| |that known as tetrandra or
| | |taurica, in which the
| | |feathery plumes are of a
| | |deeper pink than the type.
| | |Other names that occur are
| | |parviflora, chinensis, and
| | |japonica, but given
| | |tetrandra, as a rule no
| | |other is wanted.
| | |
T. germanica |Europe |Pinkish |A smaller shrub than the
(German Tamarisk), | | |last, more upright in
(Syn. Myricaria | | |growth, and with a glaucous
Germanica) | | |tinge. The pinkish flowers
| | |are far less effective than
| | |those of the preceding.
| | |
*Ulex europaeus |Europe; |Yellow |The common Furze is known
(the Furze, Gorse, |Leguminosae | |to every one, but its great
or Whin) | | |beauty as a flowering shrub
| | |is apt to be overlooked,
| | |for it luxuriates in dry,
| | |sandy, and stony soils,
| | |where little else will
| | |grow, and its golden
| | |blossoms are borne usually
| | |from February to May,
| | |though occasionally
| | |throughout the entire
| | |winter. The double-flowered
| | |variety--flore-pleno--is
| | |even more valuable from a
| | |flowering point of view
| | |than the type. Both
| | |transplant badly, h