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atatest plants; sandy loam suits them best. 

 Those that require the protection of a pit or cool 

 greenhouse are propagated in a similar manner, 

 and require the same soil. The flowers of the 

 common lavender (L. spi'ca) are ready for drying 

 or distilling at the end of June. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 L. latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. Lilac. August. 



South Europe. 1568. 

 'spi'ca (common-lavender-apike). 2. Lilac. 



August. South Europe. 1568. 



ate'cAas (stsechas). l. Lilac. June. South 



Europe. 1568. 



ve'ra (true). Blue. July. South Europe. 1568. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 L. abrotanoi'des (southernwood-like). l. Lilac. 

 July. Canaries. 1699. 



denta'ta (toothed-leaved), l. Lilac. August. 



' South Europe. 1597. 



multi'fida (many-cleft). !. Lilac. August. 



South Europe. 15Q7- Biennial. 



pinna! ta (leafleted). l. Lilac. June. Ma- 



deira. 1/77- 

 yube'scens (downy). Lilac. June. !8l6. 



vi'ridis (green). 1 J. Purple. June. Ma- 



deira. 1777. 



LAVA'TERA. (Named after the two 

 Lavaters, Swiss naturalists. Nat. ord., 

 Mallowworts [Malvacese]. Linn., 10- 

 Monadelphia S-Polyandria.) 



Annuals and biennials, in common garden-soil, 

 by seed in spring ; herbaceous, by division, and 

 cuttings at the same time ; shrubby, by cuttings 

 under a hand-light, in sandy soil ; light, sandy 

 loam suits them all. The frame and cool green- 

 house species merely require the protection of 

 these departments in winter. 



HALF-HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 L. acerifo'lia (maple-leaved). 5. Pink. July. 

 Teneriffe. 1820. 



Africa'na (African). 5. Pink. June. Spain. 



1820. 



hi'spida (bristly). 6. Pink. June. Algiers. 



1804. 



Lusita'nica (Portuguese). 3. Purple. August. 



Portugal. 1748. 



mari'tima(se&-side). 2. White. May. South 



Europe. 1597. 



mi'cans (glittering). 3. Purple. June. Spain. 



1796. 



<yibia (Olbia). 3. Red, purple. August. 



Provence. 15/0. 



phasni'cea( fine-red). 5. Pink. June. Canaries. 



1816. 



pseu'do-o'lbia (bastard-olbia). 5. Red. June. 



1817. 



trilo'ba (three-lobed). 3. Light purple. June. 



Spain. 1759. 



unguiculu'ta (clawed). 6. Lilac. August. 



Samos. 1807. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L. Neapolita'na (Neapolitan). 6. Purple. June. 

 Naples. 1818. Hardy. 



plebe'ia (vulgar). 2. Pale. September. N. 



Holland. 1820. Greenhouse. 



Thuringi'aca (Thuringian). 4. Light blue. 



August. Germany. 1731. Hardy. 

 HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 

 L. ambi'gua (doubtful). 2. Purple. August. 

 Naples. 1824. 



arbo'rea (tree-maMnv). 6. Purple. August. 



Britain. Biennial. 



L. austra'Ks (southern). 2. Purple. August. 

 South Europe. 1820. 



bie'nnis (biennial). 4. Red. August. Cau- 



casus. 1819. Biennial. 



Cre'tica (Cretan). 4. Light blue. July, 



Candia. 1723. 

 fla'va (yellow). 4. Yellow. July. Sicily. 1818. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-/ear>ed). 2. "Purple. 



August. Europe. 1817- 



punctu'ta (dotted-stalked). 2. Pale. August. 



Italy. 1800. 



Salvitelle'nsis (Salvitella). 6. Pink. July. 



1831. Biennial. 



sylve'stris (wood). 2. Purple. August. Portu- 



gal. 1817. 



trime'stris (three-monthly). 2. Flesh. June. 



Spain. 1633. 



LAVENDEB. Lav&'ndula. 



LAVENDER COTTON. Santoli'na. 



LAVRA'DIA. (Named after the Marquis 

 of Lavradio. Nat. ord., Sauvageads [Sau- 

 vagesiacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mo- 

 nogynia.) 



Sauvage'sia, Lavra'dia, and Luxembu'rgia, 

 compose this small order, which is intermediate 

 between Violetworts and Frankeniads. Stove 

 evergreen. Cuttings of ripened shoots in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and in heat; sandy peat and 

 fibry loam, well drained. Summer temp., 60 to 

 80; winter, 48 to 55. 

 L. monta'na (mountain). 1. Purple. Brazil. 1826. 



LAWN is a surface of turf in the vicinity 

 of the house, requiring to be kept smooth 

 by the regular application of the roller 

 and scythe. When first constructed, 

 after the ground has been dug over as 

 level as may be, it must be rolled, the 

 hollows filled up, and this repeated until 

 a level surface of earth is obtained. It 

 must then be slightly pointed over with 

 a fork, and the turf laid, or the grass- 

 seed sown. For directions to lay the 

 turf, see TURFING; and for the proper 

 grasses, if seed is employed, see GRASSES. 



In very dry weather all lawns should 

 be watered, and, if a little guano and 

 muriate of lime be dissolved in the water, 

 it will keep the surface gently moist, and 

 the turf green, even in dry weather. 



LAWSO'NIA. (Named after Isaac Law- 

 son, M.D., author of " A Voyage to 

 Carolina." Nat. ord., Loosestrifes [Ly- 

 thraceae]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Grislea.) 



Stove trees, from the East Indies. Cuttings of 

 ripe shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 strong heat ; sandy peat and turfy loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 85; winter, 50 to 55. 

 L. a'lba (white). White. 1752. 



purpu'rea (purple). 12. Purple. 1820. 



LAXMA'NNIA. (Named after E. Lax- 

 mann, a Siberian traveller. Nat. ord., 

 Lilyworts [Liliaceoe]. ~Linn.,6-Hexandria 

 l-Monogynia. Allied to Aphyllanthes.) 



