CYT'ISUS POLYTRICHUS. 
MUCH-HAIRED CYTISUS. 
Class. Order. 
MONA DEL PHI A. DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
genistacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Tauria. 
2| feet. 
May, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1818. 
No. 815. 
Cytisus, named after a Greek town, see No. 452. 
The value of this genus has rarely been duly 
appreciated by the possessor of a shrubbery and 
ornamental grounds. It is true we occasionally see 
a solitary standard of the Cytisus purpurea, and 
perhaps of another species or two, marking the 
corners of a parterre, or the termination of a 
border ; but it must be admitted that the various 
hardy species of Cytisus are capable of yielding a 
striking effect in the foreground of shrubberies, or 
in clumps of shrubs on a lawn. Laburnum stocks 
might be obtained without care or exertion, for they 
spring up spontaneously under the old trees; and 
if these be planted out, and in due time grafted, of 
various heights, from two to six feet, with Cytisus 
purpureus, and its white variety ; wolgaricus ; 
argenteus ; albus ; the species now figured ; and 
numerous others, they will become materials in the 
hand of the landscape gardener, of more than 
common worth. 
Cytisus polytrichus as a low shrub also, with its 
silvery foliage, and delicate flowers, produces a 
very pleasing effect, and requiring little attention. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 156. 
