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*C. kewensis |Hybrid between |Creamy |A most interesting and
|C. albus and C. |white; |beautiful Broom, which, as
|Ardoini |May |it becomes better known,
| | |will be popular in gardens.
| | |It was raised in the Royal
| | |Gardens, Kew; hence the
| | |name, C. Ardoini being the
| | |seed parent. It is only
| | |suitable for the rock
| | |garden, where its slender
| | |shoots can spread out and
| | |form a mantle of soft
| | |colouring, or to make a
| | |spreading group on the
| | |grass. There is little
| | |trace in it of C. albus,
| | |except in the flower
| | |colouring. This is a Broom
| | |for all good gardens.
| | |
*C. nigricans |Austria |Bright |This is also a lovely
| |yellow; |Broom, so named because it
| |July and |turns black when dried. It
| |August |should be in the smallest
| | |list of beautiful flowering
| | |shrubs, and it is singular
| | |that it is so seldom seen.
| | |The growth is bushy and
| | |smothered with flowers in
| | |July and August, sometimes
| | |before, and lasts a long
| | |while in beauty. Sunshine
| | |and poor soil b