Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . NGATUS, Wald-stein^ for instance, is a robust form with downof a more felted character mixed with outstanding-hairs. Then such names as ruthenicus, uralensis,and serotinus indicate plants scarcely differingfrom the type. Mr Briquet makes it a varietyof C. hirsutus, but that is well distinguished byits dwarfer, more spreading habit, and especiallyby the hairs not being appressed. (S. % ) C. scoiARius, Link. Common Broom. (Sarothamnus scoparius, Koch.) A deciduous shrub, up to 5 or 6 ft. high in theopen ; twice as high when drawn up in shrub-beries.
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . NGATUS, Wald-stein^ for instance, is a robust form with downof a more felted character mixed with outstanding-hairs. Then such names as ruthenicus, uralensis,and serotinus indicate plants scarcely differingfrom the type. Mr Briquet makes it a varietyof C. hirsutus, but that is well distinguished byits dwarfer, more spreading habit, and especiallyby the hairs not being appressed. (S. % ) C. scoiARius, Link. Common Broom. (Sarothamnus scoparius, Koch.) A deciduous shrub, up to 5 or 6 ft. high in theopen ; twice as high when drawn up in shrub-beries. Although the leaves fall in autumn, theplant, by the greenness of its branches, retainsan evergreen aspect through the winter. Branch-lets erect, straight, prominently angled, hairywhen young. Leaves at the base of the shoottrifoliolate and stalked, those near the end stalk-less and often reduced to one leaflet. Leaflets obovate, sometimes narrowlyso, i to f in. long, smooth except beneath when quite young. Flowers a rich CYTI8U8 St • ^• CVTISUS 463 glowing yellow, i in. long, produced singly or in pairs from the joints of theyear-old shoots in May ; standard petal round, | in. across ; cal>x 15 to 2 ins. long, hairy, especially on the margins. Native of W. Europe, and the only Cytisus native of the British Isles, overwhich it is widely spread. Var. Andreanus, Dippel.—Similar to the type in habit, foliage, and shape offlower, but with the wing-petals of a rich brownish crimson, and the standardpetal, though mainly yellow, stained and lined with the same colour. Thisbeautiful and striking variety was discovered by the late Mr Edouard Andregrowing wild in Normandy, about 1884. It succeeds best grafted on comes only partly true from seed, many of its progeny having flowers ver>poorly coloured as compared with the parent ; but some distinct and improvedforms have been obtained, especially by Mr T. Smith of Newr>; one of thebest he
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