216 ARBOHETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUJ I .
C. i a b ú r n u m var. latifòlium P a s . and D u Mont ; Cytise des Alpes, I’A ubours, Fr, ; Alpen B ah -
nenbaum, Ger. ; Maggio Ciondolo, Jíat.
E n g ra v in g s . Wa ld st. e t K it. H u n g ., 3. t. 260. ; th e p late of th is tre e in Arb. B rit.. 1st etiit.. voi v .
an d o u r 342. *
312. cy tisu s (L a b u rn um ) a lv in u s.
Spec. Char., 4 c . Branches glabrous and te re te . Leaves p e tio la te ; leaflets
ovate-lanceolate, rounded a t the base. Racemes pendulous. Pedicels and
calyxes puberulous. Legumes glabrous, few-seeded, margínate. {Don's
M ill.) A deciduous low tree. F o u n d in Carinthia, in the Alps o f Ju ra ,
on Mount Genis, and on th e Apennines. According to some, it is also
found wild ill Scotland ; but, though it is much cultivated in some parts o f
Fifeshire and Forfarshire, it is far from being indigenous there. Lleight
20 ft. to 30 ft., sometimes much higher in a state o f cultivation. I t was
introduced into Britain about the same time as the o th e r species, viz. 1596 ;
and was, probably, for a long time confounded with it; for which reason we
shall tre a t o f the two species, or races, together. Flowers ye llow; May
and Ju n e. Legume brown ; ripe in October.
Varieties.
¥ C. (L .) a. 2 péndulus has pendulous branches, and, in th e foliage and
legumes, seems intermediate between C. Laburnum and C. ( L .) al-
pinus. This is very obvious in a fine specimen o f this variety in the
arboretum o f th e Messrs. Loddiges, as shown in th e plate in Arb.
B rit., 1st edit., vol. v. The pendulous variety o f C. ia b ú rn um is
a ranch less robust plant.
¥ C. (L .) a. 3 purpurâscens H o rt., C. L . purpiireum Hort., C. Adàmi
P o ir., C. i . coccineum Baum. Cat, th e jmrple Laburnum, th e scarlet
Laburnum, is n o t a hybrid between C. ia b ú rn um and C. purpúreos,
as was a t first supposed, but a sport from a bud oi Cytisus puiJ
pùreus inserted in C. alpinus, in 1825, by D. Adam, a nurseryman at
Vitry, n e a r Paris. The flowers are o f a reddish purple, slightly
tinged with buff; and are produced in pendent spikes, 8 in. or more
long. A few years after this sport was originated, it was found th a t
it had a strong tendency to re tu rn to the original kinds ; and th a t
from one bud or graft, branches were produced o f th e tru e Cytisus
purpùreus, o f the tru e ia b ú rn um (either th e Alpine or th e common.
according to which ftas soon observed
y e l l o w flowers, and of the P'l vol. xii. p . 225..
b o th in Fran c e and Englanch (S e e GaU. ^
vol. XV. p . 122.; and Atb. Br ., ’ ^ owing variety, having
gorons, and somewhat erec and f sugia^^^ ^ but, th o u g h it
C t £ . X " b , c u l i , « » Í « ” * b f b . . .V , ■■
cannot be recommended. q,. - . . „ g fragrant. There are plants
¥ C (L .) a. A fràgrans H o rt. — Blossoms iragrm u
'in th e Hackney Arboretum. _ innmus
Miller recognised C. ia b ú rn um f t f tP ig ^ th ^ f tf te f te r ta in ly very dis-
d id n o t. W h e th e r they are 0 . Rtin
c t ; as much so perhaps, as ‘>'Yft®®‘®ft” trn e from seed. B o th sorts,
sessiliflòrum, and hke these propagated and cultivated m
being highly °™an^fntal, have been extc ^P e
British gardens and P‘“f t a t ons. The diameter. T h e
40 ft. high, a n d som e a t Alnwick Cart ^ though of ra th e r a
heart-wood o f the 'ab um um is o a polish, and may be
coarsegram. it is very hard “ f t " C ^ ^ ^
made to resemble ^ cubic S according to th e soil, and
The colour and gram « f t t h e C. ia b ú rn um , when grown on poor
th e age o f th e tree, f t to th e C (L .) alpinus, when grown in deep rich
calcareous soil; and f t ^ t of meenish black. I t is m much
soil : in which la st case its ‘ |be ordinary use o f th e wood in
demand among turners “ ft®“ ? " staves with th e wood o f th e holly,
th e N o rth of Scotland, is “ "ah ^ ^ g g in s , or bickers ; b u t it is also used
or th e spindle tree, in makmg sma 1 n o g ^ instruments,
for th e bowls o f pnnch-ladles ; fm ^ ^ laburnum, it has
H ares and rabbits being remarkab y produce an undergrowth m
been suggested to sow ,!^ for, though th e plants are
plantations liable to be infested spring up again th e next season,
L t e n to the ground every these kinds of game. As
and thus yield a regular supply of few rivals. The shape of th e heacl is
an ornamental tree, *® is o f a smooth, shining, and beautiful
irregular and p ic ture sque, its ” to every ornamental plant, it is
grein ; and, what is a great ■¡®®®“ ' ‘’‘;p®ho?gh ™ "
n o t liable to be preyed on by ' " f ? fertile sandy loam to a tta in a large size,
very indifferent soil, it •’^fiV’r f t e e puts o u t few horizontal roots, and has ra th e r
In regard to situation, as th e ^ to be blown aside by lugli
a spreading head, when it giow [> J i„ iurious to plants growing near it,
winds ; b n t, for the same reason it timber, it should be placed
than some o th e r ornamental trees. To ft„ i„n ta tio n among o th e r trees, so as
in masses in a sheltered situation, P _ circumstanced, m
to be drawn up with a clear strai„ht , j-f B o th
good soil, a ( i . ) alpinus will grow to th e t a jM o
C. ia b ú rn um and C. ( i . ) “'P ft ted by «rafting or budding on either
pendulous and o th e r varieties “ e f t ^ lP f t f to „ a t ta r in (fctober ; and they may
of th e common sorts. The seeds « 'f th t t g following, when they
be kept in the pod f t a d r y a i r y f tf t till the Mm ,,ft..y way, and
should be sown m beds of ‘'S f t f t a ta pi^„ts
X c h c o " w ? r ? ' t a fo? foto nursery lines in the November
following. . ... .
it 4. C. W e ld e n / / Vis. Welden’s Cytisus.
B re c t. Leaves ternate, petiolate ; leaflets elliptic, entire, cu