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Bonapartea. Soil, sandy turfj^ loam. Increased by suckers. 

 L. gemini flora, flowers green, in August. 



LITTONIA. [Melantbacea^.] A beautiful greenhouse 

 climber, tuberous-rooted, perennial. Soil, sand}' loam and 

 peat. Division. L. modesta, flowers brilliant orange, in 

 April. 



LIVISTOXIA. [Palmaceoe.] Greenhouse Palms. Rich 

 sandy loam. Propagated bj seeds. The principal are L. 

 humilis and L. inermis. 



LLOYDIA. [Liliacese.] Hardy perennial. Dry sandy 

 loam. Division. L. striata is white striped. 



LOASA. [Loasacese.] Hardy annuals, with pretty flowers, 

 the stems and leaves invested with poisonous stinging hairs. 

 They may be sown in the borders about the middle of April, 

 and again, if necessary, at the end of May. Increased by 

 seeds. 



LOBELIA. [Lobeliaceae.] An extensive genus of very 

 showy plants, comprising stove, greenhouse, and hardy species, 

 and consisting piincipally of perennial herbs, with a few 

 annuals and biennials. Peat and loam in equal quantities, 

 with a sixth part sand, form a good compost for the smaller 

 and more delicate species. The strong-growing perennial 

 kinds flourish best in rich, moist loam, but they must be 

 wintered in a dry cold frame. The annuals should be raised 

 in a slight heat in March, and pricked ofi" into small pots, 

 hardened, and planted out in May. They are the better for 

 a liberal mixture of peat earth. The shrubby and sub- 

 shrubby kinds are increased b}^ cuttings planted in sand, and 

 put in a hotbed ; the perennials by division in early spring, 

 the shoots being first excited into growth in a mild heat, and 

 then separated into single pots of the smallest size, and put 

 in a w^arm frame until they are well established, when they 

 may be hardened to bear the open air. For blooming in pots 

 the herbaceous kinds must he shifted into larger pots pro- 

 gressively. A very rich loamy compost should be used, with 

 abundance of moisture. The more tender of these are best 

 kept nearly dry under a greenhouse stage during winter, 

 being very liable to rot from exposure to damp. L. gracilis 

 is a dwarf kind, bearing a profusion of small blue flowers 

 throughout the summer if treated like a half-hardv annual. 



