CYTISUS, 

 OR LEAF\: BEOOM. 



(JilHsiis raecmosiis. 



VERY one knows tliis old green- 

 honse favourite. We have 

 ilescribed it as the "leafy 

 broom/' Leeaiise some of the 

 brooms are without leaves. 

 True Genistas should hav^e 

 spines; true SjiartiumSj rush- 

 like^ leafless stems ; and 

 true Cytisus should have 

 leaves and no spines. There 

 is no more useful plant in cul- 

 tivation than this for deeora- 

 tive ])urposes. It is so nearly 

 hardy^ that on a dry sandy 

 soil it can bear an average 

 winter even near London, 

 near relative, ([/jfimiK itltda, 

 IS so hardy at Kew, that manjr 

 specimens^ eight to ten feet high, 

 may be found by the pagoda in the 

 lioyal Gardens. 

 As a pot-plant for the amateur's greenhouse it is one 

 of the easiest to manage ; any light loamy soil suffices for 

 it, with as much heat as will insure safety against frost. 



