LATHTEUS. 



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LAVANDULA. 



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Lanta'xa." Verbendcece. -Green- 

 house and hothouse plants, with 

 pretty flowers, nearly allied to the 

 Verbenas ; and the half-hardy ones 

 requiring the same treatment. See 

 Vebbe'ka, 



Lapage'ria. — SmildcecE. — A 

 very showy plant, with large bell- 

 shaped white flowers tinged with 

 rose at the base. It is a native of 

 Chili, but it flowers freely in a 

 moist, cool greenhouse. ^ / f >^t 



Lapeyrou'sia. — Iridaceoe. — 

 Cape bulbs, with pretty flowers. 



species is Lord Anson's Pea, L. 

 viagelldnicus, a perennial plant, 

 interesting from the beauty of its 

 foliage and its blue flowers, acd not 

 nearly so much cnltivated as it 

 ought to be : against a wall, it is a 

 rare, and at the same time a very 

 elegant species. There are many 

 others, both annuals and perennials, 

 all of which are more or less showy, 

 and being of vigorous growth are 

 well adapted for broad borders. 

 They will grow in any common soil ; 

 the annuals are propagated by seeds, 



wluch may be planted in a warm ] and the perennials by division of the 



border, and left in the ground 

 during winter, if protected during 

 that season by a hand-glass, &c., 

 from frost or hea\'y rain. 



Larkspur. — See Delphi'niu3i. 



Lasiope'talum. — Br/ttneridcece. 

 — Australian low shrubs, which 

 require a greenhouse in England, 



root. 



Laurel.— See Ce'rasus. 



Lau'rus. — Laurdcece. — The 

 Sweet Bay, L. nobilis, is a very 

 handsome evergreen shrub or low 

 tree, with dark-green leaves. It is 

 somewhat tender, and requires a 

 sheltered situation. The male and 



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and are grown ia loam and peat, and i female flowers are on different 

 propagated by cuttings. ! plants ; and the former, which are 



•; Lasthe^nia. — CompOsitce. — 'of a rich yellow, are by far the 

 Calif ornian annuals with bright i most showy. It will grow in any 

 yellow flowers ; which requii-e the ! common soil, and it is propagated 

 usual treatment of Californian \ by layers. The leaves are used to 

 plants. — See Californian Annuals. | flavour custards. The fruit of the 

 •La'thtrus. — Legumindsce. — A | female plant is a round, dark, 

 genus of vigorous-growing, very ; purple berry, produced in abundance 



ornamental perennials and annuals, 



of which those best known are L. 



latifdlius, the Everlasting Pea, with 



pink flowers, and a variety with 



pure white flowers, both growing to 



the height of six feet or eight feet 



when supported by sticks, in the 



manner of common Peas, or trained 



to a trellis ; L. graadiflbrus, a 



jjerennial, remarkable for the large : yield by distillation in water. L. 



size of its flowers ; L. odordtus, the i Stce'chcts, the French Lavender, is a 



common Sweet Pea, an annual 



in fine seasons ; but it is seldom 

 seen, as the male plant is by far 

 the most common. There are 

 several other kinds of Laurus ; 

 most of which are stove shrubs. 



Lava'ndula. — Labidtce. — The 

 Lavender is a low suff"rutescent bush, 

 well known for the fragrance of its 

 flowers, and for an oil which they 



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remarkable for the fragrance of its 

 blossoms, which are of various 

 colours ; and L. tingitdnus, the 

 Tangier Pea, a tall-gro^^-ing plant, 

 the flowers of which are dark- 



more ornamental jjlant than the 

 common kind, but somewhat tender. 

 Both require a dry calcareous soil, 

 and an open airy situation. The 

 common Lavender is cultivated on a 

 large scale at Mitcham, and also at 



purple. Another very interesting \ Henley-on-Thames. At both places 



