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beings, that their energies are concentrated in proporrion to the 

 obstacles thrown in the way of their expansion." 



L. spicata. Synom. pallida. A beautiful indigenous spe- 

 cies, common in most pastures and by the road sides, with 

 lively pale-blue flowers, in long terminal spikes, in July 

 Stem upright, smooth, a little hairy, one and a half foot high. 

 1 have never seen this species cultivated, but have no doubt 

 but what it would be very much improved, and prove a valu- 

 able acquisition to the border. 



I have succeeded with Lobelia cardinalis, in rather a dry, 

 loamy soil, without much care ; but, to have it in its greatest 

 perfection, it should have a moist location. 



LUNARIA. 



Honesty. 



Lunaria biennis. Honesty is an old-fashioned plant, flow- 

 ering the second year from seed, and then dying. It produces 

 large purple flowers, in May and June, that are succeeded by 

 large elliptical pods, which, when dry, are rather ornamental. 

 Lunaria is from luna, the moon, in allusion to the broad, round, 

 silvery pods or silicles. 



L UPIN. 



Most of the species are ornamental plants, suitable for the 

 garden ; some annual, but mostly perennials. 



Lupinus perennis is a well-known species, indigenous to 

 many parts of New England, found, frequently, in large masses, 

 from a yard to two rods in circumference, occupying the very 

 poorest sandy or gravelly arid soil; frequently in company 

 with the pretty Silene Pennsylvania, or Wild Pink, and 



