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at least five feet high, if the ground is rich ; others clioose 

 to plant them in rows and support them with brush — or 

 with strong: twine runninor the rows, fastened to stakes set 

 among the j^lants. The seed should be sown as early as 

 possible in the spring. They will then produce a profu- 

 sion of flowers from July to October. 



LAVATERA. 



[In memory of the two Lavaters, pliysicians of Zurich.] 



Lavatera trim^Stris. — Common Lavatera. — A popular 

 hardy annual, of easy culture and handsome appearance, 

 with large, Hollyhock-shaped, red flowers. There is a va- 

 riety with white flowers. Two feet high, in bloom from 

 July to October. Cultivated the same as the Mallows, to 

 wliich it is closely related. 



LILITJM.— The Lily. 



[The classical Latin name.] 



" Have you seen but a bright Lily grow, 

 Before rude hands iiave touched it ? " 



" Queen of the field, in milk-white mantle drest. 

 The lovely Lily waved her curling crest." 



All the species of this splendid genus with which we 

 are acquainted, may be considered worthy of a place in 

 every good collection of plants. Many of them are well 

 known, while a greater number are not often seen in our 

 gardens. The Lily is an interesting flower to the young 

 florist as well as to the botanist, on account of the simpli- 

 city of its structure, and the size and distinct character 

 of its difi*erent parts or organs. The root of the Lily, or 



