670 LOPHOSPERMUM. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



dishi, on the other hand, has hairy ciliated 

 leaves). The flowers are in several pairs 

 from the joints of last year's wood, and 

 they are creamy white or pale yellow. 

 This Honeysuckle is useful for early 

 forcing, a few plants in flower filling the 

 greenhouse with their fragrance. In the 



pale green hairy leaves, and large pink 

 flowers. It thrives in the open air in sum- 

 mer, and is a beautiful plant for festooning 

 old stumps, or for trailing over dead 

 branches placed against a warm south 

 wall. It may be easily raised from seed in 

 heat in early spring or autumn and kept 



Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle). 



open it likes a sunny, sheltered spot, not 

 because it is tender, but because it blooms 

 more freely, and the flowers, appearing 

 as they do in these inclement January 

 days, deserve all the protection that can 

 be conveniently given them. B. 



LOPHOSPEEMUM. L. scandens\s a 

 tender climber with long slender steins, 



through the winter, but the best plan is to 

 lift the plants in autumn and to winter 

 them in a greenhouse. 



LOTUS (Birtfs-foot Trefoil). Trail- 

 ing or half shrubby herbs, the one 

 best worth growing being the native 

 L. corniculatus, which occurs in almost 

 every meadow, or pasture, forming tufts 



