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beautiful plants, most conveniently grown as annuals, and 

 suitable either for pots or beds ; raised in autumn, and win- 

 tered near the glass in a cool greenhouse, they make beauti- 

 ful pot-plants. 



L. amoefia (pleasing) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers blue, 

 in July; North America; 181 2. L. bellidifolia (daisy-leaved) 

 half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers blue, in August ; Cape 

 1 790. L. cardinalis (cardinal-flower) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet 

 flowers scarlet, in July ; Virginia ; 1629. L. ^^/^j/Zj- (heavenly) 

 hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers pale blue, in May ; North 

 America; 1831, Z. ^6'r<??^6'/{/b/z<2 (coronopus-leaved) ; half-hardy 

 perennial; 6 inches; flowers pale blue, in July; Cape; 1752. 

 L. deciivibe7is (decumbent) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers blue, in August ; Cape ; 1820. L. densiflora (dense- 

 flowered) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers blue, in June. 

 L. Eritms (ascending) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 blue, in June; Cape; 1752. L. fiilge7is (shining); half-hardy 

 perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers vivid scarlet, in June ; Mexico ; 

 1 809. L. gracilis (slender) ; half-hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers 

 blue, in June ; New South Wales ; 1801. Z. heterophylla (va- 

 rious-leaved) ; half-hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue, in 

 May; New Holland ; 1837. L. ignea {fitry) -, half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; 3 feet; flowers orange-scarlet, in June; Mexico; 1838. 

 Z. thapsoidea (mullein-like) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 feet ; flow- 

 ers rosy-purple, in July ; Organ Mountains ; 1843. Z. raino- 

 sa (branched); half-hardy perennial; 18 inches; flowers blue, 

 in May ; New Holland; 1838. L. syphilitica {^y\>\{\X\'C\Q) -, half- 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet : flowers blue, in September ; Virginia ; 

 1665. L. speciosa {%\\Q)\^\); half-hardy perennial; 3 feet ; flow- 

 ers purple, in June ; gardens. Z. spleiideiis (shining) ; half-hardy 

 perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, in June ; Mexico ; 18 14. 



There are many others in gardens. The tall-growing 

 perennials are generally showy plants ; but many of the 

 dwarf kinds are unimportant, and the annuals are often in 

 significant. 



Locust. See Robinia. 



