This section is from the book "Garden Trees and Shrubs", by Walter P. Wright. Also available from Amazon: Garden Trees And Shrubs Illustrated In Colour.
The species Cotoneaster, an evergreen with yellow flowers, height up to ten feet, is offered. It is not fully hardy, and should be grown on a border under a warm wall. Ordinary soil.
Most of the Coronillas are herbaceous, but Emerus, the Scorpion Senna, is a deciduous hardy shrub. It belongs to the Pea order (Legumi-nosae) and has yellow flowers in April. Height about three feet. Ordinary soil.
See Gynerium.
Two species: pauciflora and spicata, are offered. Both have yellow flowers in winter, opening in advance of the leaves, and grow up to six feet high. They ought to be grown on a wall border. Ordinary soil.
See Hazel.
See Chapter 16. and 18. For special kinds see the chapter on modern plants.
 
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