The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 148
d is the smallest of the North American spe-cies, except L. aridus and minimus, not exceeding 6 or 9 in. in height. Itis to be propagated, we presume, by dividing the roots. No seed has yetbeen produced. Genista procumbens. A rare and pretty little hardy shrub, welladapted for covering rockwork,… … hedge-rows and banks of rivers, from Canada to Virginia. With us it formsa beautiful bush or small tree, flowering rather later than others of thegenus, the blossoms beginning to open about the end of May, or early inJune. It is much valued for the fine dark-green, glossy appearance of itsleaves,…
