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continue to do so until cut down by frost. For cultiva- 

 tion in pots, the young plants, Avhen an inch high, should 

 be removed to small pots, and during the summer should 

 be frequently shifted; they will then flower in the green- 

 house the succeeding winter, and if afterwards turned out 

 into the border will still continue to throw out an unusual 

 abundance of beautiful blossoms. The best soil is a light 

 rich one, about half leaf mould, or, in place of that, a por- 

 tion of peat or heath soil. It is easily raised from cuttings ; 

 but as seeds are readily produced, there will be no neces- 

 sity for resorting to this method. 



L. a^;-05ay?^?«;?e2/m (Bloody Lophospermum). Syiiotiyms : 

 Lophospermum Rhodochiton, Rhodochiton volubile. This 

 splendid species is quite diflerent in some respects from the 

 last named. It is fully described in our Vol. I. p. 258, un- 

 der the name of Rhodochiton volubile Znc, where it is 

 said to be the most " remarkable and beautiful" of all the 

 known climbing plants. The plant has a reddish tinge, 

 and the flowers are of a purplish black, hanging down on 

 long stalks from red calyxes ; from every axil springs a 

 flower, so that they appear in profuse garlands all over the 

 plant. It is treated in the same manner as L. eriibescens. 

 It was introduced in 1833, and is figured in the Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1755. Admirably adapted for pot cultivation. 



L. scdndens is similar to the erubescens, except in the 

 color, which is of a pale purple. Within a year or two a 

 new variety has been originated, which we have already 

 noticed, (Vol. VIII. p. 225.) viz. : L. erubescente-scandens. 

 It is said to be one of the finest ornaments for a wall or 

 trellis that " our gardens can boast." 



Lablab vulgaris (Hyacinth Bean). Synoyiyms : D6\\- 

 chos Lablab L. Lablavia vulgaris. A rapid-growing and 

 showy annual, attaining the height of ten feet, with rather 

 neat foliage, and racemes of beautiful violet flowers. It is 

 a native of the East Indies, and was introduced in 1794, 

 by the Duchess of Beaufort. In the West Indies it is said 

 to be cultivated as a culinary vegetable. It is figured in 

 Mrs. Loudon's Fl. Gard. of Ornamental Annvals, p. 23. 



It is of the most simple cultivation ; the seeds, which are 

 large, may be sown in May, side of a wall or trellis, or in 

 the open garden, if intended to be trained up to poles, or in 

 pyramid form, and will flourish without any other care 



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