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ered) ; 10 feet ; flowers red, in May ; Russia ; 1752. L. villosa' 

 (shaggy); 4 feet; flowers yellow, in May; Canada; 1820. L- 

 xylosteum (fly) ; 8 feet ; flowers yelloAv, in June ; England. L. 

 xylosteum leucocarpum (white-berried) ; 8 feet ; flowers yellow, 

 in June ; Britain. L. xylosteum melanocarpum (black-berried) ; 

 8 feet ; flowers yellow, in June ; Britain. L. xylosteitm xantho- 

 carpum (yellow-berried) ; 8 feet ; flowers yellow, in June ; Bri- 

 tain. A fine new climber, with golden netted foliage, is known 

 as L. brachypoda fol. aureo reticulata. It is a very striking plant, 

 but needs to be laid down in winter ; Japan ; 1860. 



LOOSE-STRIFE. See LYSIMACHIA. 



LOPEZIA. [Onagraceae.] Hardy annuals of straggling 

 growth, forming a pretty mass when in flower. They are 

 increased by seeds, which may be sown in March, with the 

 half-hardy annuals, for transplanting, and again in May 

 where they are intended to bloom. The perennials are 

 propagated by cuttings in summer. Common soil. 



L. cordata (heart-leaved) ; hardy annual; 18 inches; flowers 

 purplish, in July ; Mexico; 1821. L. coronata (crowned); har- 

 dy annual ; 18 inches ; flowers rose-red, in July ; Mexico ; 1805. 

 L. hispida (hairy) ; hardy annual ; 6 inches ; flowers red, in 

 August; Mexico; 1826. L. lineata (lined); half-hardy peren- 

 nial; 2 feet ; flowers red, in May ; Mexico ; 1839. L. racemosa 

 (racemed) ; hardy annual ; 18 inches ; flowers rose-red, in July ; 

 Mexico; 1792. 



LOPHOSPERMUM. [Scrophulariaceae.] Showy evergreen 

 greenhouse climbers, adapted also for planting in the flower- 

 garden during the summer season, and for covering trellis- 

 work. These plants all bloom pretty freely throughout the 

 summer, and ripen seeds freely in fine seasons, from which 

 they are best propagated : they also strike readily from cut- 

 tings. Planted out for the summer, they flourish in ordin- 

 ary good garden soil ; but if kept in pots, being large-grow- 

 ing plants, they must have tolerably large pots of good 



