LAU 



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LAV 



L. interme'diua (intermediate). 4. Reel. Au 

 gust. North Europe. 1820. 



latifo'lius (broad-leaved. Everlasting Sweet 



Pea). Pink. August. England. 



Macrae'i (MacRae's). 3. Purple, white. Oc 



tober. Chili. 1824. 



Magella'nicus (Magellan). 3. Purple, blue 



May. Cape Horr.. 1744. 



muta'bilis (changeable). 4. Purple, red 



July. Siberia. 1825. 



tnyrtifo'lius (myrtle-leaved). 3. Red. May 



Philadelphia. 1822. 



neroo'sus (nerved). 3. Blue. June. Mont 



Video. 1843. Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrub. 



palu'stris (marsh). 4. Pale purple. June 



Britain. 



pisifo'rmis (pea-formed). 3. Purple. July 



Siberia. 1795. 



polymo'rphus (multiform). 3. Pale purple 



July. Missouri. 1824. 



prate'nsis (meadow). 3. Yellow. Britain. 



pube'scens (downy). 3. Purple, blue. May 



Buenos Ayres. 1843. Greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub. 



purpu'reo ccerule'scens (purplish-blue). 10 



Purple, blue. August. Brazil. 1836 

 Twiner. 



ro'sews (rosy). 2. Red. July. Iberia. 1822 



rotundifo'lius (round - leaved). J. Rose, 



July. Tauria. 1822. 



stipula'ceus (/arg-e-stipuled). 3. Purple, 



July. New York. 1816. 



sylve'stris (wood. Everlasting Pea). 3. 



Purple. July. Britain. 



tomento'sus (woolly). 3. Lilac. June, 



Buenos Ayres. 1839. 



tubero'sus (tuberous). 2. Red. July. Hol- 



land. 1596. 



veno'sus (veiny). 4, White, red. June. 



Pennsylvania. 



LAUEEL. Lau'rus. 



LAUKEL CHERRY. Ce'rasus lau'ro-ce'- 

 rasus. 



LAURESTI'NUS. Vibu'rnum ti'nus. 



LAU'RUS. Laurel. (From the Celtic 

 blaur, or laur, green. Nat. ord., Laurels 

 [Lauracere]. Linn., 9-Enneandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



The Bay (Lau'rus no'bilis) represents this large 

 order. They are all more or less aromatic, and 

 produce camphor, cinnamon, nutmegs, cassia, and 

 other fruits and products in commerce. Few of 

 the best of these, even no'bilis, the Sweet Bay, 

 will flourish in the north of the Island without 

 protection. It and its allies, the Sassafras, Ben- 

 zoin, &c., are propagated by cuttings under hand- 

 lights, in the end of summer ; by layers, by pieces 

 of the roots, and by seeds, which generally require 

 to bn m the rot-heap a season before vegetating ; 

 common soil, if good and dry, suits them. The 

 stove and greenhouse species by cuttings in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and potted off in sandy peat 

 and fibry loam, and the usual temperature of 

 these compartments. Many, however, would do 

 better planted against a conservative wall, heated 

 and protected in winter. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 



L. tMtiva'Ks (summer). 6; Yellow. April. N. 

 Amer. 1775. 



albida (whitish-termed). 10. Yellow. Caro- 



lina. 1824. 

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L. Be'nzoiv (Benzoin). 8. Yeiiow, green. April* 

 N. Amer. 1683. 



Caroline'nsis (Carolina). 15. Yellow, green. 



May. N. Amer. 1806. 

 gla'bra (Smooth). Yellow, green. May. 



N. Amer. 1806. 

 obtu'sa (blunt-fcae<i). 15. Yellow, 



green. April. Carolina. -1805. 

 pube'scens (downy). 15. Yeiiow, green. 



April. N. Amer. 1806. 



Catesbia'na (Catesby's). 10. White. Caro- 



lina. 1820. 



diospy'rus (Jove's-fruit). 6. Green, yellow. 



April. N. Amer. 1810. 



geniculu'ta- (jointed). 6. Yellow. April. N 



Amer. 1759. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 L. aggrega'ta (crowded-./7oM;ered). 3. Green. 

 yejlow. China. 1821. 



bulla'ta (blistered. African Oak). Green. 



June. Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



Canarie'nsis (Canary). 10. Yellow, green. 



Canaries. 1815. 



foe'tens (strong-smelling). 20. Green, yellow. 

 Madeira. 1760. 



I'ndica (Indian-Bay). 20. Green, yellow. 



July. Madeira. 1765. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 

 L. chloro'xylon (green-wood. Cogwood - tree) 

 60. Green, white. W. Ind. 1778. 



coria'cea (leather-teamed). 50. White. W. 



Ind. 1810. 



crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 40. White. Cayenne. 



1800. 



exaltn'ta (lofty). 60. White, yellow. Ja- 



maica. 1800. 



floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). 40. Yellow, 



green. W. Ind. 1800. 



ni'nea (snow-white). 1820. 



pa! tens (spreading). 15. White, yellow. W. 



Ind. 1824. 



pendula (weeping). 40. Jamaica. 1800. 



salicifo'lia ( willow-leaved). 20. Yellow, green. 



April. W, Ind. 1826. 



sple'ndens (shining). 40. Yellow, green. E 



Ind. 1800. 



thrysiflo'ra (thryse-flowered). 30. Yellow, 



green. Madagascar. 1810. 

 HARDY EVERGREENS. 



L. no'bilis (noble. Bay). 15. Yellow, white* 

 April. South Europe. 156]. 



cri'spa (curled-teaued). 20. Yellow, 



white. May. 



flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 20. Yel- 

 low, white. May. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). Yellow, white. 



May. Asia. Half-hardy. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 6. Yellow* 



white, April. 



undula'ta (wavy-teawed). 4. Yellow, 



white. April. 



varlegu'ta (variegated-tecwed). 20. Yel- 

 low, white. May. 



rega'lis (royal). California. 1847. 



LAVA'NDULA. Lavender. (From lavo, 

 o wash ; referring to lavender-water, 

 ord., Lipworts or Labiates [Lamia- 

 ere]. Linn., l-Didynamia \-Gymno- 

 oermia.') 



Cuttings of large pieces, in spring and autumn, 

 rmly inserted in the ground ; but small, young* 

 hoots in spring, under a hand-light, nictke the 



