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flower. They require to be frequently transplanted and 

 divided, giving them fresh got)d compost — rich sandy loam — 

 at each planting, or they soon wear out ; and this is more 

 particularly the case with the double than single-flowered 

 varieties : it should be done in spring. They develope a dense 

 head of brilliant scarlet blooms at the top of the stem. L. 

 fulgens and L. coronata are smaller, but very showy plants, 

 their roots require to be protected from wet in winter, either 

 by taking them up in autumn, potting them, and placing them 

 in a dry frame, or by covering the ground about them early 

 in autumn with some wet-repelling material, as dry sawdust, 

 asphalted felt, &c. The dwarf hardy kinds are proper for 

 dry rockwork. They are propn gated by parting the roots, 

 and also from seeds, which should be sown in pans or on 

 prepared beds about May, merely thinning out the young 

 jDlants until they are large enough to transplant, when they 

 may be placed in nursery-beds at nine inches apart, where 

 they remain till they are strong enough to produce blos- 

 soms. See also Agrostemma and Vtscaria. 



LYCIUM. Box Thorn. [Solanaceee.] Hardy rambling 

 shrubby plants, requiring to be trained against a wall or 

 pillar, or supported by poles. They are free flowering, but 

 not showy, and rather adapted, from their free growth, for 

 covering arbours and unsightly buildings than desirable for 

 their ornamental properties. L. Europmim is especially 

 useful for this purpose, rapidly covering walls or buildings, 

 and growing to a considerable height, producing long flail- 

 like shoots, and an abundance of suckers. These long shoots, 

 if produced from the higher parts of the plant, will assume a 

 drooping position, and in the second year will bear a pro- 

 fusion of its changeable veiny jjurple-lilac flowers, so that a 

 succession of such branches should be annually maintained. 

 Root suckers ought to be destroyed continually. They are 

 all indifl'erent as to soil, provided it is moderately well 

 drained and porous, and are increased without difficulty 

 either bv cuttings, by layers, or by suckers. 



LYCOPODIUM. Club Moss. [Lycopodiacese.] Ever- 

 green moss-like perennial herbs. Damp peat soil. Increased 

 by careful division. They mostly require shade, seclusion, 

 and abundant moisture. The principal are L. aljnnum, hardy ; 



