, LIST OF SHRUBS. 



353. GENISTA, or BROOM. Lat. Genista tinctoria. 

 7r. Genet a balais. The common yellow broom every 

 me knows j and the effect of it in a shrubbery need 

 scarcely be described. There is a white sort, Genista 

 ilba, which is very handsome. These blow in May j 

 md are propagated without any difficulty from the 

 seed. Sow them in rows not far apart, in the spring, 

 and keep them cleanly weeded when they are small. The 

 white sort is remarkably handsome for a full month in 

 the spring of the year, and should, by all means, form a 

 part of the shrubbery, though it is rather too tall to be 

 immediately in the front row. 



354. GERANIUM. Lat. Geranium. Fr. Geranier. 

 The botanists have found geraniums in almost all 

 countries, some herbaceous, some woody, some fibrous- 

 rooted and some tuberous-rooted j but I shall leave all the 

 rest unmentioned, that I may have the more room to 

 speak of the two or three sorts that I deem the most 

 ornamental, and, in every way, the best deserving men- 

 tion in this work. The English florists have become 

 celebrated for their collections of a vast variety of green- 

 house geraniums, which equal, or surpass, in number 

 that of the auricula, and which certainly does include a 

 set of flowers of unrivalled beauty. This plant is, among 

 English florists, what the tulip and hyacinth are with the 

 Dutch florists : they spare no expense in erecting propa- 

 gation-houses and conservatories for it, they have shows 

 of it, they give a high-sounding name to every new 

 variety, and whole works have been published laudatory 

 of its beauties. The common scarlet and the ivy-leaved 

 are the only two sorts that I shall particularize. The 



