DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS 23 
The finest of the several forms is Forsythia intermedia, 
a hybrid between &. suspensa and F. viridissima, with 
robust habit, reaching in beds and borders a height of 
five or six feet when allowed to grow unchecked and 
several feet higher when trained to a wall or trellis; the 
flowers are bright yellow and very freely produced. F. 
suspensa (syn. F. Fortunei), an elegant species, native of 
China and Japan, is rather more slender in growth than 
the preceding hybrid, and free flowering, the flowers 
yellow, and borne on the young shoots and the spurs in 
February and March; the best for walls and trellises. 
F. viridissima, a strong growing species of Japanese 
origin, and free in blooming, the flowers greenish 
yellow ; its stout growth renders it unsuitable for cul- 
ture otherwise than in bush form. 
GenisTa.—These are closely allied to the Brooms, 
and like them are most suitable for culture where the 
soil is light and sandy or thin, resting upon the chalk. 
The number of species in cultivation is large, but of 
these a small selection will suffice in any one garden. 
They may be successfully grown in any well-drained 
soil, but their chief value consists in their adaptability 
for light soils and dry banks where but few other 
shrubs grown for their flowers will thrive. They pro- 
duce the best effect when arranged in groups of three or 
four each, on banks or on ledges in the rock garden. 
Propagation is effected by means of seeds, and as the 
plants become somewhat bare after the third or fourth 
year, a few seedlings should be raised at intervals to 
take the place of the established plants as they become 
unsightly. 
Of the large number of species available the follow- 
ing are the most desirable:—The Etna Broom, Genista 
atnensis (syn. Spartium etnensis), a strong growing 
species, attaining a height of ten feet and upwards, 
blooming from June to August, the clusters of pea- 
