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KOCH'IA tricho'phila continued. 



ago as 1629 from Greece, it only came to be recog- 

 nised by the public through its re-introduction by 

 one of our leading nurserymen about 1901 as a 

 plant of conspicuous merit for decorating the 

 garden border. It is the foliage and not the 

 flowers which attracts attention. These are 

 insignificant, but the foliage is compact, light, and 

 feathery, and in late summer assumes a brilliant 

 crimson colour. It grows about 2 ft. high, and 

 should be planted in groups for effect. Syns., 

 Chenopod'ium swpar'ium and Bli'tum Virgo! turn. 

 K. scopar'ia, a species very inferior to the former. 



Sow the seed in March in pots, prick off in 

 boxes or separate pots, and plant out in rich soil in 

 a sunny aspect in May or early June. 



KNOT-WEED. See POLYGONUM. 

 KO'NIGA mari'tima. See ALYSSUM. 

 LA'BLAB. See DOLICHOS Lablab. 

 LADIES'-SLIPPER. See IMPATIENS balsamina. 

 LADY-IN-THE-BOWER. See NIGELLA. 

 LARGE KAMPION. See (ENOTHERA biennis. 

 LARKSPUR. See DELPHINIUM. 



LASTHE'NIA (Derivation unknown). Nat. Ord. 

 Composite. 



L. califor'nica. A modest little annual plant not 

 unlike a small Inula. It is somewhat 

 straggling in growth, but may be made to 



