CYTISUS 



LABUBNUM AND BBOOM OBDEE cytisus 331 



They are mostly raised easily from seeds 

 sown in the open air as soon as ripe, or 

 in cold frames in the case of the more 

 tender varieties. The seedlings may be 

 transplanted in spring to their permanent 

 positions. The plants may also be in- 

 creased by layers ; or the choicer varieties 

 may be grafted on the commoner sorts, 

 but this is not recommended. Cuttings 

 of the moi-e or less ripened and flowerless 

 shoots will root in fine sandy soil if in- 

 serted about August and September in a 

 shaded spot and covered with a handlight. 

 In spring when well rooted they may be 

 transplanted. To secure the finest effects 

 the plants should be grown in bold masses. 

 As their roots strike down rather deeply 

 into the soil these plants are particularly 

 well suited for growing in dry sandy soils 

 in which other shrubs will not thrive. As 

 they do not however retain their vigour 

 and floriferousness for many years, it is 

 as well always to have a stock of young 

 plants at hand. 



C. albus (White Spanish Broom). — 

 A round-stemmed, twiggy shrub, 6-10 

 ft. high, native of the Spanish Peninsula. 

 Leaves sessile, 3-foliolate, with linear 

 oblong silky leaflets. Flowers about 

 Whitsuntide, white, in long clustered 

 racemes, ill great profusion. The variety 

 incarnatus has wine-red flowers, and 

 multiflorus is a free -flowering form of 

 the type. 



Culture (Be. as above. 



C. Ardoini. — A pretty rock plant, 

 about 4 in. high, native of the Maritime 

 Alps, with stiifish decumbent stems, 

 springing from a knotted and twisted 

 stock. Leaflets dbovate, hairy, silky 

 when young. Flowers in spring, bright 

 yellow, 1-6 in the axils of each leaf. 



Culture Sc. as above. This charming 

 little Broom flourishes in warm and dry 

 positions in the rook garden, and is very 

 effective during April and May when 

 covered with masses of bright yellow 

 blossoms. 



C. austriacus. — A round-stemmed 

 twiggy shrub 2-4 ft. high, native of 

 Austria, and covered with close-pressed 

 stifflsh hairs. Leaflets spindle-shaped. 

 Flowers in June, yellow. There is a 

 variety called leucanthus with soft whitjsh 

 or creamy-yellow blossoms. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. biflorus (C elongatus). — A spread- 

 ing twiggy Hungarian bush, about 3 ft. 



high. Leaves 3-foliolate, with close- 

 pressed hairs beneath. Flowers in May, 

 bright yellow, about 1^ in. long. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a very 

 variable species, and is known under 

 many other names, such as canariensis, 

 caucasicus, ruthenicus, serotinus, ura- 

 lensis &c. 



C. capitatus. — A hairy-branched 

 European shrub, 2-4 ft. high. Leaflets 

 ovate-elliptic, hairy. Flowers in June,, 

 yellow, numerous. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 is also known as C. calycvnus. 



C. hirsutus. — A decumbent shrub, 

 with round twiggy branches, native of 

 Europe. Leaflets obovate, hairy beneath. 

 Flowers in Jime, yellow, clustered on 



very short stalklets. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. kewensis. — This is a charming 

 hybrid Broom raised as a chance seedling 

 at Kew, between the small yellow-flowered 

 C. Ardoini and the tall white-flowered 

 C. albus. It has a trailing habit, resem- 

 bling in that respect C. Ardoini, and 

 during the later spring months produces 

 its pale creamy-yellow blossoms in great 

 profusion. 



Culture dc. as above. To keep this 

 beautiful plant quite true in character it 

 is safer to increase it by means of cuttings, 

 as plants raised from seeds are likely to 

 vary a good deal, and would probably 

 revert to one or the other parent eventu- 

 ally. For trailing over the surface of 

 beds, in the rock garden, or sunny banks, 

 this hybrid is a valuable acquisition. 



C. monspessulanus (Genista candi- 

 cans ; G. triangularis ; G. triquetra). — A 

 native of S. Europe 2-4 ft. high, with 

 triangular decumbent stems, and simple 

 or 3-foliolate leaves ; leaflets ovate lance- 

 shaped, hairy. Flowers in summer, 

 yellow, in short terminal racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. nigricans. — ■ A downy Austrian 

 shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with round twiggy 

 branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, with elliptic 

 leaflets. Flowers in June, yellow, in 

 erect racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. prfficox. — A beautiful flowering 

 shrub 8-10 ft. high, with a free and 

 graceful habit. It is a hybrid between 

 the yellow-flowered C. purgans and the 

 white-flowered C. albus, and first appeared 



