LINN AA. 275 LIQUIDAMBER. 
tacélla), which livesonea:tn-worms.|may be vropagated by cuttings, 
These creatures are by no means, which should be struck under a 
common ; but they are found in the | ha..d-glass. 
earth near hothouses, in the neigh-,  Linum.—Lindcee.— The Flax. 
bourhood of London, and they may | ‘The common flax, the fibres of the 
be known by their dirty yellow| stalk of which are used to make 
colour, and by their having a little | linen, has pretty blue flowers; but 
scale-like shell, which naturalists | there are other species of the genus 
call the shield or buckler, on the | with showy yellow flowers. Some 
outside and on the highest part of of the perennial kinds are rather 
the body, near the breathing-hoie, | tender, and require to be protected 
which it is probably intended to/ during severe winters; they are also 
protect. Slugs may be destroyed | liable to damp off if kept too moist. 
in the same manner as snails.—See | 
He'‘iix. 
Live.—A kind of Citrus, rarely | 
grown in England, but requiring | 
the same treatment as the orange | 
and the lemon.—See Cirrus. 
Limna/NrHES.—Limnanthicee.— 
._/One of the Californian annuals, the 
\flowers of which are yellow in the 
centre, with a deep border of white. 
For the-culture, see ANNUALS. | 
Lamno’cuaris.— Hydrocharidee, 
or Butémee.—These plants, which 
are natives of Brazil, are either 
annual or biennial, and the seed 
should be sown in a layer ot rich, ' 
loamy soil, at the bottom ot a cis- | 
tern or tub, which shou!d be kept | 
very moist; and as the young plants | 
grow, the tub or cistern should be | 
gradually filled with water. They | 
require the heat of a stove 
Lina‘ria. — Scrophularinee. — 
Toad-flax. Hardy annuals, that | 
only require sowing in March, 
April, or May, in the open border. 
They will grow in any soil or situ- 
ation ; but they prefer a rather stiff, 
poor soil, and an open, exposed 
situation. Several of the kinds have 
been removed from the genus An- 
tirrhinum (Snapdragon), to which 
they are very nearly allied. 
Linnz\a. — Caprifolicea 
trailing plant, adapted for rockwork, 
or pots, as it is too insignificant in 
its appearance to produce any effect 
in the open garden. It should be 
grown in loam and peat, and it 
They should be grown in light soil, 
consisting principally of vegetable 
mould; and the dwarf kinds are 
very suitable forrockwork. They are 
generally propagated by cuttings or 
seeds, which they ripen abundantly. 
Lion’s-EAR.—See Leono‘ris. 
Lion’s-TaiL.——Leonotis Leoniirus. 
Lipa‘r1a.— Leguminose.—-Dwarf 
greenhouse shrubs, with orange or 
yellow fiowers, natives of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Many of the species 
are now Called Priestleya. They 
should be grown in loam and peat. 
Liquip Manure may be deserib- 
ed as a decoction of any descrip- 
tion of putrescent manures, such as 
stable-dung, pig’s-dung, pigeon- 
dung, sheep’s-dung, &c. It may 
be used with great advantage in 
the kitchen-garden, but is seldom 
required in the culture of flowers ; 
and indeed many of the finer kinds 
have been injured by it, though 
some few, such as the Hydrangeas, 
the commoner Pelargoniums, Chry- 
santhemums, Cockscombs, Bal- 
sams, Auriculas, &c., have been 
benefited. Liquid manure ought 
not to be applied to plants till they 
have attained a considerable degree 
of strength and vigour; and after 
jit has been once used, it ought to 
‘be continued without intermission 
as a substitute for common water, 
till the plants have attained the 
wished-for degree of maturity. 
Liquipa MBER. — Amentacea. — 
Though too large a tree to come 
