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placed in nursery-beds, nine inches apart, where they should 

 remain till they are strong enough to produce blossoms. See 

 also AGROSTEMMA and VISCARIA. 



L. Alpina (Alpine) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers pink, 

 in April ; Scotland ; suitable for rock-work. L. Chalcedonica 

 (Chalcedonian) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, in 

 July ; Russia ; 1 596. Of the varieties of this plant, the double- 

 flowered scarlet and white are the best. L. Corsica (Corsican) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers red, in June ; Corsica ; 1818. 

 L.fulgens (shining) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers scarlet, 

 in July ; Siberia; 1822. L. grandiflora (large-flowered) ; half- 

 hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers orange-red, in July ; China ; 

 1774. L. Haagena is a fine hybrid between L.fulgens and L. Sie- 

 boldii, with brilliant crimson-red flowers ; hardy and desirable. 

 Seedlings are, however, very apt to revert to L. Sieboldii, which, 

 is a pretty white-flowered species ; 1860. L. Icsta (lively) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers flesh-color, in May ; Portugal ; 

 1778. L. viscaria (clammy); hardy perennial; I foot; flowers 

 red, single, or double, in May ; Britain. 



LYCIUM. Box-thorn. [Solanaceas.] Hardy rambling 

 shrubby plants, requiring to be trained against a wall or pil- 

 lar, or supported by poles. They are free-flowering, but not 

 showy, and, from their free growth, rather adapted for cover- 

 ing arbors and unsightly buildings, than desirable for their 

 ornamental properties. -L. Europceum is especially useful 

 for this purpose, rapidly covering walls or buildings, and 

 growing to a considerable height, producing long, rambling 

 shoots, and an abundance of suckers : these long shoots, if 

 produced from the higher parts of the plant, will assume a 

 drooping position, and in the second year will bear a pro- 

 fusion of changeable veined purple-lilac flowers ; so that a 

 succession of such branches should be annually maintained. 

 Root-suckers ought to be destroyed continually. They are 

 all indifferent as to soil, provided it is moderately well-drained 

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