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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
LISIANTHUS. 
removing the offsets and potting them 
separately. When the large flowering 
bulbs increase in number, separate them 
so as to prevent overcrowding. The above 
course of treatment will answer for most of 
the kinds of Lilies suitable for pot culture. 
L. giganteum should be kept singly in all 
the stages of its growth. 
The following are all desirable for pot 
culture :— 
L. auratum. White, with yellow band 
down the centre of the petals, spotted with 
red. From Japan. 
L. ecimium. <A dwarf-growing, large 
white-flowered species ; a fine kind for 
forcing. Japan. 
L. giganteum. A majestic Lily ; the 
flower-stem in a strong plant grows 10 or. 
12 feet high, bearing near a score of im- 
mense blooms, white, striped with reddish- 
violet at the base; very fragrant. From 
Nepal. 
L. Harrisit. An extremely fine and 
free-blooming variety of L. eximium. 
L. japonicum. Has very large flowers, the 
inner surface white, brown outside. China. 
L. Kramerti. Large flowers, of a pale 
blush colour. Japan. 
L. Parkmannii. The new American 
hybrid, a cross between L. auratum and L. 
speciosum ; flowers white and crimson. 
L. philippinense. Flowers white, 7 or 8 
inches long; very fragrant. Philippine 
Islands. 
L. speciosum album. A white form of L. 
speciosum. Japan. 
L. speciosum punctatum. White, with 
pale pink spots. Japan. 
L. speciosum rubrum. White, spotted 
and suffused with crimson. Japan. 
L. Thunbergianum aureum. A variety of 
L. Thunbergianum with yellow flowers, 
nicely spotted. Japan. 
L. Thunbergianum grandiflorum. A 
handsome kind, with orange-red flowers, 
slightly spotted. 
L. Wallichianum. <A variety of L. 
longiflorum, cream-colour, shaded with 
yellow. From the Himalaya. 
L. Washingtonianum. White, striped 
with lilac ; very fragrant. California. 
There are various handsome forms of 
many of the above species, all desirable for 
pot culture, that will succeed under the 
treatment here given. 
Insecrs.—Jilies are not much affected 
with insects except aphides, for the de- 
struction of which fumigate with tobacco. 
LINUM. 
The kinds of Linum deserving of pot 
culture are few as compared with the 
number of species that are known. The 
sorts, treated of here, are small-growing 
plants, useful for flowering late in autumn. 
They strike readily from shoot cuttings, 
which should be struck early in spring, put 
several together in 5 or 6 inch pots in 
sand, and keep close, moist, and shaded in 
a temperature of 60°, where they will soon 
root, When move singly into 3-inch pots in 
loam or peat, to which add a little leaf- 
mould and sand. After potting keep them 
moderately close until they begin to grow, 
standing them where they will get plenty 
of light; keep in a temperature similar 
to that in which the cuttings were struck 
until the advanced season renders the use 
of artificial heat unnecessary. Stop the 
points of the shoots, give air in the day 
time, shade from the sun and syringe over- 
head freely every afternoon ; this is neces- 
sary as these plants are more subject to red 
spider than most things. Again stop the 
shoots, and in June move them into 6 or 7 
inch pots, which in most cases will be large 
enough for them to bloom in. After this 
time an ordinary unheated pit will answer 
for them, and they should be placed where 
they will get plenty of light and air, with 
a little shade until the end of August, 
when they will be better without ; syringe 
regularly daily up to this time. As the 
weather gets colder the plants should have 
a little warmth, which will assist their 
flowering. 
When the blooming is over enough 
should be kept to furnish cuttings in the 
spring, and if it is thought desirable to 
grow some ona second season these may be 
retained and cut well in in March ; after 
they have broke shake part of the old soil 
away, give pots a size or two larger, and 
treat afterwards as in the previous summer. 
The kinds best worth growing are :— 
L. flavum. Flowers yellow, blooms 
in autumn. A native of Southern Europe. 
L. trigynum. Yellow flowers, produced , 
in summer and autumn. An Indian species. 
Insects.—The regular use of the syringe 
advised will keep down red spider. For 
aphides, which sometimes attack them, 
fumigate with tobacco. 
LISIANTHUS RUSSELLIANUS. 
In this Lisianthus we have one of the 
most beautiful of all biennial stove plants. 
Its splendid purple campanulate flowers, 
produced in large terminal panicles, never 
fail to render it attractive—so much so, 
that few who see it in bloom and possess 
the necessary means for growing it fail to 
make the attempt. From this it might be 
supposed that it would be much more 
