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able for it. Increased sparingly by cuttings. L. rosea, fiowei's 

 rose colour, in November. 



LAPEYROUSJA. [Iridace^e.] Beautiful bulbous plants, 

 related to Ixia and Gladiolus, and sometimes called Peywusia 

 and Meristostigma. Soil, peat and loam. Increased by 

 offsets. 



LARDIZABALA. [Lardizabalacese.] Hardy or half- 

 hardy evergreen climber. Soil, peat and loam. Increased 

 by cuttings in sand in a gentle heat. L. biternata, flowers 

 purplish chocolate. 



LARKSPUR. See Delphiniu:.!. 



LASIOPETALUM. [Byttneriacese.] Greenhouse ever- 

 green shrubs. Soil, three parts sandy peat to one part light 

 loam, well drained. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, planted 

 under bell-glasses in sand, will take root. (See Thomasia.) 

 L. ferrugineum, flowers white. L. macrophyllum, purple and 

 green. 



LASTHENIA. [Compositte.] A simple-flowered hardy 

 annual, useful as a dwarf free-blooming plant for small beds 

 and the margins of large beds or borders. Common soil, 

 rather poor. Increased by seeds. 



LASTREA. Buckler Fern. [Polypodiaceae.] An exten- 

 sive genus of ferns, including stove, greenhouse, and hardy 

 kinds. The hardy ones comprise some of the most common 

 of our English species, which, from their free-growing habits 

 and conspicuous size, are well suited for rockwork on a large 

 scale, and their aspect, under favourable conditions, is very 

 ornamental. The tropical kinds require a high temperature 

 and a moist atmosphere, and those from temperate climates 

 may be grown in a moist shady greenhouse or pit. When 

 grown in pots they should have a loose turfy peat soil, mixed 

 with equal parts of mellow loam, and made rather sandy. 

 They are increased by division, or by sowing the spores as 

 seeds. L. acuminata, greenhouse evergreen ; L. cristata, 

 hardy ; L. decomposita, greenhouse evergreen ; L. decurrens, 

 greenhouse ; L. dilatata, hardy ; L. ehurnea, stove ; L. elongata, 

 greenhouse ; L. Jilix-mas, hardy ; L. fcenisecii, hardy ever- 

 green ; L. glabella, greenhouse evergreen ; L. Goldiana, 

 hardy ; L. Jnspida, greenhouse evergreen ; L. Lancastriensis, 

 hardy ; L. marginalis, hardy ; L. Noveboraceiisis, hardy ; 



