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Lathyrus rotundifolius (Round-leaved 

 Vetchlirtg). A small but handsome 

 Everlasting Pea, 1^ ft. high. Flowers, 

 from June to August ; bright rosy- 

 purple, arranged in long clusters 

 rising above the leaves. Leaves, com- 

 posed of a single pair of greyish-green 

 oval-roundish leaflets with from 3 to 5 

 nerves; stipules half-arrow-shaped, 

 sometimes toothed. Stem, narrowly- 

 winged, branching. The Caucasus 



and South Russia. Borders, at the 



foot of walls or houses, or naturalized, 

 where its somewhat delicate but very 

 free-blooming shoots may trail over 

 low shrubs, etc. It thrives best in 

 sandy loam, but is not fastidious as to 

 soil. Division and seed. 



Lathyrus tuberosus (Tuberous L.} 

 A pretty small Everlasting Pea, 2 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in early summer; rose- 

 coloured ; stalks 3- to 6 -flowered, 2 or 3 

 times the length of the leaves. Leaves, 

 with one pair of oblong-elliptic, 

 slightly pointed leaflets; stipules 

 nearly arrow-shaped, narrow; stems 

 4-ang]ed ; roots creeping, throwing out 

 irregular brown tubers. Europe and 



Britain. Borders, rough rockwork, 



and copses, or fringes of shrubberies, 

 in ordinary soil. Division and seed. 



Lavatera unguiculata (Samian L.) 

 A vigorous-growing perennial with a 

 dark-green, woody, branching stem, 

 about 4 ft. high. Flowers, in autumn ; 

 light rosy-lilac, about 3 in. across, 

 showy, nearly sessile, solitary, 

 axillary. Leaves, slightly downy, large, 

 the upper ones with 3-pointed lobes ; 

 the lower ones 5-lobed. Island of 



Samos. Borders, or naturalization, 



in light or calcareous soil. Seed and 

 cuttings. 



Leiophyllum buxifolium (Sand 

 Myrtle). Ledum thymifolium. A 

 pretty dwarf evergreen shrub, forming 

 compact bushes 4 to 6 in. or more 

 high. Flowers, in May or June; 

 pinkish- white, when open; the un- 



opened buds a delicate pink; freely 

 produced in terminal corymbs. Leaves, 

 small, oval, smooth, shining. Sandy 

 pine-barrens in New Jersey, and the 



Mountains of Carolina. Among 



dwarf shrubs in peat beds, and oc- 

 casionally in the rock-garden in 

 similar soil, and as'an edging. Layers^ 



Leontop odium alpinum (Lion's- foot). 

 A very hoary alpine herb, with simple 

 stems, 4 to 8 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; pale yellow ; inconspicuous, 

 in a crowded head ; surrounded by an 

 elegant star-like whorl of oblong, 

 spreading, densely woolly leaves. 

 Leaves, oblong, very woolly. High 

 sloping pastures on many of the great 



Continental mountain ranges. 



Eockwork on exposed spots, in moist 

 sandy soil. Careful division. 



Leptinella scariosa (Creeping L.} 

 A very dwarf composite plant, 1 or 

 2 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; small, 

 yellow ; peduncle scape-like, shaggy. 

 Leaves, rather smooth, linear at the 

 base, lyrate-pinnatifid in the upper 

 part. Stem, prostrate, rooting, leafy, 



shaggy. Native country unknown. 



Suited for creeping about on rock- 

 work, in any soil. Division. 



Leucanthemum arcticum (Arctic L.) 

 Chrysanthemum arcticum. A dwarf 

 smooth alpine herb, 6 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; white, sometimes 

 reddish, with yellow centre, 1 to 2 in. 

 across. Leaves, lower ones wedge- 

 shaped, toothed at the apex ; upper 

 ones mostly strap-shaped and entire. 



Northern Europe and America. 



Eockwork, or borders, in ordinary 

 soil. Division. 



Leucojum sestivum (/Summer Snow- ] 

 flaTce). A handsome and graceful j 

 plant, somewhat like a tall and . 

 vigorous Snowdrop ; 1 to 1 ^ ft. high. 

 Flowers, in spring and early suumer ; 

 later than L. vernum or L. Hernandezii ; 

 pure white, the tip of each petal being 

 marked with green both inside and 



