Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . r is about \ in. long, with CYTISUS 45 a short hairy calyx ; the standard petal is orbicular and incurved at theedges. Pod ^ to i in. long, hairy, containing one or two seeds. Native of the Maritime Alps, where, according to Moggridge {Flora ofMentone, t. 58), it is extremely rare in a wild state owing to the plants beingeaten over by grazing animals before the seeds have time to ripen. It wasfirst discovered by Ardoino, after whom it is named, in 1847, but wasapparently lost sight of until 1866, when it was found again by the Hawker and i
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . r is about \ in. long, with CYTISUS 45 a short hairy calyx ; the standard petal is orbicular and incurved at theedges. Pod ^ to i in. long, hairy, containing one or two seeds. Native of the Maritime Alps, where, according to Moggridge {Flora ofMentone, t. 58), it is extremely rare in a wild state owing to the plants beingeaten over by grazing animals before the seeds have time to ripen. It wasfirst discovered by Ardoino, after whom it is named, in 1847, but wasapparently lost sight of until 1866, when it was found again by the Hawker and introduced to cultivation. It is a singularly pretty littleshrub, one of the dwarfest of brooms, quite hardy, and flowers cultivation it hybridises readily through insect agency if grown nearother species. It is the seed parent of C. kewensis and C. Beani, as well assome other inferior unnamed kinds. It is a delightful rock garden plant,but if associated with other brooms should be raised from cuttings to be sureof com in *r Cvnsus Beam. C. Bkani, Nicholson. A deciduous, semi-prostrate shrub, 6 to rS ins. high, twice or thrice as wide,with round, slightly grooved, slender branches, hairy when young, afterwardssmooth. Leaves simple, linear, about \ in. long, hairy. Flowers producedsingly, in pairs, or in threes at each joint of the previous summers growth,deep golden yellow, fonning charming sprays of blossom up to i ft. in length. A chance hybrid raised at Kew in 1900, and first noticed in a bed of 4r>8 CYTISITS seedlings of C. Ardoini. The pollen parent was evidently C. purj^ans, whichit resembles in leaf and stem ; its semi-prostrate habit it inherits fromC. Ardoini. It flowers in May, and is then one of the prettiest of dwarfbrooms ; it is, however, at its best when two or three years old. C. Dallimorei, Rolfe, (Bot. Mag., t. 8482.) A hybrid raised at Kcw in 1900 by crossing C. scoparius var. Andreanus(seed-bearer) with C. albus. It is a tall shrub, per
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