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A COMPLEAT BODY, 
ao Atak e 
Pie is a Shrub write te Profufion of F low- | 
ers, with .their elegant Colour, recommend it 
Many of the late Wri- 
ters have nan’d its, but few under. the proper 
Title. ) | 
* Pruxener and Sssa follow Crusivs and C, 
~Bavarng, in calling it a Cytifus; but the more 
accuraté Generical Characters fince eftablifh’d, 
have taught Wan Roven and Linnamvs to name 
rit 4 Genifta: they add, as its fpecific Diftinction, © 
foliis ternatis : Ternate-leav’d Broom. 
Our Gardeners, who have been us’d to call It 
Canary Cytifus, will hence learn to fpeak of it un- | 
’ der the Narhé of Canary Broom. s4i 
' Tt is a Shrub of wild irregular Gswe: and 
naturally full of Branches. 
on Occafion : but the Beauty of its Growth is 
~~ never fo well feen as at about four Foot and a 
Plate 
pS © ; Greenhoufe Plants ; 
Fig. 6 
t 
Pods which follow thefe are flat and hairy. 
~The Cup which holds the Bottom of the Flower 
| half. | 7 
The Root is woody, divided and bung with | 
riany Fibres.’ 
_ The Stem is round, not very robot, and co- 
vered with a brown Bark. 
- The young Branches are pale, and the whole. 
Plant is thick covered with Leaves. ‘Thefe are 
{mall and hoary, and they ftand three on ak oot- 
ftalk. Their Colour is a greyifh green. 
* The Flowers cover the Tops of all the Branches 
in long Series, after the Manner of loofe Spikes, — 
with intermingled Leaves. 
They are large, of 
the a Form, and in Colour of a’beau-— 
tiful yellow. Sometimes this is very pale; fome- 
times it is deeper, and has a Tinge of Orange; 
and fometimes it is variegated with white. 
is fmall, form’d of a fingle Piece, hollow, and 
divided into two rude Lips. The upper one is 
fplit into two Parts, and the under one more 
“hightly | into three, which are all equal. 
- The Flower itfelf has four Petals, difpos’d in 
‘the papilionaceous Form. ‘The Vexillum is oval, 
_ and pointed, plac’d remote from the Carina, 
| Si: 
‘Its common ‘Height 
is five or fix Feet, and it may be train’d up higher 
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BROOM 
and ee back entire, The ey are oblong, 
but fhorter than the other Petals. The Carina is 
ftrait, very long, and nick’d at the End. | 
_ The Filaments are. ten, and they unite at the 
and the Style i is fingle. 
_ Linn avs places this Genus among the reft of 
“the papilionaceous Kind, under the Clafs of Dia- 
delphia ; but the Filaments do not exactly anfwer 
the Character of that Clafs, or the Term which he 
has us’d to exprefs it. This we had Occafion to 
obferve alfo on a Preceding Occafion. 
Culture of the Canary Broom:  ..., 
Tt is a Native of the Canaries, and of fome of 
the warmer Parts of Europe, and thrives beft in a 
light Soil that is not too rich. 
Te will grow very well from Layers; but the 
handfomeft Shrubs are’ to be rais’d from Seed, 
and this requires little Trouble. 
Let fome well ripen’d Seeds be fav’d in Au- 
cumin: and the following Spring fown on a mo- 
derate Hot-Bed. 
‘When they are come up let them be thin’d 
a little; and when, with careful Waterings, they 
have rifen to three Inches in Height, let them be 
feparately planted into Pots of frefh Pafture- 
~ Earth. 
Let thefe be fet up to the Rim in a Bark-Bed, 
where the Heat is but moderate, and carefully 
| water’d; covering the Glaffes with Mats agent 
the full Power of the Sun. 
By Degrees let them be harden’d , and, to-= 
ward the End of Faly bring them out into 
the open Air. In Ofober remove them into the 
Greenhoufe ; and throughout the Winter let them 
have a good deal of Water, and as much Air as 
can be admitted. 
When they have confiderably BiGeas'a in Size, 
they muft be fhifted into larger Pots ; and: being 
fet out in Summer, and hous’d in Winter, they 
will be cover’d with Flowers moft Part of the 
| Pear. 
Gi RIGID SHRUB SEN ECIO. 
“This wants the gaudy Afpedt of many of the 
but there is fomething in its 
* robuit Growth and fturdy Afpeét that very well 
may demand a Place in our Colleétions. 
Many of the late Authors have nam/’d it; but 
in their Writings, as in the Mouths of our Gar- 
. deners; it 1s eall’d by a wrong Generical Title: 
they make it a Facobea, fo ComMMELINE and 
Ray entitle it: but Linn us, who has correctly 
eftablifh’d the Diftinctions among the Compofite 
flower’d Plants, makes it a Senecio: he adds, as 
the Diftin@tion of the Species, corcllis radiantibus 
foliis cordato oblongis amplexantibus fcabris acumi- 
natis ferratis, caule fruticofo: Radiate-flower’d 
| Shrub Senecio, with rough, ferrated, pointed, ob- 
long Leaves, heart-fhap’d at the Bafe, and fur- 
rounding the Stalk. 
The Root is woody, ou full of Fibres. 
The Plant is feven Foot high. 
The Stalk is ridg’d, and cover’d with a brown 
Bark ; and has a greyifh Hairynefs. | 
The Leaves are oblong and irregularly indented. 
They furround the Stalk at the Bafe, and termi- 
nate in a Point, which is a little rounded. ‘They 
