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peat, with plenty of sand. Increased by cuttings. L. speciosa, 

 flowers white and purple, in August. 



LIGHTFOOTIA. [Campanulacese.] Sub-shrubby green- 

 house plants, allied to Campanula and Roella, bearing blue 

 flowers, and natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Soil, sandy 

 peat and loam. Increased by cuttings. 



LlGULAPiIA. [Compositse.] Hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials, allied to Cineraria. Common soil. Increased by division. 



LI GU STRUM. Privet. [OleaceEe] Hardy evergreen 

 or sub-evergreen shrubs. The common sort, L. vidgare, is a 

 valuable hedge plant : the rarer sorts require a sheltered 

 situation, and are very handsome plants for conservative 

 walls. Privet hedges should be kept cut back very closely 

 while young, and require to be clipped at least twice a year. 

 Soil, sandy or chalky loam. Increased abundantly by seeds 

 or cuttings ; the rarer sorts by grafting on the common. L. 

 Japonicum, L. luclclum, L. spicatwn, L. vidgare, all flower 

 white. 



LILAC. Syringa. 



LILIUM. Lily. [Liliaceae.] Beautiful hardy or half- 

 hardy bulbous-rooted perennials, containing many distinct 

 species, nearly, perhaps quite, all of which are sufficiently 

 hardy to admit of their being cultivated in the open garden. 

 The most beautiful of all is the L. speciosum and its 

 superb varieties, j)urictatum, roseum, ruhrum, album, &c., some 

 of which are variegated as if rubies were stuck all over their 

 petals. To cultivate these in pots a compost of one-half 

 turfy peat, one-third turfy loam, and one-third decayed cow- 

 dung, with sand one-sixth of the whole added, is suitable. 

 Pot them in February ; use large pots, and choose very strong 

 double-crowned bulbs, two or three of which may go in a pot 

 a foot in diameter ; drain them well, and plant the bulbs 

 three or four inches below the rims ; place them in a cold 

 frame, and cover them from frost and heavy rains, but other- 

 wise give all the air j^ossible. When the stems are five or six 

 inches long fill up the pots with the compost, which will 

 cause them to root up the covered part of their stems. As 

 they rise too high for the frame remove them to the green- 

 house, where they will flower in great perfection, and retain 

 their beauty a long time, if shaded from the heat of the sun. 



