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L AMIUM LATH YEUS. 



on Mount Gargano, in the south- 

 east of Italy. Naturalization, or 



borders, in any soil. Division. 



Lamium xnaculatum (Spotted L.)A 

 native plant, common in gardens, with 

 leaves veined or blotched with white ; 

 about 1 ft. high. Flowers, in spring 

 and early summer ; purplish-red, about 

 10 in a whorl ; tube of corolla re- 

 curved; upper lip oblong. Leaves, 

 heart-shaped, acute, doubly toothed, or 

 slightly cut, hairy and blotched. L. ma- 

 culatum album is a variety with showy 

 white flowers. Europe, North Africa, 

 and Middle Asia. The white va- 

 riety is a neat and pretty plant for 

 borders, and naturalization on banks, 

 thriving in any soil. Division. 



Lamium Orvala (Red Dead Nettle). 

 A large and distinct Dead Nettle, with 

 erect stems, 1 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; deep red, in axillary 

 whorls from 6 to 14 flowers in each; 

 corolla about 1 J in. long ; tube straight, 

 with a ring of hairs inside. Leaves, 

 large, broadly- ovate, unequally ser- 

 rated, stalked, smooth and shining 

 above, often red beneath. France and 



Italy. Borders, in ordinary soil, 



- and only in large or botanical collec- 

 tions. Division. 



Lathyrus californicus (Oalifornian 

 Everlasting Pea). A handsome climb- 

 ing perennial, from 2 to 4 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; with a lilac- 

 purple standard, and white keel and 

 wings, in many-flowered clusters, as 

 long as the leaves. Leaves, of from C 

 to 10, oval-oblong, mucronate, glau- 

 cous leaflets ; stipules half - arrow- 

 shaped. California. Borders, and 



the rougher parts of the rock-garden, 

 in sandy loam. Division and seed, 



Lathyrus grandiflorus (Large-flowered 

 L.) A very handsome, hairy, climb- 

 ing herb, with blooms larger than 

 those of the common Everlasting Pea ; 

 4 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; very 



large, rose-coloured ; stalks axillary, 

 2- or 3-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. Leaves, with 1 pair of large 

 ovate, blunt leaflets ; stems 4-angled, 



winged. Southern Europe. Banks 



and hedges, in which it will run freely 

 through low bushes, etc. ; also in 

 borders on low trellises, on rootwork, 

 or large rockwork; allowed to fall 

 over precipices in isolated tufts, or 

 planted beneath low specimen trees and 

 shrubs, and allowed to run through 

 their foliage. It prefers a deep sandy 

 loam, or warm soil. Division. 



Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting Pea). 

 A beautiful climbing plant, common 

 in gardens ; 6 ft. high. Flowers, nearly 

 all the summer; bright-rose; stalks 

 many- flowered, axillary, longer than 

 the leaves. Leaves, with 1 pair of 

 elliptic, slightly glaucous, 3- to 5- 

 nerved, mucronate leaflets ; stipules 

 broadly-ovate ; stems winged. There is 

 a fine white variety. Europe, in woods, 

 and naturalized in some parts of 

 Britain. Suitable for the same pur- 

 poses as L. grandiflorus. The white 

 variety is very fine. Not seeding so 

 freely as the common forms, it blooms 

 longer, and nothing can look finer 

 than strong isolated specimens of it 

 allowed to grow untrained and un- 

 supported on banks. Division and 

 seed. 



Lathyrus palustris (Marsh Vetch- 

 ling}. A seldom seen but very graceful 

 native plant, 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in June and July ; bluish -purple, in 

 clusters of 3 to 5 flowers on each 

 peduncle. Leaves, composed of two 

 or three pairs of linear-lanceolate, 

 acute leaflets; stipules small, lanceo- 

 late, half-arrow-shaped, and sharp - 

 pointed at both ends ; stem winged ; 

 pods linear-oblong compressed. Britain 

 and other parts of Europe in boggy 



meadows, rare. Allowed to trail 



among American and other shrubs, 

 in moist soil. Seed and division. 



