The pure yellow flowers are grouped along the branches in terminal clusters. They are sweet-scented, showy and frequently so numerous as to make the plant appear like a mass of yellow blooms.
The leaves are very small, consisting of three leaflets similar in form to those of the common clove. The surface of the leaves, and of the young twigs, is covered by fine and soft hairs, causing a hoary appearance.
The plant is a shrub varying in height from a few inches to that of a man. It bears numerous and crowded branches.
Some of the other species of this interesting genus of plants bear purple or white flowers, and some obtain the stature of trees.
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| GENISTA. | COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO. | |
WHERE VEGETABLES CAME FROM.
THE customer at a Lewiston market was in a reflective mood Saturday morning and would talk.