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LOTUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



LUNARIA. 



for trailing over dead branches placed 

 against a warm south wall. It may 

 be easily raised from seed in heat 

 in early spring or autumn and kept 

 through the winter, but the best plan 

 is to lift the plants in autumn and to 

 winter them in a greenhouse. 



in the garden. The double-flowered 

 variety is the best, as the flowers con-: 

 tinue longer in perfection. L. creticus, 

 maroccanus, sericeus, are found in 

 botanical gardens, but are not so 

 pretty. L. Jacob&us, a tender species 

 with almost black flowers, succeeds 



Lonicera Periclymenum (Honeysuckle). 



LOTUS (Bird's-foot Trefoil) .Trail- 

 ing or half-shrubby herbs, the one best 

 worth growing being the native L. 

 corniculatus , which occurs in almost 

 every meadow or pasture, forming 

 tufts of yellow flowers with the upper 

 part often red on the outside. Though 

 so common, it is worthy of a place 



in the open air in summer, and is all 

 the better for planting out. The Lotus 

 is best planted so that its shoots may 

 fall in long and dense tufts over the 

 face of stones. 



LUNARIA (Honesty}. When well 



frown this old-fashioned plant, L. 

 iennis, is beautiful, not only on 



