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beautiful plants, most conveniently grown as annuals, and 

 suitable either for pots or beds ; raised in autumn, and win- 

 tered near the glass in a cool greenhouse, they make beauti- 

 ful pot-plants. 



L. amcena (pleasing) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers blue, 

 in July; North America; 1812. L. bellidifolia (daisy-leaved); 

 half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers blue, in August ; Cape ; 

 1790. L. cardinalis (cardinal-flower) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers scarlet, in July ; Virginia; 1629. L. ccelestis (heavenly); 

 hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers pale blue, in May ; North 

 America ; 1831. L. coronopif<y/ta(coronopus-leaved) ; half-hardy 

 perennial; 6 inches; flowers pale blue, in July; Cape; 1752. 

 L. decumbens (decumbent) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers blue, in August ; Cape ; 1820. L. densiflora (dense- 

 flowered) ; half-hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers blue, in June. 

 L. crimes (ascending) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 blue, in June; Cape; 1752. L. fulgens (shining); half-hardy 

 perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers vivid scarlet, in June ; Mexico ; 

 1 809. L. gradlis (slender) ; half-hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers 

 blue, in June ; New South Wales ; 1801. L. heterophylla (va- 

 rious-leaved) ; half-hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue, in 

 May ; New Holland ; 1837. L. ignea (fiery) ; half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; 3 feet; flowers orange-scarlet, in June; Mexico; 1838. 

 L. tliapsoidea (mullein-like) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 feet ; flow- 

 ers rosy-purple, in July ; Organ Mountains ; 1843. L, ramo- 

 sa (branched) ; half-hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue, 

 in May; New Holland; 1838. L. syphilitica (syphilitic) ; half- 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in September ; Virginia ; 

 1665. L. speciosa (showy) ; half-hardy perennial; 3 feet ; flow- 

 ers purple, in June ; gardens. L. splendens (shining) ; half-hardy 

 perennial; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, in June ; Mexico; 1814. 



There are many others in gardens. The tall-growing 

 perennials are generally showy plants ; but many of the 

 dwarf kinds are unimportant, and the annuals are often in- 

 significant. 



LOCUST. See ROBINIA. 



