246 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. \_March. 



The pots should be well drained ; flowers are either in race- 

 mose spikes, or solitary, which is rather too much distinc- 

 tion for the same genus. (Soil No. 6.) 



Lambertias, four species of very fine plants, natives of 

 New Holland. L. formosa is the finest of the genus that 

 we have seen ; flowers large and of a splendid rose colour. 

 L. echinata is said to he finer, but has not flowered in 

 cultivation. L. uniflora has single red flowers, and L. 

 inermis orange-coloured. They are rare plants in the 

 .collections on this side of the Atlantic. Drain the pots 

 well; the foliage is narrow, and of a hard dry nature. 

 (Soil No. 1.) 



Lasiopetalums, only two species. There were a few 

 more, but they are now Thomasias, plants ot no merit 

 whatever in regard to flower ; foliage three-lobed, small, 

 rough, and rusty-like. Thomdsia solandcea and T. quer- 

 cifolia are the best species ; foliage of the former is large, 

 cordate, and deeply indented ; they are all of the easiest 

 culture. (Soil No. 1.) 



Lauras. A few species are green-house plants. This 

 genus has been divided to Cinnambmum; still there are a 

 few celebrated plants in the original. L. nobilis, sweet 

 bay, though hardy, is kept under protection. It will bear 

 the winter with a little straw covering ; notwithstanding, 

 there should be a plant kept in the house in case of acci- 

 dent by frost or otherwise ; there is a variegated variety of 

 it. L. indica, royal bay, L. fcetens, L. aggregdta, and 

 L. glduca, are favourite's. There is a species known in 

 our collections as L. scdbra. The Camphor tree, known 

 as L. camphora, is Cinnamomum camphora; the wood, 

 leaves, and roots of this tree have a very strong odour of 

 camphor. It is obtained by distillation from the roots and 

 small branches, which are cut into chips, and put into a 

 net suspended within an iron pot, the bottom of which is 

 covered with water, having an earthen head fitted in it ; 

 heat is then applied, and the steam of the boiling water 

 acting upon the contents of the net, elevates the camphor 

 into the capital, where it concretes on the straws, with 

 which this part of the apparatus is lined. They are all 

 fine evergreens, (which the name denotes,) and easily cul- 

 tivated. (Soil No. 10.) 



Lavdndulas, Lavender. About seven species belong to 



