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LONICERA. 



slender and delicate habit of growth, and 

 producing flowers in profusion for many 

 months. Z. flavum, with its golden- 

 yellow blossoms, profusion and duration 



LINUM GRANUIFLORUM. 



of bloom, forms a valuable contrast and 

 companion to the above. L. luteum corym- 

 bifloruHi) with its beautiful straw-colour 

 blossoms, also forms a pleasing contrast to 

 L, g. rubrufn, L. eompanulatuin, L.jlavuni, 

 and L. grandtflorum rubrum do well in 

 pots. The plants succeed best in a light 

 rich soil. 



Liquid Manure Tank. 



In anticipation of a hot, dry summer, 

 every garden should be provided with a 

 liquid manure tank, and this may be easily 

 and inexpensively made of an old tar- 

 barrel either standing on the surface or 

 sunk into the ground. The barrel should 

 be filled about one-third with well-rotted 

 cow dung and two-thirds pond or rain 

 water, and occasionally stirred. As the 

 liquid is used up, more water may be 

 placed upon the sediment, which, as it 

 becomes exhausted, can be replenished 

 from the cow-yard and the stable-drain. 



Liriodendron 



Magnolia' - 



The tulip- tree, or Liriodendron tulipi- 

 fera, is a hardy deciduous tree with maple- 

 like leaves and bark blotched with large, 

 yellowish spots, bearing a scented tulip- 



shaped flower, variegated, with yellow, 

 orange, and green. The tree is propagated 

 by seeds, which should be placed in good, 

 rich loam in a sheltered, shaded spoc. 



Lobe'lia (nat. onl, Lobelia'cese). 



A genus of exceedingly pretty profuse- 

 blooming plants, of which the low-growing 

 kinds make the most beautiful edgings. 

 L. spedosa, a dark blue hybrid variety, 

 forms an excellent contrast to Cerastium 

 tomentosum and the variegated alyssum ; 

 L. gracilis, from its bush-like habit and 

 profusion of celestial-blue flowers, is equally 

 beautiful in pots, beds, or when used as an 

 edging : all the varieties of /,. Erinus are 

 valuable for hanging baskets, rustic- work, 

 or vases, over the edges of which they 

 droop in the most graceful and elegant 

 manner. The perennial species, with their 

 handsome spikes of flowers, are exceedingly 

 ornamental, and are valuable from their 

 blooming in autumn, with gladioli, Lilitun 

 lancifoliiun, tritomas, &c. All the varieties 

 grow freely from seed, and most of them 



LOBELIA. 



from cuttings. Many varieties of the 

 lobelia are used as bedding plants. 



Lonicera (nat. ord. Caprifolia'cese). 



A genus comprising all the trailing and 

 climbing hardy and half-hardy deciduous 

 or evergreen plants known to us as honey- 



