LADIES MANTLE. 



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these, or cuttings of the roots, it is 

 readily propagated. It "will grow in 

 any soil, and does not altogether 

 dislike coal-smoke. 



Koxi^GA. — Cruciferoe. — The 

 Sweet Alyssum. — A pretty little 

 annual, with white sweet-scented 

 flowers, often used as an edging- 

 plant to beds and borders. It only 

 requires sowing in the open ground 

 in March. 



T ABELS are pieces of wood, 

 ■^ parchment, or metal, bearing the 

 name of the plants, and tied to them. 

 When the names are affixed to a 

 piece of wood or metal, stuck into 

 the ground, they are called tallies ; 

 and of these there are many kinds. 

 — See Tallies. 



LablaVia. — Leguminosa;. — The 

 Egyptian Bean, formerly called D6- 

 lichos Ldllah, but now Lahlavia 

 vulgaris. A half-hardy climbing 

 annual, or biennial plant, which 

 only requires the usual treatment 

 of similar plants. It has a very 

 showy flower, 



Labu'rnum. — See Cy'tisus. 



Lace Bark. — See Lage'tta. 



Lace Leaf. — See Ouvirandra. 



Lachen A^LiA. — A sphodekce. — 

 Cape bulbs, -nith very showy flowers. 

 They will not need taking up in 

 winter ; but must be grown in pots 

 in a green-house, and allowed very 

 little water at that season. They 

 are generally grown in loam and 

 peat, mixed with a little leaf- 

 mould. 



La'danum, or Ldhdanum , — A 

 gum produced by some of the kinds 

 of Cistus, used in laudanum, which 

 is prepared from opium, made from 

 the heads of the Poppy. 



Ladies' Bedstraw. — See Gta^- 



LlUlt. 



Ladies' Mantle. — See Alche- 

 mi'lla. 



Ladies' Slipper. — See Ctpri- 



PE^DIUM, 



Ladies' Traces, — See Spira'n- 

 thes. 



Lady Bird. — See Coccine'lla. 



L^^LIA. — Orchidacece. — A very 

 beautiful epiphyte, which may be 

 grown with its roots wrapped in 

 moss, and fastened on a piece of 

 wood ; or in the husk of a cocoa-nut. 

 The flowers are extremely beautiful 

 and very delicate. See Orchideous 

 Epiphytes. 



Lagena'ria. — Cucurhitacece. — 

 The Bottle Gourd. — An East Indian 

 species of Grourd, which is sometimes 

 grown on account of its curious 

 shape ; but the pulp of which is 

 poisonous. 



LAGERSTRCE^snA. — Lytlirariece,oY 

 Salicdrice. — The Pride of India.— 

 Beautiful trees, with flowers some- 

 thing like those of the Cldrkia in 

 form, but much more brilliant in 

 colour. L. indica is generally 

 grown in the stove, but the other 

 species succeed if planted in the 

 open ground in a conservatory. 



Lage'tta. — ThymeldcecB. — The 

 Lace bark Tree. — A shrub or low 

 tree, a native of Jamaica, remarkable 

 for its liber, or inner bark. This 

 inner bark slips oft' the wood without 

 difficulty ; and its fibres, which are 

 extremely fine, are so tough that 

 they will admit of being spread out 

 without breaking or separating, till 

 the bark becomes lace-like in its 

 texture. Charles II. had a collar 

 and ruffles made of it. In England 

 the plant requires a stove, and to be 

 grown in a mixture of loam and 

 peat. It is propagated by cuttings, 

 which are rather hard to strike. 

 The flowers are white, and in shape 

 they resemble those of the Mezereon ; 

 but instead of being produced in 

 clusters round the stem, they grow 

 on a kind of spike, far apart from 

 each other. 



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