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LINARIA. Toad Flax. [Scropliulariaceae.] Hardy auniial 

 and perennial herbs, the numerous species of ^Yhich display 

 considerable diversity of character and habit. About half are 

 annuals, and a few require protection. L. alpina and L. tristis 

 are pretty minute plants for pot culture, L. cymhalaria and 

 L. pilosa are suitable for rockwork, but the former is rather 

 encroaching. They all grow best in a dryish sandy loam, 

 and are propagated, the perennials by cuttings in summer 

 or division of the plants in spring, and the annuals by seeds. 

 Most of them are suitable for rockwork, especially the smaller 

 growers. The half-hardy sorts should be grown in pots with 

 the alpines, and protected in cold frames in winter. 



LINDLEYA. [Rosaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Soil, sandy loam. Increased by grafting on the Hawthorn, 

 or by seeds, or sometimes by cuttings of the ripened shoots. 



LINNyEA. [Caprifoliacese.] A hardy trailing sub- 

 shrubby plant, commemorating the name of Linnaeus. Soil, 

 moist peat in a shady sheltered situation. Increased by 

 separating portions of its rooting trailing stems. 



LINUM. Flax. [Linaceae.] A showy genus, consistiug 

 principally of annual or perennial herbs, which grow freely in 

 ordinary garden soil, preferring sandy loam, and are propagated 

 by seeds, which are readily perfected. There are some 

 shrubby greenhouse kinds, which should be grown in a com- 

 post of two parts peat and one of loam, with enough sand 

 added to make it open, and are propagated by cuttings put 

 in a hotbed. The common cultivated Flax is L. usitadssimiim. 

 L.flavum and L. trigyninn are good ; and the annual, L. ruhriim 

 grancUfiorum, is a great favourite. 



LION'S EAR. See Leonotis. 



LISIANTHUS. See Eustoma. 



LITHOSPERMUM. Gromwell. [Boraginace®.] Hardy 

 annuals and perennials. Dryish sandy loam. Increased by 

 division, cuttings, or seeds. 



LITOBROCHIA. [Polypodiacea?.] A genus of ferns, 

 principally stove species. Soil, turfy peat. Propagated by 

 division and by spores. L. macilenta and L. vespertilionis are 

 greenhouse, 



LITT^A. [Amai7llidace8e.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 perennial, allied to Agave, and often known- in gardens as 



