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nerves. It is botanically allied to L. speciosum on the 

 one hand, and to the orange-red X. Thunbergianum on 

 the other ; but it is wholly different from either." 



At the present time this splendid Lily is scarce, selling 

 for $5 per bulb. 



LIMNANTHES. 



[Name from tlie Greek, meaning marsh-Jlower.'\ 



Limnanthes Dou^lasii. — Mr. Douglas' Limnanthes. — A 

 native of California, from whence it was sent by Mr. Doug- 

 las. The plant is annual, quite hardy, decumbent, stems 

 growing ten or twelve inches long. The stems are 

 crowned with numerous fragant flowers, each about an inch 

 across, much resembling in size and form the Nemophila 

 insignis, A large portion of the flower is a deep yellow, 

 the extremities of the petals being white. It blooms from 

 June to August, 



LINAEIA.-T0AD Flax. 



[The plant, out of flower, is very similar to Linum, Flax.] 



The species are for the most part pretty annual plants, 

 and some of them, as Linaria Cymbalaria^ well adapted 

 for growing in pots or for rock-work ; L. triphylla is a 

 popular border annual ; L. triornithophora is remarkable 

 for the form of its flowers, which resemble three little 

 birds seated in the spur. L. vulgaris^ known as Butter 

 and Eggs, Toad-Flax, and Ranstead-weed, is a very showy 

 plant, but a bad weed. L. hipartita lutea^ alba and splen- 

 dida^ and L. macroura^ are also pretty plants. 



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