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produces the most brilliant colors, and is literally covered with bloom 

 though the plant will be smaller and less vigorous. It transplants easily 

 and is self -sowing to a degree. July to October. 



ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) . 4 in. A dwarf 

 fleshy plant covered with glittering papulae which make it look as if 

 coated with ice crystals. Give a poor soil made of yellow loam, lime 

 rubbish, sand and manure. Flowers open only on sunny days. Also 

 rose-colored varieties. July to October. 



LARKSPUR. Branching (Delphinium consolidd). i ft. A branching 

 form of Larkspur of great beauty. All Larkspurs should have the soil 

 heavily enriched with manure; it should also be moist, in full sun. Sow 

 seeds of annual Larkspur in autumn, as they are late in flowering if 

 sown in spring. Self -sowing; also pink and blue varieties. July to 

 October. 



LARKSPUR. Rocket (Delphinium Ajacis). i ft. Another form of 

 annual Larkspur with a dense spike of bloom. Also blue and pink 

 varieties. For culture, see preceding paragraph. 



LAVATERA (L. trimestris alba). 3 ft. A tall bushy annual bearing 

 large open funnel-shaped white flowers, delicately penciled with pink. 

 It requires rich moist soil and sun. This is not so handsome as the pink 

 variety, L. trimestris rosea, which is one of our most desirable pink 

 annuals. July to October. 



LUPINE (L. mutabalis, var. Snow Queen). 3 ft. A tall smooth plant 

 with palmate foliage, and many spikes of large fragrant pea-shaped 

 flowers. Both the Lupine and Larkspur in annual forms are well worth 

 growing and are good to fill spaces left after earlier flowers are cut back, 

 particularly a pink var. (see Pink An., July) which blooms until heavy 

 frost, but the seed should be sown where the plants are to remain as they 

 do not transplant well. Give any good soil, full sun and moisture. 

 July to the middle of October. 



MALOPE (M. trifida, cultivated at M. grandiftora). 3 ft. A very 

 showy annual with open funnel-shaped flowers of beautiful gleaming 

 texture both in white and pink, borne on slender stems. It begins to 

 bloom when the plant is but a few inches high and continues blooming 

 as the plant grows until killed by frost. July to October. 



MIGNONETTE (Reseda odorata, var. Parson's White), i ft. A plant 

 of no beauty, but cultivated for the delicious odor of its greenish-white 

 flowers. Sow in light sandy soil, as it loses its fragrance if grown in rich 

 loam. It is better to sow the seed where the plants are to remain, as 



