FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
or conservatory decoration. For this their bright blossoms admirably 
fit them, and the simplicity of culture makes them specially desirable. 
The hardy kinds may be readily propagated by sowing seed in the open 
border in April. The greenhouse species are usually obtained by taking 
cuttings from the young ripe wood with a keel. If these are inserted in 
pots, covered with a cloche and placed in a closed frame they will soon 
become rooted. They should then be hardened off and potted, and if the 
shoots are frequently pinched back will make handsome little flowering 
plants for the next season. The potting compost should consist of turfy 
loam, to which has been added a little manure and sharp sand. After 
flowering the plant® should be cut back, and new growth induced by 
placing them in a closed frame again. Then, if necessary, they should 
be re-potted and returned to the frame, but not kept so close as before. 
About August they should be turned out to harden off, until there is 
danger of frost, when they should be removed to the cool greenhouse, 
specimens being brought into a higher temperature as they may be 
required. When the flowers begin to open, liquid manure should be 
given occasionally. 
Description of The upper portion of a plant of Cytisus (xmariensis ; 
Plate65. i an( j 2 are different views of the flower; 3 is a section 
showing the staminal tube through which the style protrudes. 
GENISTAS 
Natural Order Leguminos^e. Genus Genista 
Genista (the classical Latin name used by Virgil). A genus of about 
seventy species of shrubs with simple leaves (occasionally trefoils), and 
yellow or white flowers similar to those of Cytisus, but with bell-shaped 
calyx. The claws of the lower petals are joined to the staminal tube, 
and the keel usually bent downwards. The species are natives of Europe, 
North Africa, and Western Asia. 
Princinai sd • Genista ^thnensis (Mount Etna). Stem erect, much 
eS ’branched, 6 to 15 feet high, sparsely clothed with slender 
silky leaves. Flowers yellow in terminal racemes; June and July. 
Introduced from Sicily (1816). 
G. anglica (English). Needle-furze or Petty-whin. Stems 
branched, 1 to 2 feet high, with simple spines and oval-lance-shaped 
leaves. Flowers yellow, in few-flowered racemes at the end of spineless 
branches only; May and June. Native. 
