FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



359 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



'Cytisus purpureus 



C. sessilifolius 



C. Schipkaensis 



*C. scoparius (Com- 

 mon Broom) 



Found in Eastern 



Europe in exposed 



situations 



A native of the 

 south of France 

 and Piedmont, 

 and was culti- 

 vated in Britain 

 by Parkinson in 



1569- 

 Introduced 



Europe 



Purple 



Yellow ; 

 May 



White 



Yellow 



C. s. andreanus 



C. s. pendulus 

 (Drooping 



Broom) 



Choice variety 

 found in Nor- 

 mandy by M. Ed. 

 Andr6, after whom 

 it is named. 



Variety 



Brownish 



crimson 



and yellow; 



Spring 



Pale yellow 



'C. s. sulphureus 

 (pallidus), (Moon- 

 light Broom). 



Variety 



Pale yellow 



hybrid usually excites much 

 interest when in flower, both 

 yellow and purple racemes 

 appearing on the same tree. 

 A Broom for a collection, but 

 without the effectiveness of 

 C. prsecox, Andreanus, and 

 others. 



This is a charming little rock- 

 garden shrub, and very rare 

 as yet, but well worth noting 

 for its distinctiveness and 

 freedom. 



The hardy Cytisuses are popu- 

 larly known as Brooms, and 

 the Broom of the waste lands 

 of the British Isles is Cytisus 

 scoparius, which makes 

 clouds of golden yellow in 

 the early summer. Many a 

 dryish bank now flowerless 

 might be made beautiful with 

 this glorious shrub. Where 

 Broom is not plentiful as a 

 wild plant, and therefore 

 generally where the soil is 

 not suitable for it, the soil 

 should be made so; it need 

 only be well drained and 

 open. 



This varies considerably from 

 seed, and often reverts to the 

 typical yellow Broom. If 

 possible get own root-plants 

 from original stock. A beau- 

 tiful shrub, which we can 

 scarcely have too much of, 

 but in some gardens it is 

 used too freely. When in 

 full bloom, and the variety is 

 rich in colouring, it is superb. 



Quite a pendulous variety, 

 but uncommon. It is appa- 

 rently little known, though 

 so charming when on a bank 

 or rock garden. A group of 

 it in either of these positions 

 would be a revelation to 

 those who know not the 

 value of this family for the 

 English garden. 



Described by Loudon in his 

 " Arboretum " as C. s. albus, 

 "the flowers white or of a 

 very pale yellow." It is a 

 rare shrub, but should not 

 be so. Mr. Goldring writes 

 of it in "The Garden" as 



