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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



LTter continued. 



L. nngnlcrolata (claw-petaled). JL lilac, solitary, axillary, on 

 short pedicels, about 3in. across. Summer. 1. tomentose, acutely 

 flve-lobed ; upper ones three-lobed. Stem shrubby, tomentose 

 from starry down. h. 6ft. South-east Europe, 1807. 

 LAVENDER. See Lavandula. 



Lavradia continued. 



dozen species) of very glabrous stove sub-shrubs, all 

 natives of Brazil. Flowers disposed in terminal paniculate 

 racemes, rarely axillary. Leaves alternate, closely packed, 

 rigid, entire or sub-serrate. The undermentioned species 



FIG. 379. LAVATERA ARBOREA VABIEGATA. 



LAVENDER, COTTON. See Santolina Chamse- 

 cyparissus. 



LAVRADIA (named after the Marquis of Lavradio, 

 a distinguished patron of botany, and once Viceroy of 

 Brazil). OED. Violariew. A small genus (about half-a- 



thrives in a well-drained compost of sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripened shoots, 

 placed in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. 

 L. montana (mountain). /. deep rose, in crowded racemose 



panicles. 1. alternate, almost sessile, obovate, marginate, denti- 



culated, obtuse, ending 



a inuciune. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1S26. 



