| | |laburnum and C. purpureus,
| | |in which the flowers are of
| | |a reddish purple, slightly
| | |tinged with buff, and are
| | |produced in pendent spikes
| | |eight inches or more long.
| | |It was originated in Paris,
| | |in the nursery of M. Adam
| | |in 1828; it was introduced
| | |into England about 1829,
| | |and has been a good deal
| | |cultivated." We noticed a
| | |tree of it in a hedgerow
| | |near Burnham Common,
| | |Slough. It is a strange
| | |tree. Some branches will
| | |perhaps bear entirely
| | |yellow flowers, like those
| | |of the common laburnum and
| | |others varied like Cytisus
| | |purpureus, by a flower that
| | |shows the characters of
| | |both parents. It is more
| | |curious than beautiful.
| | |
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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
*Ledum latifolium |Northern portion|White; |A much-branched shrub 2 to
(Labrador Tea) |of North |late April|3 feet high, and when in
|America; | |bloom covered with its
|Ericaceae | |rounded cluster