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fill, drooping habit, flowering under glass from 

 December throughout much of the winter. 

 Its small white flowers are thickly set upon 

 long wisp-like trails which 

 are nearly leafless. Though 

 introduced many yearsago 

 from Teneriffe, it is a scarce 

 plant, not easily increased 

 from cuttings and rarely 



CYTISUS PURPUREUS ALBUS. 



ripening seed ; it is usually grafted 

 during summer, as a low standard 

 upon the Common Broom or the 

 Laburnum. Its grace of form and 

 flower give it a special value for 

 the conservatory during winter ; during summer it may be 

 grown in the open, and wintered in any house secure from 

 frost. Strong plants put out in a greenhouse border grow 

 into fine bushes many feet in height, of rich effect when in 

 bloom and very useful for cutting. 



Sweet Cytisus [C.fragrans). — Another beautiful kind 

 from Teneriffe, easily grown in a cool greenhouse or even a 

 room secure from frost. Its fragrant white flowers appear 

 at the end of April or early in May upon the long leafless 

 shoots, which reach a height of about 6 feet at maturity, 

 but may be kept low by cutting back after flowering. Syn. 

 Spartium nubigenum. 



The Italian Cytisus (C. glabrescens). — A hardy plant 

 from the mountains of North Italy, and almost untried in 

 gardens, though pretty as a rock-plant. It forms a small 

 bush with the pendulous habit of C. purpureas, but with 

 golden flowers crowded in the axils of the leaves ; these 

 are deciduous, smooth above, and covered with soft hairs 

 beneath. 



The Hairy Cytisus (C. hirsutus). — An old hardy plant, 

 widely distributed over the south and east of Europe and 

 Asia Minor. It is a dwarf shrub i to 2 feet high, with trail- 

 ing stems and yellow flowers in June and July, and useful in 

 the rock-garden or the front line of the shrubbery. The 

 hairiness referred to exists only upon the young growths, 

 the adult leaves being smooth. It is a plant of many names, 

 including fa/catus, polytrichus, and trijiorus. A plant bearing 

 the name hirsutissimus has of late found its way into trade 

 lists with the following description : A low shrub, bear- 

 ing grey down-covered leaves and large flowers grouped 

 in clusters of five in the axils of the leaves ; of a bright 

 golden yellow upon opening, they fade to a reddish- 

 bronze colour. 



