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low, in July; Austria; 1704. L. Monspessulana (Montpelier) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, in July ; France. L. 

 Pelisseriana (Pelisser's); hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers purple, 

 in June; south of Europe ; 1640. L. Perezii (Perez's) ; hardy 

 annual ; i foot ; flowers yellow, in June ; Italy. L.pilosa (hairy); 

 hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers lilac, in June ; Pyrenees ; 

 1 800. L. purpurea (purple) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 purple, in July; south of Europe ; 1648. L. reticulata (net- 

 veined) ; half-hardy biennial ; 18 inches ; flowers brown and 

 purple, in July ; Portugal and Algiers ; 1788. L. spartea (broom); 

 hardy annual; i foot ; flowers yellow, in June ; Spain; 1772. L. 

 triornithophora (three-birds); half-hardy perennial; 18 inches; 

 flowers purple, in July ; Portugal 51710. L. tristis (sad) ; half- 

 hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers brown, in July ; Spain ; 

 1727. L. villosa (shaggy); half-hardy perennial; I foot; flow- 

 ers blue, in July ; Spain; 1786. L. -vulgaris Peloria (Peloria) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow, in June ; England. 

 The other species are numerous. 



LINN^A. [Caprifoliaceae.] A hardy trailing sub-shrubby 

 plant, commemorating the name of Linnaeus. Soil moist 

 peat, in a shady sheltered situation. Increased by separat- 

 ing portions of its rooting trailing stems. 



L. borealis (northern) ; hardy sub-shrub, trailing ; flowers flesh- 

 color, in June ; North America and Europe. 



LINUM. Flax. [Linacea?.] A showy genus, consisting 

 principally of annual or perennial herbs, which grow freely 

 in ordinary garden soil, preferring sandy loam, and are prop- 

 agated by seeds, which are readily perfected. There are 

 some shrubby greenhouse kinds, which should be grown in 

 a compost of two parts peat and one of loam, with enough 

 sand added to make it open ; and are propagated by cut- 

 tings put in a hot-bed. The common cultivated flax is L. 

 usitatissimum. 



L. Alpinum (Alpine); hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers blue, 



