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which ought to be planted where the plant is to stand, as it 

 sends down a tap root to a great depth. 



Young plants will flower, the second year, feebly, but the 

 third or fourth year they produce a profusion of foliage and 

 flowers. Some botanists have suggested that it might be 

 applied to agricultural purposes with profit, on account of its 

 yielding so great a quantity of fodder and seed. 



Lathyrus grandiflorus. Great-flowered Everlasting Pea. 

 The flowers are very large, rose-colored, and appear two or 

 three together ; the foliage and stems light and elegant. Not 

 in common cultivation. 



LAMIUM. 



Lamia was a celebrated sea-monster. The flowers of this 

 genus have a considerable resemblance to the grotesque figure 

 of some beast. Most of the species are ugly weeds. 



Lamium rugosom, or Kough-leaved Lamium, produces clus- 

 ters of its curious white flowers all the season, and is suitable 

 for rock-work. The odor of the plant is rather unpleasant. 



LOBELIA. 



Cardinal Flower. 



The generic name is in honor of M. Lobel, physician and 

 botanist to James I. The genus is very large, containing more 

 than eighty species. The predominant color is blue. Many of 

 the family are very ornamental. The most desirable for the 

 border, that are much known, are L. cardinal, siphilitica, ful- 

 gens, splendens, and speciosa. The two first will stand the winter 

 very well, with some protection ; but the last three must be 

 potted in the fall, and kept in a frame, or in the cellar, and 

 planted out in the spring. 



Lobelia cardinalis. Scarlet Cardinal Flower. This 



