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ger species succeed under the same treatment. Cuttings 

 root very readily in sand, planted in the usual way, and set 

 in a hot-bed. Young plants should be raised from cuttings 

 during summer, to be shifted on for flowering the following 

 spring. The following are selected from the numerous 

 kinds as being the most useful. 



L. aculeata (prickly) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, 

 changing to deep orange-red, in May ; West Indies ; 1692. Z. 

 Cainara (Camara) ; stove shrub ; 5 feet ; flowers golden, chan- 

 ging to deep-orange or vermilion; South America; 1691. L. 

 crocea (saffron) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, changing 

 to saffi-on, in May; West Indies; 1691. L. imitabilis (change- 

 able) ; stove shrub ; 3 i^^i ; flowers lilac, changing to rose, in 

 May ; East Indies. L. nivea (white) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers white, in May; East Indies; 1732. L. purpurea i^MX- 

 pie) ; stove shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers pale-rose, changing to rosy 

 lilac; South America; 1820. L. Selloijuiaiia (Sellow's) ; cool 

 stove shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, all summer ; Monte Video ; 

 1828. 



Larix. Larch. [Pinacese.] A family of hardy well- 

 known trees, flourishing in any soil. Propagated by seeds. 



Z. Gjjidini (Gmelin's) ; Northern Siberia. Z. Griffithi (Grif- 

 fith's) ; 50 feet; Nepaul ; 1854. L. Kamtschatika (^^^.mXs&i^X- 

 ka). Z. /^r/^ (larch) ; 100 feet; Alps. Z. larix repens {qvq^q^- 

 ing). Z, larix pendula {dxoo^m';^. L. Ledebourii {hQ.6.thoMfs). 

 Z. leptolepis- (slender-scaled) ; north of Japan. Z. inicrocarpa 

 (small-coned) ; 100 feet ; North America. Z. peiidula (droop- 

 ing) ; North America. Z. Sibirica (Siberian) ; Siberia. 



Larkspur. See Delphineum. 



Lasthenia. [Compositce.] Hardy annuals ; thriving in 

 poor soil, and increased by seed. 



Z. Californica (Californian) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers 

 yellow, in July ; California ; 1834. Z. glabrata (smooth) ; hardy 

 annual; i foot; flowers yellow, in July; California; 1S34. Z. 



