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such as the Ragged Robin, Ly'ch-| flowers, but it requires the protec. 
nis Flos ciculi, grow wild in the|tion of a wall; and UF. Boer- 
hedges in England. They are| haaviefolium, recently changed 
nearly all hardy, and may be grown | to Grabowskia, is remarkable for 
in any common garden soil. the singularity of its leaves, which 
Ly'cium. — Solandcee. — Box- | are covered with a mealy whiteness ; 
thorn. The species are mostly hardy | it also requires the protection ofa wall. 
shrubs with long slender shoots, Lycore’rsicum. —Solanécee.—L. 
which trail on the ground or ascend | esculéntum, Don. (Solanum Lyco- 
among the branches of larger shrubs _pérsicum, Ten.) the Tomato or 
or trees, according as they may be | Love-apple, is generally grown for 
circumstanced. Ly'cium bérbarum, | its fruit, which is eaten as a sauce, 
the Duke of Argyle’s Tea Tree, | &c. It is, however, very orna- 
is one of the most vigorous-growing | mental when the fruit is mpe, from 
hardy shrubs, producing when es- | 
tablished a year, in good soil, shoots | 
ten feet or twelve feet long; ZL. | 
europeum is almost equally vigor- | 
ous; and ZL. Trewidnum, in a warm | 
sheltered situation, will grow to the 
height of twenty feet. Scarcely 
any shrub will cover a bower, or 
naked wall, or trellis fence, in so 
short atime; and the fruit, which is | 
of a coral colour, is ornamental] as 
well as the flowers. The species 
mentioned have only one disadvan- 
tage, which is, that their roots run | 
to a great distance, and throw up 
numerous suckers; and this pecu- | 
liarity renders the plants unfit for 
smal] gardens, though well adapted 
for confined court-yards or narrow | 
passages, the side-walls of which | 
are to be covered with verdure. A 
single plant on a lawn trained with 
a stem to the hegeht of ten ortwelve 
feet, and then allowed to spread on 
every side over frame-work, in 
the form of an umbrella, will not 
only cover this frame-work, but 
produce shoots which will hang 
down to the ground on every side, 
and thus forin a complete curtain, 
which may be drawn aside like that 
of a window or bed, and will close 
again of itself on the spectator. 
These species are easily propagated | 
by cuttings of the roots or shoots, 
in any common soil, rather dry than | 
moist. JL. adfrum is a very beautiful 
species, with large violet-coloured 
its large size and brilliant colour. 
There are several kinds, varying in 
the size and the colour of the fruit. 
Nearly all the kinds are annuals, 
which should be raised on a hotbed, 
and planted out in May against a 
wall or espalier railing, to which 
they should be trained ; they all re- 
quire a rich soil, and abundance of 
sun and air, to bring them to per- 
fection. 
Lycopo‘p1um.—Cryptogamia Ly- 
copodinee.—Club-moss. A curious 
kind of moss, common in Europe 
and America, some of the kinds 
of which are very ornamental. L 
helvéticum, which is very hand- 
some, is generally grown in pots in 
greenhouses. It should be grown 
in peat and loam, and allowed abun- 
dance of water. 
Lysima‘cuta. — Primuldcee. — 
Loose-strife. Herbaceous plants with 
yellow flowers, chiefly perennials, 
and of which one species, L. num- 
muléria, Money-wort, is a well- 
known evergreen trailer, which, 
when kept in a pot of moist soil, 
will produce shoots of two or three 
feet in length, which hang down on 
every side. JZ. verticilldtum is an 
upright-growing plant, with abun- 
dance of showy yellow flowers, 
which looks very well as a border- 
flower ina large garden. They will 
grow in any common garden soil. 
Ly rHrum.—Lythracee.—A ge. 
nus of very ornamental hardy per 
