640 KOCHIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



illustration is given in the accompanying 

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KOCHIA {Belvedere).— K. scoparia is 

 a curious and seldom-grown annual of the 

 Goosefoot family, forming a neat pointed 

 bush from 3 to 5 ft. high, the flowers insig- 

 nificant. The graceful habit of the plant 

 makes it valuable, placed either singly or 

 in groups, especially from July to Septem- 

 ber, the time of its full development. It 

 should be sown in April, in a hot-lDed, and 

 afterwards planted out in beds or borders. 

 S. Europe. 



KCELREUTERIA.— A'./^z;z/(:«/rt/rt is a 

 small tree, beautiful when in flower ; the 

 long divided leaves, elegant throughout 

 summer, in autumn die off a rich yellow, 

 and the yellow flowers form large clusters 

 over the spreadmg mass of foliage. It 

 is picturesque, valuable for groups, is a 

 native of China, hardy, and thrives in 

 any good soil. 



A new variety, K. bipinnaia, has 

 recently been introduced from China, but 

 it has not yet been established sufficiently 

 long in this country to enable us to judge 

 of its value. 



Koniga. See Aly.ssum. 



KOROLKOWIA SEWERZOWI.— A 

 singular-looking bulbous plant, allied to 

 and much resembling a Fritillary. It 

 grows from i ft. to \\ ft. high, and has 

 broad glaucous leaves and nodding flow- 

 ers, greenish outside and vinous purple 

 within. A native of the mountains of 

 Turcomania, hardy in our climate. Bulb- 

 lets or seed. 



LABURNUM (Goldeti /?«/«).— Flower- 

 ing trees of Europe, of singular beauty, 



■quite hardy and vigorous in our islands, 



and giving fine effects, all the more 

 so if placed with some care as to position 

 and surroundings. 



L. alpinum {Scotch or Alpine Z.)-— A 

 very beautiful hardy tree, a native of the 



\ hill forests of France, Central Europe, 

 reaching a height of nearly 40 ft. The 

 natural form is a very beautiful tree, and 

 from it varieties of the highest value have 

 been raised and increased from time to 

 time, among the best Parkesi, Watereri., 

 atilu7nfialts, bifert/7n, gratidiflorwn ; hir- 

 sutw?i, pendiilum., Vossi. The Alpine 

 Laburnum and its best varieties may be 



j known from the other European species 

 by its longer raceme, broader and deeper 



I green leaves, and later bloom. Syn., 

 Cytisics alpiniis. 



L. vulgare {fommon L.). — Also a 

 beautiful flowering tree of mountain 



I woods on calcareous soil, but growing 



I freely in any soil in our gardens, flowering 

 densely and earlier than the Alpine 



J Laburnum, and like it reaching almost 



j tree-like stature — 30 to 40 ft. — in the best 

 conditions. It has several varieties, 

 among them Carlieri intermedium, pen- 



! dulum, semperjlorens, and quercifoliwn, 

 and the inevitable worthless variegated 

 variety. 



L. Adami is a curiosity, a graft -hybrid ; 

 the same tree, and even the same branch, 

 bearing racemes of both yellow and purple 

 flowers, and sometimes flowers of a dull 

 purple. Old trees of these are quaint 

 and not without beauty, though it is far 

 from having the effect of the natural 

 species and their varieties. 



LAGURUS {Har^s-tail Grass). — K 

 pretty annual Grass, about i ft. high, L. 

 ovatiis having hare's-tail-like plumes, use- 

 ful for bouquets. It should be sown in pots 

 in August, wintered in frames, and divided 

 and transplanted in spring, or sown in 

 open ground in April. It flowers from 

 July to September, and it is pretty in the 

 flower garden in large patches as a relief 

 to showy-flowering things. 



LAMARCKIA.— Z. aureci is a small 

 hardy annual Grass, with silky plumes, 

 becoming golden as they mature. It is 

 suitable for bouquets, and may be dried 

 for winter use. Seeds should be sown 

 in spring or autumn, in the open border in 

 light soil. Syn., Chrysurus cynosuroides. 

 S. Europe, N. Africa. 



LAMIUM {Dead yV^///^).— Perennial 

 herbs of which there are a few plants 

 occasionally worth a place in poor dry 

 soils, where little else will grow — such as 

 are found on dry banks or beneath trees. 

 L. gai'ganicitm., from i to i| ft. high, has 

 in summer whorls of purplish blossoms. 



