is rare, and much the most esteemed. 



Toothache Tree, or Zanthoxylum. The species common 

 in this vicinity is the Z. fraxineum, or Ash Leaved. This 

 grows to the height of 10 feet, has a rough bark, armed 

 with short spines ; the leaves are the most ornamental part, 

 being pinnated, of a dark green on the upper, and yellowish 

 on the under surface ; the flowers are small, make no show, 

 and are succeeded by berries. It easily increases by numer- 

 ous suckers from the root, and may also be propagated by 

 seeds. 



