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Greeyihoiise and IStvce Plants. 



LISIANTHUS. 



removing the offsets and potting them 1 

 separately. When the large flowering 

 bulbs increase in number, separate them 

 80 as to prevent overcrowding. The above 

 course of treatment will answer for most of 

 the kinds of Lilies suitable for pot culture. 

 L. giganteum should be kept singly in all 

 the stages of its growth. 



The following are all desirable for pot 

 culture : — 



L. auratum. White, with yellow band 

 down the centre of the petals, spotted with 

 red. From Japan. 



L. eximium. A dwarf-growing, large 

 white-flowered species ; a fine kind lor 

 forcing. Japan. 



L. giganteum. A majestic Lily ; the 

 flower-stem in a strong plant grows 10 or 

 12 feet high, bearing near a score of im- 

 mense blooms, white, striped with reddish- 

 ^^olet at the base ; very fragrant. From 

 Nepal. 



L. Harrisii. An extremely fine and 

 free-blooming variety of L. eximium. 



L. japonicum. Has very large flowers, the 

 inner surface white, brown outside. China. 



L. Kramerii. Large flowers, of a pale 

 blush colour. Japan. 



L. Parkniannii. The new American 

 hybrid, a cross between L. auratum and L. 

 speciosum ; flowers white and crimson. 



L. philippinense. Flowers white, 7 or 8 

 inches long ; very fragrant. Philippine 

 Island.?. 



L. speciosum album. A white form of L. 

 speciosum. Japan. 



L. speciosum punctatum. White, with 

 pale pink spots. Japan. 



L. speciosum ruhrum. White, spotted 

 and suffused Avith crimson. Japan. 



L. Thunbergianum aureum. A variety of 

 L. Thunbergianum with yellow flowers, 

 nicely spotted. Japan. 



L. Thunbergianum grandiflorum. A 

 handsome kind, with orange-ied flowers, 

 slightly spotted. 



L. Wallichianum. A variety of L. 

 longiflorum, cream-colour, .shaded with 

 yellow. From the Himalaya. 



L. Wasliingtonianum. White, striped 

 with lilac ; very fragrant. California. 



There are various handsome forms of 

 many of the above species, all desirable for 

 pot culture, that will succeed under the 

 treatment here given. 



Insects. — Lilies are not much affected 

 with insects except aphides, for the de- 

 struction of which fumigate with tobacco. 



LINUM. 



The kinds of Linum deser\dng of pot 

 culture are few as compared with the 



number of species that are known. The 

 sorts, treated of here, are small-growing 

 plants, useful for flowering late in autumn. 



They strike readily from shoot cuttings, 

 which should be struck early in spring, put 

 several together in 5 or 6 inch pots in 

 sand, and keep close, moist, and shaded in 

 a temperature of 60°, where they will soon 

 root, when move singly into 3-inch pots in 

 loam or peat, to which add a little leaf- 

 mould and sand. After potting keep them 

 moderately close until they begin to grow, 

 standing them where they will get plenty 

 of light ; keep in a temperature similar 

 to that in which the cuttings were struck 

 until the advanced season renders the use 

 of artificial heat unnecessary. Stop the 

 points of the shoots, give air in the day 

 time, shade fiom the sun and syringe over- 

 head freely every afternoon ; this is neces- 

 sary as these jilants are more subject to red 

 spider than most things. Again stop the 

 shoots, and in June move them into 6 or 7 

 inch pots, which in most cases will be large 

 enough for them to bloom in. After this 

 time an ordinary unheated pit will answer 

 for them, and they should be placed where 

 they will get plenty of light and air, with 

 a little .shade until the end of August, 

 when they will be better without ; syringe 

 regularly daily up to this time. As the 

 weather gets colder the plants should have 

 a little warmth, which will assist their 

 flowering. 



When the blooming is over enough 

 should be kept to furnish cuttings in the 

 spring, and if it is thought desirable to 

 grow some on a second season these may be 

 retained and cut well in in March ; after 

 they have broke shake part of the old soil 

 away, give pots a size or two larger, and 

 treat afterwards as in the previous summer. 



The kinds best worth growing are : — 



L. flavum. Flowers yellow, blooms 

 in autumn. A native of Southern Eurojje. 



L. trigynum. Yellow flowers, produced 

 in summer and autumn. An Indian species. 



Insects. — The regular use of the syringe 

 advised will keep down red spider. For 

 aphides, which sometimes attack them, 

 fumigate with tobacco. 



LISIANTHUS RUSSELLIANUS. 



In this Lisianthus we have one of the 

 most beautiful of all biennial stove plants. 

 Its splendid purple campani;late flowers, 

 produced in large terminal panicles, never 

 fail to render it attractive — so much so, 

 that few who see it in bloom and possess 

 the necessary means for growing it fail to 

 make the attempt. From this it might be 

 supposed that it would be much more 



