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the lines; and they will be rooted in 

 one year. 



All the culture these plants require 

 in the nursery, is to keep them clear 

 from weeds, and to hoe frequently the 

 ground between the rows. — Abercrom- 

 bie. 



L^TIA thamnia. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings. Rich loam and peat. 



LAGASCA mollis. Stove annual. 

 Seed. Common soil. 



LAGENARIA vulgaris. See Gourd. 



LAGERSTRCEMIA. Four species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs, and one varie- 



LABYRINTH is an arrangement of I ty, L. 2/idifa rosea, for the green-house. 



■walks, inclosed by hedges or shrubbe 

 ries, so intricate as to be very difficult 

 to escape from. From the twelfth cen- 

 tury to the end of the seventeenth, they 

 were a very favourite portion of English 

 pleasure grounds, but they are now 

 more judiciously banished. 



LACHENALIA. Thirty-five species. 

 Green-house bulbs, except L. glauca, 

 which is hardy. Seed and offsets. 

 Sandy peat. 



LACHNANTHES tinctoria. Green- 

 house herbaceous. Seed and division. 

 Sandy peat. 



LACKEY MOTH. See Clisiocampa. 

 LACTUCA. Lettuce. Seven species, 

 and many varieties. Hardy annuals. 

 Seed. Common rich soil. See Let- 

 tuce. 



LADY'S FERN. Aspidium thelyp- 

 terum. 

 LADY'S MANTLE. Alchemilla. 

 LADY'S SLIPPER. Cypripedium. 

 LADY'S SMOCK. Cardamine. 

 LADY'S TRESSES. Neottia spira- 

 lis and spiranthes. 



L^LIA. Sixteen species. Stove 

 epiphytes. Oifsets. Peat and pots- 

 herds. Mr. Beaton gives the following 

 directions for the treatment of L. super- 

 biens, and they are applicable to the 

 rest of the genus : — 



" In April, place it in the warmest 

 end of the green-house, and there let it 

 remain till all its shoots are three parts 

 grown, about the end of June; then 

 place it in the stove, and let it have as 

 much air as possible, watch its buds 

 narrowly, and leave it in the stove till 

 they are in a forward plump state, then 

 remove it to a cooler place, and allow 

 it to go gently to rest as the season de- 

 clines. If all has gone on well with it, 

 the flower spikes will make their ap- 

 pearance as soon as it is at complete 

 rest in November: at this time the same 

 heat given to the camellia suits it best, 

 so that it may safely be taken to the 

 drawing room for the winter, and hav- 

 ing previously finished its growth, little 

 or no water need be given it while in 

 the drawing room." — Gard. Chron. 



Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



For the culture of L. indica, Mr. R. 

 Reid gives the following directions: — 

 " It should be kept all winter in the 

 green-house, or even the back sheds 

 will do perfectly well, and no water 

 should be given to it. About the middle 

 or latter end of April, it will begin to 

 grow, when the young shoots may be 

 thinned out, and the remainder short- 

 ened a little; the plant should then be 

 placed in the stove or vinery, where 

 there is a brisk heat. It will grow vi- 

 gorously till June, and will then appear 

 as if it had done growing for the season, 

 but in a few weeks, when the young 

 shoots are well ripened, it will make a 

 second push at the extremity of every 

 young shoot. These are the flowering 

 shoots; and by the month of August it 

 will be loaded with its beautiful tresses 

 of purple flowers " — Gard. Chron. On 

 light well drained soils and sheltered 

 locations in Pennsylvania, the Lager- 

 strffimia supports the winter — further 

 south it is seen in great luxuriance, fif- 

 teen or twenty feet in height. 



LAGETTA lintearia. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



LAGONYCHIUM stephanianum . 

 Half-hardy evergreen shrub. Seed, cut- 

 tings, and layers. Common soil. 



LAHAYA'. Ten species. L. alsini- 

 folia and L. minuartoides are hardy ; L. 

 diffusa, a green-house, annual trailer ; 

 the others green-house and stove ever- 

 green shrubs, except L. polycanpoides, 

 which is herbaceous. These are in- 

 creased by cuttings. Sandy peat. 



LALAGE orna^a. Green-house ever- 

 green shrub. Young cuttings. Sand, 

 loam, and peat. 



L A M B E R T I A. Eight species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam and peat. 



LAMB'S LETTUCE, or CORN SA- 

 LAD, {Valerianella olitoria,) is grown 

 for winter and spring salads. The first 

 dish formerly brought to table, was a 

 red herring set in a corn salad. 



Soil and Situation. — It will flourish in 



