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L. annotinumy L. clavatam, L. complanatiim, L. dendroideum, 

 and L. seluf/o. 



LYCORIS. [AmarvllidacesB.] Pretty hardy bulbs. Deep 

 sandy loam. Propagated by division. 



LYGODIUM. Snake's Tongue. [Osmundacese.] Elegant 

 climbing ferns of easy culture. Soil, turfy peat, sand, and 

 loam. Increased by division. The species mostly require 

 stove heat; but there are L.articulatam, greenhouse climbing, 

 and L. palmatuDi, hardy climbing. 



LYONIA. [Ericaceae.] Hardy ornamental shrubs, re- 

 lated to Andromeda. Sandy peat soil rather damp. Iii- 

 creased by layers in a damp peat bed, or by seeds, which 

 should be raised in a frame. 



LYPEPiIA. [Scrophulariaceae.] Pretty greenhouse ever- 

 green sub-shrubs. Soil, sandy loam and peat. Increased by 

 cuttings in a gentle hotbed. 



LY^SIMACHIA. Loosestrife. [Primulaceae.] Hardy 

 perennials of the easiest culture, of small importance in a 

 flower garden. The genus contains a few half-hardy sub- 

 shrubby species, which are increased by cuttings in a gentle 

 hotbed in sand. L. nummularia, our native Moneywort, is 

 a pretty trailing plant, adapted for damp rockwork, or for 

 planting in a pot for the side of a shady window. Sandy 

 soil. All multiplied by division. L. Leschenaidiia is pretty. 



LYSINEMi\.. [EpacridacesB.] Handsome rigid ever- 

 green greenhouse shrubs, scarcely different from Epacris, and 

 requiring exactly similar management. Soil, sandy peat. 

 Propagated by cuttings in sand under bell-glasses. 



LYTHPiUM. [Lythraceas.] Hardy annuals or peren- 

 nials, the former of little interest ; the latter ornamental, often 

 thriving in damp and even wet situations. L. alntum is a 

 showy half-hardy plant, with long, slender, scarcely branched 

 stems, bearing purple flowers throughout the summer, and 

 not unsuited for a good-sized bed. The hardy perennials 

 grow in ordinary soil, and are increased by division ; the half- 

 hardy one grows from cuttings, and should be potted in a soil 

 of three parts peat to one of loam. The annuals may be 

 sown in the open border in March. 



MACARTNEY ROSE. See Rosa bracteata. 



MACHiERANTHERA. Daggee Floweb. [Compo- 



