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margins rolled back. Europe, Ame- 

 rica, and Britain, on mountains. 



The rock-garden, in peat beds, among 

 diminutive shrubs ; always in moist 

 sandy peat. Layers. 



Lophanthus urticaefolius (Nettle- 

 leaved L. ) A hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nial, 3 or 4 ft. high, with an almost 

 smooth, square stem. Flowers, late in 

 summer; purple (sometimes white, 

 with pink sepals), with long protrud- 

 ing stamens and petals, in dense ob- 

 long spikes, more than 2 inches long. 

 Leaves, opposite, oval-heart-shaped, 

 broadly crenate on the margin, stalked, 



pointed. North America. Borders, 



or naturalization, in ordinary soil. 

 Division. 



Lotus corniculatus (Common L.} 

 A well-known native herb, with 

 creeping stems. Flowers, all summer ; 

 bright yellow, the upper part often 

 red on the outside, 5 to 12 in an 

 umbel, on axillary stalks much 

 longer than the leaves. Leaves, 

 pinnate ; leaflets differing in form 

 from bluntly-ovate to narrow-lance- 

 shaped ; stipules resembling the leaves 

 but more pointed ; stem and leaves 

 both glaucous. There are several 

 forms of this species. Abundant 

 throughout Europe and Asia, also in 



Australia. Too common to be 



much used in gardens, yet few plants 

 are more beautiful. Plants allowed 

 to become fully developed on slopes, 

 etc. , are very fine. Seed and division. 



Lunaria rediviva (Perennial Honesty). 

 A vigorous hairy herb, with erect 

 branching stems, 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; purplish, 

 sweet-scented, large, showy, in ter- 

 minal racemes ; petals nearly entire. 

 Leaves, heart-shaped, deeply-toothed, 

 on long stalks, 8 or 9 in. long, and 3 or 

 4 in. broad; lower ones opposite; upper 

 alternate. Native of mountain woods 



in Europe. Borders in half -shady 



places, in light soil. Division or seed. 



Luphms macrophyllus (Large-leaved 

 Lupine). A tall and robust hairy 

 herb, allied to L. polyphyllus, but 

 larger in all its parts ; 3 or 4 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; purplish-blue, 10 

 to 15 in a whorl, forming a dense 

 raceme 9 to 12 in. long ; calyx with 

 both lips entire, lower one lance- 

 shaped, acute, as long again as the 

 upper one. Leaves, large, on large 

 slender stalks, composed of from 12 to 

 15 lance-shaped acute leaflets ; stem 

 straight, cylindrical. Native of North 



America. Cultivation and position 



the same as for L. polyphyllus,lo-a.t, being 

 much scarcer, it deserves good rich soil. 



Lupinus polyphyllus (Perennial L.) 

 A fine showy perennial, 2 to 4 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; bluish- 

 purple, arranged in whorls on a hand- 

 some spike ; lips of calyx quite entire. 

 Leaves, pinnate, with from 11 to 15 

 lance-shaped leaflets, hairy beneath ; 

 stems hairy. There is a white form 

 and various others distinct in colour 

 from the common one. North Ame- 

 rica. Borders, in ordinary garden 



soil. A fine plant for naturalization. 

 Seed or division. 



Lychnis alpina (Alpine L.) A di- 

 minutive form of Lychnis Viscaria, but 

 smooth and not viscid, and attaining 

 a height of only a few inches. Flow- 

 ers, in spring and early summer ; pink, 

 in close heads ; petals narrow, deeply 

 bifid ; calyx short. Leaves, narrow- 

 lance-shaped, slightly fringed; lower 

 ones in a tuft. Found in Cumberland, 

 and on the summit of Little Kilrannock 

 in Forfarshire, and in various parts 

 of Northern Europe. The rock- 

 garden, in sandy or gritty soil, in 

 well- drained chinks. Division and 

 seed. 



Lychnis chalcedonica (Scarlet L.) 

 A well-known old border plant, 

 1| to 34 ft. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; scarlet, in corymbose clusters ; 

 calyx, round, clubbed, ribbed* 



