any special merit as fodder plants. 



The Escabon itself is seldom 







contains cytisine — an active poisonous 





common laburnum and other members < 





the other hand evidently contains little 





by animals and especially those that ha' 



vo become accustomed to 'it when 











chapel of Our Lad v 7k las .\7eves "at , 



in elevation of about 1,000 feet 



above the level of the sea. It acquire. 



I considerable reputation locally 









^igasaste and wrote about it was 



Dr. Victor Perez. He introduced it i. 





published a pamphlet on its merits as 



a fodder plant nearly .30 years 









ferns. Although in botanical 







theless deserved to be regarded as a 











at of Dr. Victor Perez. As 





:agasaste has been described bv 



Dr. H. Christ in Spu-Hapum Cunaric,,. 



st published in Engler's "Botan- 



ischeJahrhuches/IX. 120, as C^isns 



prolifertu var. palmensis. This 







Teneriffe plant— Esrabon. 





Cytisus proliferus, Linn. f. vat. palm 



rust's differs from the type by its 



more robust growth and a laxer habit 



:. It often attains a height of 



12 to 15 feet in good soils and all part: 







leafy character is one of the 



marked features of the plant. The leaf 



lets are ovate oblong, somewhat 



ises of tagasaste for fodder purposes. Like all Canary plants it 

 5 its very long tap roots deep into the ground, and it is thus enabled 

 ■ir prolonged periods of drought without injury. In many instances 



s cultivated near every cottage in the neighbourhood of Orotava, 

 t is planted along the principal roads, to afford food for the animals 



drawback to its general use when freshly cut. It makes, however, an 

 excellent hay, and as a dry fodder or after being treated in silos its 



