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The double-flowering variety, G. tinctoria flore-pleno, is, 

 in so far as ornamental qualities are concerned, superior 

 to the parent form. 



G. tinctoeia blatioe (syn G. elcttior) grows to 12 feet in 

 height, is of free, spreading growth, and a very handsome 

 plant. The flowers, which are individually small and 

 yellow, are so thickly produced that the shrub, in late 

 summer, has the appearance of a sheet of gold. 



G. triangulaeis (syn G. triquetra). — South Europe, 1815. 

 This is a decidedly good garden plant, and of neat, trailing 

 habit. The stems are three-sided, and the flowers golden- 

 yellow and plentifully produced. A native of South Europe, 

 and perfectly hardy in almost any position. 



The above include most of the hardy Genistas, though 

 G. capitata and G. daurica, both very ornamental kinds, 

 might be added to the list. They are all very hardy, free- 

 flowering shrubs, of simple culture, and succeed well in 

 any light and rather dry soil. 



Gleditschia (Leguminosae). 



Gleditschia teiacanthos. — Honey Locust. United 

 States, 1700. As an ornamental hardy tree this is well 

 worthy the attention of planters, the pinnate and bipinnate 

 foliage being particularly elegant, while the greenish flowers, 

 though individually small, are borne in such quantities of 

 fascicled racemes as to attract notice. The stem and 

 branches are armed with formidable prickles, but there is 

 a form in which the prickles are absent. A native of North 

 America, and readily cultivated in any soil of even fair 

 quality. For town planting it is a valuable tree. There is 

 a good weeping variety named G. triacanthos pendula. 

 G. sinensis (syn G. horrida). — China, 1774 This nearly 

 resembles the latter, and is occasionally to be met with in 

 cultivation in this country ; while G. monosperma (United 

 States, 1723), with greenish flowers, is not particularly 

 attractive. 



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