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Botanical Magazine, t. 682). Snow Queen is a good white variety. 

 Hartwegi, blue and white, 2 ft., is a hardy annual (Botanical Register, 

 t. 31). Hybridus atrococcineus is a splendid annual, scarlet with 

 white tips. Mutabilis is a half-hardy sub-shrubby perennial, 4 to 

 5 ft. high, with blue and white flowers. Nanus, blue and white, i ft., 

 is a hardy annual (see Bot. Reg., t. 1705). Polyphyllus is a fine blue 

 hardy herbaceous perennial, 3 to 4 ft. high (Bot, Reg., t. 1096) ; alba 

 is a white variety, Purple King a purple, and Somerset a yellow. 

 Subcarnosus, blue and white, i ft. (Bot. Mag., t. 3467), is a perennial. 

 The annuals may be raised from seed in spring, the herbaceous peren- 

 nials from seed and by division. They are not particular as to soil. 



Lycaste (lycas-te, after Lycaste, daughter of Priam. Ord. Orchid- 

 aceae). A small genus of Orchids, requiring a warm house, with 

 abundance of water in the growing season, and little during the 

 period of rest. They thrive in fibrous peat. Propagation is by 

 division after flowering ; 50 to 60 will be a suitable winter tempera- 

 ture, 70 to 80 in summer. Skinneri, with red and white flowers 

 in winter, 1 5 ins. high, is the most popular species ; there are many 

 varieties of it, as well as some hybrids, such as Balliae, hybrida, and 

 Mary Gratrix. Costata, cream, and gigantea, purple and orange, 

 are also grown. 



Lychnis, Rose Campion (lych-nis, from lychnos, a lamp, in allusion 

 to the bright colour. Ord. Caryophylleae) . Beautiful hardy 

 plants, comprising both annuals and perennials. The most popular 

 of the latter is chalcedonica, which grows 2 to 3 ft. high, and bears 

 light scarlet flowers at the top of the stems. The latter are easily 

 broken from the rootstock, and the plant should therefore be handled 

 carefully. It may be propagated by seed or division in spring. It 

 is not fastidious about soil. There are white and double varieties. 

 L. coeli-rosa, the Viscaria oculata of gardens, is a pretty hardy 

 annual with rose and white flowers. Coronaria (syn. Agrostemma 

 coronaria) is a perennial 3 ft. high, with red flowers and silvery 

 foliage; there are white and double varieties. Flos-cuculi, red, i ft. 

 high, early summer, is the British Cuckoo Flower or Ragged Robin, 

 a pretty wilding. Fulgens, vermilion, i ft., early summer, and its 

 variety Haageana, scarlet, are perennials; as is Viscaria, the German 

 Catchfly, whose double rose variety, splendens plena, is a beautiful 

 late spring perennial with rose flowers. Vespertina (syn. alba) is 

 the perennial white Campion. Most of the Lychnises thrive in 

 ordinary garden soil, and are easily raised from seed in spring. 



Lycopersicum esculentum (Tomato). See Kitchen Garden. 



Lycopodium, Club Moss (lycopo-dium, from lykos, wolf, and pous, 

 foot, referring to the form of the roots. Ord. Lycopodiaceae). 

 The Lycopodiums form dense masses of verdure. L. clavatum is 

 the British Club Moss, and selago the Fir Club Moss. Peat, with 

 a quarter each of Sphagnum moss and sand, suits. Tips of the 

 growing shoots soon make plants if put in a warm, shady place. 

 The plants are best grown in wooden baskets. They must have 

 shade and abundance of water in summer, but little water in winter. 



Lygodium, Climbing Fern (lygo-dium, from lygodes, flexible, on 

 account of the twining habit. Ord. Filices). L. Japonicum (syn. 



