lpinum). This
| | |curious graft-hybrid
| | |usually excites much
| | |interest when in flower,
| | |both yellow and purple
| | |racemes appearing on the
| | |same tree.
| | |
C. sessilifolius |A native of the |Yellow; |A Broom for a collection,
|south of France |May |but without the
|and Piedmont, | |effectiveness of C.
|and was | |praecox, Andreanus, and
|cultivated in | |others.
|Britain by | |
|Parkinson in | |
|1569. | |
| | |
C. Schipkaensis |Introduced |White |This is a charming little
| | |rock-garden shrub, and very
| | |rare as yet, but well worth
| | |noting for its
| | |distinctiveness and
| | |freedom.
| | |
*C. scoparius |Europe |Yellow |The hardy Cytisuses are
(Common Broom) | | |popularly known as Brooms,
| | |and the Broom of the waste
| | |lands of the British Isles
| | |is Cytisus scoparius, which
| | |makes clouds of golden
| | |yellow in the early summer.
| | |Many a dryish bank now
| | |flowerless might be made
| | |beautiful with this
| | |glorious shrub. Where Broom
| | |is not plentiful as a wild
| | |plant, and therefore
| |