| | |rising above the thorn, and
| | | a pleasant sight this is
| | |in late May and early June.
| | |Laburnums grow so freely
| | |almost everywhere that they
| | |are somewhat overdone in
| | |gardens, but it is so
| | |beautiful a tree that many
| | |would say: "I don't mind
| | |how many laburnums I have
| | |in the garden." Mr.
| | |Goldring, writing in the
| | |"Gardeners' Magazine" about
| | |laburnums, says:--
| | |
| | |"Besides the common way of
| | |growing the laburnum as a
| | |shrubbery or plantation
| | |tree, it may be put to
| | |various other uses. It is a
| | |beautiful covering for a
| | |wall on the north, east, or
| | |west sides. In some old
| | |gardens one meets with huge
| | |trees of it covering large
| | |areas of wall, and
| | |affording a lovely sight at
| | |flower time. This is a
| | |common way of growing it on
| | |the Continent, and in some
| | |of our old botanic gardens
| | |it may be seen trained
| | |against a wall as a host
| | |for the wistaria, which