| |July |profusion of blossoms 2
| | |inches across. It needs a
| | |dry, warm soil, hence will
| | |succeed on sloping banks,
| | |but even then, in the South
| | |of England, it is apt to be
| | |killed by a very severe
| | |winter. This last paragraph
| | |will apply to the genus
| | |Cistus in general.
| | |
C. crispus |Southern Europe |Reddish |Reaches a height of a
| |purple; |couple of feet, and bears
| |Summer |its saucer-shaped blossoms
| | |in great profusion. The
| | |individual flowers are
| | |about 2-1/2 inches in
| | |diameter.
| | |
*C. ladaniferus |South-West |White; |A bush 4 to 5 feet high,
(Gum Cistus) |Europe |Summer |with large, white, solitary
| | |flowers. The variety
| | |maculatus has a crimson
| | |blotch at the base of each
| | |petal.
| | |
*C. laurifolius |South of Europe |White; |A sub-evergreen shrub 5 to
(Laurel-leaved | |July and |6 feet high, and the
Cistus) | |August |hardiest of all the Cistus.
| | |Of this there is also a
| | |variety maculatus blotched
| | |at the base with purple
| | |crimson, which forms a
| | |delightful shrub.
| | |
C. monspeliensis |South of Europe |White; |A c