The Gorse 



ness that is seen in deciduous shrubs such as spiraeas 

 and lilacs. The water-pores, that in the majority of 

 plants are located in the leaves, are here placed in the 

 long furrows of the stem and protected by hairs from 

 swamping by the rain. 



Soil and Cultivation. Gorse should be grown on a 

 dry poor soil in the sunniest possible aspect. Give it 

 rich soil and it deteriorates, becomes rank in growth 

 and no longer puts forth its whole energy in 

 golden flowering. The Common Gorse should be 

 grown from seed sown in position, but as the Double 

 Gorse bears no seed it must be propagated by cuttings 

 taken late in August. These should be struck in a 

 cold frame and kept there till the following spring 

 when they will have rooted. Transferred to pots they 

 can then be planted when they are of sufficient size. 

 It is, however, not altogether easy to get the Double 

 Gorse to strike from cuttings, and it grows and de- 

 velops more slowly than the Common Gorse. It is 

 also not easy to transplant. 



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