10 FEBRUARY 1950, Page 14

A Gorse Record Local critics have united in elplaining that

the alleged continuance of the gorse flower is due to the presence of two sorts of gorse that have different flowering dates. They are doubtless justified in giving 'out this explanation ; but the common gorse, furze or whin (ulex europaeus) surpasses, I think, all other shrubs in continuity. One bush in my paddock is now in good flower, and has been so continuously since last March, " the month that blooms the whins." It has only a few weeks to go to prove that it is capable of flowering in every month of the year, without any...contribution .from ulex nanus or any other variety

or species. It not only blossoms: it continues to smell strongly of coconut.