. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 200 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM URITANNICUM. * I. f^LBX EUEOP^~A L. The European, or common. Furze, or Whin. Identification. Lin. Spec, 1045, var. « ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 144.; Don's Mill , 2. p. 14S. Si/nonj/mes. Genista spinbsa i'Ofie/; U. grandifl&ra Powr,; f^. vernalis Tliore; Whin, Go
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 200 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM URITANNICUM. * I. f^LBX EUEOP^~A L. The European, or common. Furze, or Whin. Identification. Lin. Spec, 1045, var. « ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 144.; Don's Mill , 2. p. 14S. Si/nonj/mes. Genista spinbsa i'Ofie/; U. grandifl&ra Powr,; f^. vernalis Tliore; Whin, Gorse, Prickly Broome j Ajoiie common, Jonc marin, Jomarin, or Genet epineux, Fr. Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 742.; and our Jigs. 299. and 300. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves lanceolate, linear. Branchlets villous. Bracteas ovate, loose. Calyx pubescent. An erect compact bush, evergreen, from the colour of the bark. Middle and South of Europe, on gravelly soils; and in Britain on hills. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.; in sheltered woods, 10 ft. Flowers rich yellow ; February to May, and in mild winters September to May. Pod brown; ripe in August. Varieties. m U. c. 2 flare plena has double flowers, and is a splendid plant when profusely covered with blossoms, well adapted for small gardens, and easily increased by cuttings. U. pi-ovinciaIis and U. stricta are probably only varieties of U. eu- rops'a, but, as they may possibly belong to U. nana, we have kept them disrinct, and treated them as botanical species or races. The common furze, in Caernarvonshire, grows to the height of 1500 ft. above the sea, in open, airy, warm situations ; but in damp shaded valleys, not higher than 600 ft. In the North of Eng- land,accoi'ding to Winch, it forms fine fox covers at 800 or 900 feet; and grows, in warm sheltered situations, at 2000 ft. At Inverness, it is found to the height of 1150 ft. About Tongue, in the north-west of Suther- land, where it was in- troduced, but is now naturalised, it scarcely attains
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