GENISTA 



LABUBNUM AND BBOOM OBDEB genista 329 



leaves. Flowers in early summer (May 

 and June), yellow, in short leafy racemes. 



Culture do. as above. 



G. anxantica. — A dwarf spreading 

 species, native of Italy, with ovate elliptic, 

 rather leathery leaves, and a profusion of 

 golden-yellow flowers late in summer. 



Culture rfc. as above. This is a good 

 plant for massing in the rook garden in 

 warm sheltered positions. 



G. aspalathoides. — A pretty dense and 

 compact spiny bush 1-2 ft. high, native 

 of S.W. Europe. During the summer 

 months (in July and August) it bears 

 masses of yellow flowers. 



Culture do. as above. It is a good 

 plant for the rook garden or for furnishing 

 the sides of grassy slopes, banks &c. 



G. ephedroides. — A stiffish spiny shrub 

 2-3 ft. high, native of Corsica and Sar- 

 dinia. Leaflets 3, smooth, linear. Flowers 

 in summer from June to August, yellow. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 328. 



G. germanica. — A European species 

 about 18 in. high, with arching stems, 

 and an abundance of bright yellow 

 flowers in sumnaer and autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. A good I'ock 

 garden plant. 



G. hispanica. — A native of S.W. 

 Europe, 6-12 in. high or more, with 

 lance-shaped hairy leaves and stifSsh 

 branched spines. Flowers from May to 

 July, large, yellow, fragrant, in crowded 

 racemes. Flore plena is ,a charming 

 double-flowered variety. 



Culture do. as above, p. 328. 



G. monosperma [G. Betama). — A slen- 

 der-stemmed twiggy species 2-4 ft. high, 

 native of the Spanish Peninsula. Leaves 

 linear oblong, downy. Flowers in sum- 

 mer, white, silky, in lateral few-flowered 

 racemes which give a charming appear- 

 ance to the plant. 



Culture dc. as above. This fine 

 species is rather too tender for cultivation 

 out of doors in the British Islands except 

 in the mildest parts of the south and 

 west. Even in such places it is safer to 

 plant it in the warmest and most sheltered 

 spots. A good plant for seaside places ; 

 grows well in sandy soil. 



G. ovata. — A native of Central and 

 S. Europe, 2-4 ft. high, with round, hairy, 

 erect, striped stems, and hairy ovate 

 leaves. Flowers in summer, yellow, in 

 short clusters. This is probably one of 



the many forms of elatior, referred to 

 under G. tinotoria below. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



G. pilosa (Oreenweed). — A dense 

 prostrate shrub, native of the gravelly 

 heaths in the S. and S.W. of England, 

 with obovate -lance -shaped blunt downy 

 leaves. Flowers in May and June, bright 

 yellow, axillary on short stalklets. 



Culture dc. as above. A good plant 

 for dry places in the rock garden. 



G. radiata {Spa/rtium radiatum). — A 

 native of Central and S. Europe, 1-5 ft. 

 high, with smooth angular branches. 

 Leaflets 3, linear, sUky. Flowers in 

 summer (June and July), bright yellow, 

 borne at the ends of the branches. 



Culture dc. as above. A good plant 

 for dry soUs. 



G. ramosissima (Gf. cvnerea). — A native 

 of S. Spain about 3 ft. high, with slender 

 twiggy branches. Flowers in July, 

 yeUow, in great abundance. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. sagittalis. — A distinct species less 

 than 1 ft. high, native of S. Europe, 

 having two-edged, wing-like branches, 

 with ovate lance-shaped leaves, and 

 masses of yellow flowers in May and 

 June, borne in erect racemes at the ends 

 of the shoots. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. tinctoria {Dyer's Greenweed). — A 

 round-stemmed spineless shrub 1-2 ft. 

 high, native of Britain. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, smoothish. Flowers from July to 

 September, bright yellow, in great pro- 

 fusion. The variety elatior, from the 

 Caucasus, grows 4 or 5 ft. high, and bears 

 large panicles of yellow flowers. It is 

 known under many names, and is evi- 

 dently a very variable plant. The variety 

 flore pleno with double flowers is very 

 attractive, and makes a good plant for the 

 rook garden or on banks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. virgata. — A round-branched twiggy 

 species 3-10 ft. high, native of Madeira. 

 Leaves oblong lance-shaped, rather silky. 

 Flowers from April to July, golden-yellow, 

 in racemes at the end of nearly every 

 twig. Occasionally the blossoms are 

 borne a second time in autunm, but never 

 in such great profusion as in the earlier 

 part of the year. 



Culture do. as above. Although a 

 native of Madeira, this species seems to 



