Sunset . ich are quite large all along the is not quite so prodigal of its bloomsas the creamy-flowered broom, but theyare a lovely color and the individualflowers are quite large. The yellow-flowered brooms makefine splashes of color here and therethroughout the rockery. They have anintense, compelling color that invari-ably draws the eye, and yet it is a warmand pleasing yellow without any sug-gestion of that greenish hue that ratherspoils some yellow flowers. My first friend among the yellowbrooms was Genista saggitalis, and itstill continues to be a favorite with has curiousl
Sunset . ich are quite large all along the is not quite so prodigal of its bloomsas the creamy-flowered broom, but theyare a lovely color and the individualflowers are quite large. The yellow-flowered brooms makefine splashes of color here and therethroughout the rockery. They have anintense, compelling color that invari-ably draws the eye, and yet it is a warmand pleasing yellow without any sug-gestion of that greenish hue that ratherspoils some yellow flowers. My first friend among the yellowbrooms was Genista saggitalis, and itstill continues to be a favorite with has curiously flattened foliage whichlooks more as if it should belong to acactus than to a broom. It spreads itselfalong the ground and sends up stemsabout six inches high on which thebloom appears. Then it looks like asheet of brilliant, glowing yellow sofull of bloom that the foliage is entirelyhidden. This is the fastest growing ofmy dwarf brooms and will make a fineplant in a (Continued on page 69 APRIL 1935 I». 20IIGS 01 B >Y 1867 the gold fever hadwaned. Western faces, flushed withdreams of wealth, now were Hned andbrown. The promised land had bothgiven and withheld, but not a singleson of a covered wagon had escapedhis daily stint of toil. Strangely contrasting these manualrealities, the year 1867 also produced
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