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LAC 



GREENHOUSE. 



K. linearifo'lia (narrow-leaved). Brazil. 1829- 

 rosmarinifo'lia (rosemary -leaved). White. 

 July. Cuba. 1828. 



KU'NTHIA. (Named after C. 8. Kunth, 

 a Prussian botanist. Nat. ord., Palms 

 [Palmacese]. Linn., %1-Moncecia 6- 

 Hexandria. Allied to Areca.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds, in hotbed ; rich loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 90; winter. 55 to 60. 

 K. monta'na (mountain). 10. Grenada. 1S2Q. 



KY'DIA. ( Named after Col. Kyd, first 

 director of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 

 Nat. ord., Byttneriads [Byttneriacese], 

 Linn., 16-Monadelphia 7 ' -Dodecandria. 

 Allied to Dombeya.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with white flowers. Cut- 

 tings of half- ripened shoots in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and in heat ; sandy peat and fihry loam, 

 well-drained. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 

 50 to 60. 



K. calyci'na (/ar#e-calyxed), 30. E. Ind. 1818. 

 frate'rna (brotherly). 40. E. Ind. 1823. 



LABEL. Many are the forms and sub- 

 stances employed in making labels for 

 plants. For general use they should em- 

 brace among their good qualities cheap- 

 ness, durability, facility of being written 

 upon, and legibility. We have before us 

 specimens in zinc, porcelain, and gutta 

 percha; but most of them are deficient in 

 some one or more of the desirable quali- 

 ties. The least objectionable are those 

 of zinc, made by Mr. S. Rooke, jun., 

 7, Whittall-street, Birmingham, and may 

 be had at prices varying from 15s. to 40s. 

 per 1000. They are written upon with 

 an ink of which the recipe has been 

 given in The Cottage Gardener ; but the 

 letters are indelible, so that when a label 

 has been written upon it cannot be em- 

 ployed for a second plant. This makes 

 us prefer a small piece of deal, planed 

 smooth, painted white, and written upon 

 with a lead pencil. If fastened to the 



plant by a shred of thin lead the label 

 retains any desired position. When re- 

 quired for a seed-bed, a small stake is to 



be driven into the ground, and from it 

 the label to be suspended. 



LABICH^'A. ( Named after M. Labiche, 

 a French officer. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 10-Decandria 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Cassia.) 



Yellow-blossomed greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 from Swan River. Cuttinprs of half-ripened shoots 

 in summer, in sand, under a bell-glass; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 L. bipuncta'ta (two-dotted). 3. April. 1843. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-/ea&ed). 4. April. 1837. 



LA'BLAB. (The Arabic name of the 

 convolvulus ; referring to the twining 

 habit. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., \7-DiadeIphia 4-Jte- 

 candria. Allied to Dolichos.) 



Greenhouse and stove deciduous climbers and 

 twiners. By cuttings of young shoots in spring, 

 in sandy soil, and in a little heat; peat and loam. 

 Temperature, what is usual for greenhouse and 

 stove. 



L. pere'nnans (lasting. White China], 8. White. 

 July. China. 1820. Greenhouse. 



vulga'ris'(common). 8. Violet. July. E. 



Ind. 1794. Stove. 



albiflo'ra (white-flowered). White. Au- 

 gust. E. Ind. 1800. 

 purpu'rea (purple). July. E. Ind. 1790- 



There are also several annuals. 



LABRADOR TEA. Le'dum. 



LABURNUM. Cy'tisus labu'rmim. 



LABYRINTH is an arrangement of walks, 

 inclosed by hedges or shrubberies, so 

 intricate as to be very difficult to escape 

 from. From the twelfth century to the 

 end of the seventeenth they were a very 

 favourite portion of English pleasure- 

 ground; but they are now more judi- 

 ciously banished. 



LACUNA. (One of the names of Helen. 

 Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidacese].. Linn., 

 2Q-Gynandria I-Monandria. Allied to 

 G-ovenia.) 



Divisions in spring, or after blooming; turfy 

 peat, sphagnum, rotten wood, charcoal, and 

 broken crocks ; fixed to a block, and that built 

 above the surface of a pot, and packed with the 

 above material, or grown in a shallow, open bas- 

 ket. Summer temp., 60 to 90, and moist; win- 

 ter, 55 to 60, and dry. 



L. bi'color (two-coloured). 1. Greenish-yellow. 

 May. Guatimala. 1843. 



LACE -BARK. Lnge'tta. 



LACHENA'UA. (Named after M. de la 

 Chenal, a botanical author. Nat. ord., 

 Lilyiports [Liliaeea?]. ~Linn.,Q-Ifexandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Triteleja.) 



All greenhouse bulbs, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, except glau'ca. Offsets at potting period, 

 and seeds in a hotbed, in spring ; sandy peat, with 

 a little fibry loam. Winter temp., 35 to 45, and 

 dry, or the bulbs may be kept in drawers or bags. 

 They are very beautiful little plants, and grow 



