224 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



LEPTANDRA. See VERONICA. 



LEPTOSIPHON. [Polemoniaceae.] Beautiful dwarf annu- 

 als, forming very pretty objects in clumps and beds, but not 

 very long lived ; and, moreover, the blooms look untidy as 

 soon as they begin to decline. The seeds may be sown in 

 the open air in May, and should be sown thinly, because 

 they then grow much more vigorously. They will grow in 

 poor soil, and do as well as any of the annuals in the com- 

 mon borders ; but, to have them in perfection, they should 

 be grown in a very light rich soil, such as one-half very rot- 

 ten cow-dung mixed with good garden earth. In the beds 

 of geometrical gardens, where they have to show a mass of 

 flowers, they should be thinned very evenly to about two 

 inches apart all over the space, because in beds which form 

 parts of a connected figure, there must not be vacancies, nor 

 must the plants be too much drawn by being close together. 

 In patches, the least quantity is about what could be sown 

 in a pot. Many adopt the very good plan of sowing annu- 

 als in pots, and bedding them out afterwards for the sake 

 of having the patches uniform. 



L. androsaceus (androsace-like) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers 

 bluish-lilac, or white, in June ; California; 1833. L. densiflorus 

 (cluster-flowered); hardy annual ; 'i foot; flowers rosy-lilac, or 

 white, in June; California; 1833. L. grandtflorus (large-flow- 

 ered) ; hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers blue and gold, in July ; 

 California; 1833. L. luteus (yellow); hardy annual; I foot; 

 flowers deep-yellow, in July; California; 1833. L. pallidus 

 (pale-yellow) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers pale-yellow, in Ju- 

 ly ; California ; 1833. L. parviflorus (small-flowered) ; hardy 

 annual ; I foot ; flowers yellow, in July ; California ; 1833. 



LEUCOJUM. Snow-flake. [Amaryllidaceae.] Pretty hardy 

 bulbs, in foliage much like a Narcissus, in the flowers like a 

 Snow-drop, as the name Snow-flake suggests. They multi- 

 ply by offsets in spring, and prefer sandy loam, though they 



