No. 718. 
GENISTA DECUMBENS. 
Class. Order. ` 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
A native of France and Switzerland : it 
is a pretty trailing plant, constantly lying 
close to the ground. It is very hardy 
and of a shrubby consistence, but seldom 
extends more than two or thrce feet over. 
The blossoms are large and showy ; they 
appear in May and June in great profusion, 
and are sometimes succeeded by ripe seeds, 
by which, or by layers, the plant may be 
increased. It thrives best in fresh loamy 
soil, in the full groun 
