LABRADOR-TEA. See LEDUM. 

 LABURNUM. See CYTISUS. 



LADY'S MANTLE. See ALCHIMILLA. 



LADY'S SLIPPER. See CYPRIPEDIUM. 



LADY'S SMOCK. See CARDAMINE. 



LAGENARIA. Bottle Gourd. [Cucurbitaceae.] Annual 

 trailing plants, requiring to be raised in heat in spring, and 

 hardened off previously to their being planted out about the 

 end of May in sheltered places, such as against walls and 

 palings, or on a raised beds in a warm corner of the garden. 

 Rich light soil. Increased by seeds. The curious bottle- 

 shaped fruits are the objects for which they are cultivated ; 

 but the white flowers are also very pretty. 



L. idolatrica (idol-like, pear-fruited) ; flowers white, in June. 

 L. vittata (banded) ; flowers white, in June. L. vulgaris (com- 

 mon) ; 10 feet; flowers in August; 1597. L. vulgaris clavata 

 (club-shaped); 10 feet; flowers in August; 1597. L. vulga- 

 ris depressa (depressed) ; 10 feet ; flowers in August ; 1597. 

 L. vulgarts courgourda (courgourde) ; 10 feet ; flowers in Au- 

 gust; 1597. L. vulgaris turbinata (top-shaped) ; 10 feet ; flow- 

 ers in August ; 1597. 



LAGERSTRCEMIA. [Lythraceaa.] A genus of handsome 

 shrubs, containing some greenhouse species. Soil, peat and 

 loam. Propagated by cuttings of the small half-ripened 

 lateral shoots in sand, under bell-glasses in heat. These 

 plants bloom finely, planted out in the flower border in sum- 

 mer, and wintered in a cool frost-proof cellar. 



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