LOWEA. 
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quite hardy, and will grow in any 
common soil; and they are propa- 
gated by cuttings planted in the| 
open groundinautumn. LZ. tatdrica, 
the Tartarian Honeysuckle, and ZL. 
zylosteum, the common Fly Honey- 
suckle, are the commonest kinds. 
Loose Srrire.—See Lysima‘cuia. 
Lore\z1a.— Onagracee.— Annual 
and biennial plants, hardy, half- 
hardy, and tender; but with light, 
feathery, pink flowers, and pretty 
ball-like fruit, which is produced on 
long stalks, and is very ornamental. 
For the culture, see ANNUALS and 
BIeNNIALS. 
Lopuospe'rmumM. — Scrophulari- 
nee.—Beautiful climbing _ plants, 
with pink bell- shaped flowers, which 
grow luxuriantly in the open bor rder, 
covering a trellis-work or a wall in 
an incredibly short space of time. | 
As the plants are killed down to the 
ground in winter, cuttings should be 
taken off in autumn, and kept ina 
greenhouse or frame during winter 
to plant out in spring. The plants 
will grow in any common garden 
soil, provided it is tolerably light, 
and that they have abundance of 
space for their rocts. 
Loquat Tree.See Erioso’rurya. 
Lora'ntuus.— Loranthacee.— A 
kind of Mistletoe, generally found 
on the Oak ; common in Germany, 
but not yet introduced into England. 
Lorp Awnson’s Pea—Lathyrus 
magellanicus.—See La'tuyrus. 
Lo‘rus. — Leguminose. — Birds’- 
foot Trefoil. Pea-flowered annual 
and perennial plants, generally with 
yellow flowers, but sometimes with 
white or pink flowers, some of which 
are only half-hardy. They are all 
grown in sandy loam, and are gene- 
rally propagated by seeds. 
Love Aprite.—The Tom 
See Lycope’rsicum. 
Love ties Bieepinc.—Amaran- 
thus caudatus——See AMARA'NTHUS. 
Lo'wea.——The new name for Rosa 
berberidifolia. 
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Lucu‘t1a.— Rubidcee.— LL. gra- 
iissima is a remarkably fragrant 
plant, with large flowers, something 
like those of the Hydrangea. It is 
grown ina greenhouse, in a mixture 
of light tarfy loam and peat; and 
‘| it is propagated by cuttings, which 
require bottom-heat. 
Luna‘ata.—-Crucifere.—-Honesty. 
| Hardy annual and perennial plants, 
which will grow in any common gar- 
den soil, and only require the usual 
treatment of their respective kinds. 
—See Annuats and PERENNIALS. 
Lurine.—See Lupinus. 
Lurr‘nus. — Leguminose. — The 
Lupine. A genus of herbaceous 
annuals and perennials, which con- 
_tain some of our most beautiful 
border flowers: yellow, blue, white, 
| and pink Lupines are among tHe 
oldest border annuals. J. ndnus 
is a beautiful little annual, with 
dark blue flowers, a native of Cali- 
fornia, and requiring the usual treat- 
ment of Californian annuals. JL. 
mutabilis and Cruikshaénkii are 
splendid plants, growing to the 
height of four or five feet, and 
| branching like miniature trees; ZL. 
polyphy'iius and its varieties are 
perennials, and they are splendid 
and vigorous-growing plants, with 
spikes of flowers from one foot to 
eighteen inches in length; JZ. noot- 
katénsis is a handsome dwarf pe- 
rennial, and J. arbdreus when 
trained against a wall will attain 
six feet in height, and in sheltered 
situations it will grow with equal 
vigour trained as a bush tied to a 
stake; ZL. latifolius is a perennial 
from California, with very long | 
spikes of blue flowers. All the spe- 
cies will thrive in common garden 
soil; the annuals are propagated by 
seeds sown in February or March, 
and the perennials by division of 
the roots. 
Ly'cunis—Silendcee, or Caryo- 
hy'llee.— Beautiful flowers nearly 
allied to the Pinks; some of which, 
