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I have often feen the fhoots of a young Laburnum, in ordinary health, without amputation, exceed four feet in a feafon: —If a vigorous ftem had been cut over clofe by the ground, thefe fhoots would probably, have been much above that length. Thetfe young fhoots are extreme- Jy herbaceous, and are covergd clofely, over their whole length, with numerous large fucculent leaves, which, in figure,

O 5 fs tafte, and{mell, greatly refemble thofe of red clover*.

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* There are two forts of Laburnum common in this Country, which may be diftinguifhed by the appellation of the broad and narrow-leaved Laburnum. It is the firft fort I here allude to; in all"that‘has been faid above.

The fhoots of this fort are long, irregular, and hang dangling on every fide; the leaves are large, have long and weak foot-ftalks, foft and pliable to the touch, and are of a light-green colour, with a flight tinge of red on the young ftalks. The flowers are{maller than thofe of the other fort; and the pods are flatted, with a foft pliable{kin upon them.

The pods of the other fort are hard, round, and fomewhat knotty; the leaves fmaller than the other, and of a darker Saxon-green colour, with fhorter and ftronger foot-ftalks. The branches grow more erect,

and are garnifhed with much fewer leaves.— This fort

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