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L. lanfgera (uroolly). *. Yellow. July. Portugal. 

 1818. 



Lose'lii (Load's). I. Blue. July. Tauria. 1823. 



multicau'lis (many-stalked). 1$. White. June 



Levant. 1728. 



Pelinseria'na (Pelisser's). 1. Violet. August, 



South Europe. 1640. 



purpuru'scens (purplish). l. Purple. June, 

 South Europe. 1829. Biennial. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). 1. Yellow. June. Py- 



renees. 1821. 



rubrifo'lia (red-leaved). 1. Blue. June. South 



France. 1826. 



si'mplex (simple). 1. Purple. July. South Eu- 



rope. 1816. 



spa'rtea (broom-like). 1. Yellow. August. 



Spain. 1772. 



thymifo'lia (thyme-leaved). |. Blue. June. 



South Europe. 1818. 



triphy'lla (three-leaved). 1. Yellow, purple. 



August. Sicily. 1596. 



vcrsi'colttr (various-coloured), 1. Purple, yel- 



low. August. France. 17/7. 



virga'ta (twiggy). . Blue. June. N. Africa. 



1817. 



visctfaa (clammy). 1. Brown. July. Spain. 1786. 

 LIKCO'NIA. (A commemorative name. 



Nat. ord., Bruniads [Bruniaceae], Linn., 

 5-Pentandria2-Digynia. Allied to Brunia.) 

 Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with white flow- 

 ers, from Cape of Good Hope. For culture, see 

 DIO'SMA. 



L. alopecuroi'dea (fox-tail-like). 2. May. 1816. 



cuspida'tu (pointed- leaved). 2. May. 1825. 



thymifo'lia (thyme-leaved). 2. May. 1825. 

 LINDLE'YA. (Named after Professor 



Lwdlcy. Nat. brd., Roseworts [Kosacese] . 

 Linn., ,12-lcosandria 2-Pentagynia. Allied 

 to Quillaja.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. By seeds ; ripe cuttings 

 under a glass, in bottom-heat, and grafting on the 

 Hawthorn. The same generic name is applied to 

 very different plants, among the Theads and Su- 

 myds. 



L. mespiloi'des (medlar-like). 12. White. July. 

 Oaxaca. 1843. ' 



LINDS#/A. (Named after M. Lindsay, 

 an English botanist. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 2-Cryptogamia 

 1-Filices.) 



Ferns, with brown spores. For culture, see 

 FEENS. 



STOVE. 



L. adiantoi'des (maiden-hair-like). July. Isle of 

 Luzon. 1840. 



conci'nna (neat). July. Isle of Luzon. 1842. 



cultru'tra( knife-shaped). July. Isle of Luzon. 



1840. 



decompo'sita (decomposed). July. Malacca. 



e'legans (elegant). July. E. Ind. 1840. 



/atea'ta (sickle-shaped ).f. May. Trinidad. 1810. 



Guiane'nsis (Guianan). May. Guiana. 1845. 



oblongifo'lia (oblong-leaved). July. E. Ind. 



renifo'rmis (kidney-shaped-teaed). July. Tri- 



nidad. 1826. 



ri'gida (stiff/. 1. July. Malacca. 1839. 



stri'cta (upright). July. Malacca. 1839. 



te'nera (tender). Malacca. 



trapczafo'rmis (diamond-shaped). 1. May. S. < 



Amer. 1819. 



GREENHOUSE. 



L. linea'ris (nmow-leavcd). j. May. N. Holland. 

 1820. 



me'dia (intermediate). 1. May. N. Holland. 



1823. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). J. May. N. Hol- 



land. 1820. 



LING, or LING-HEATHEB. Callu'na vul- 

 ga'ris. 



LININGS, or, as they might be more 

 properly called, Coatings, are applications 

 of fermenting dung to renew the heat in 

 hotbeds made of dung. See HOTBED. 



LINN^E'A. ( Named after Linnaus. Nat. 

 ord., Capri/oils [Caprifoliacea?]. Linn., 

 l^-IUdynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Abelia. ) 



Hardy trailer. Plants are easily obtained from 

 its trailing-rooted stems. It should, whether in 

 the front of a border or in a good sized pot, be 

 grown solely in peat or heath-soil, kept shady and 

 moist. 

 L. borea'lis (northern). $. Flesh. June. Scotland. 



LINO'SYRIS. (Derivation not given. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Chrysocoma.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of the 

 plant in spring ; common soil. 

 L, divarica'ta (spreading). Yellow. July. Australia. 



LI'NUM. Flax. (From linon, flax. Nat. 



A., Flax worts [Linacess]. Linn.,5-Pe- 

 tandria 5-Pentagynia.} 



Annuals and biennials, by seed in the open 

 border, in April ; perennials, by seed, but princi- 

 pally by divisions in spring, and cuttings of young 

 shoots under a hand-light ; hardy shrubs, by cut- 

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

 greenhouse shrubs, cuttings in sand, under a bell- 

 a;lass ; for the latter, peat and loam. Winter 

 temp., 38 to 45. Many, however, such as arbo'- 

 reum, salsuloi'des, Tau'ricum, &c., will thrive in 

 the border, in the climate of London, with but 

 ttle protection. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 L. Mthio'picum (Ethiopian). Yellow. June. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1771- 



Africa' nurn (African). 1. Yellow. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1/71- 



arbo'reum (tree). 2. Yellow. May. Candia. 1788. 



Cumi'ngi (Cuming's). g. White. July. Chili. 



1830. 



quadrifu'lium (four-leaved). 2. Yellow. May. ' 



Cape of Good Hope. 1787. 



suffrutico'sum (sub-shrubby). 1. Pink. Au- 



gust. Spain. 1759. 



tri'gynum (three-styled). 2. Yellow. June. 



E. Ind. 1799. 



HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 

 L. au'reum (golden). . Yellow. June. Hun- 

 gary. 1820. 



Berendie'ri (Berendier's). 2. Yellow, orange. 



September. Bijar. 1835. Half-hardy. 



bi'color (two-coloured). l. Yellow, blue. 



June. Morocco. 1820. 



ri'gidum (stiff-leaved). 1. Pale yellow. JuJy. 



Missouri. 1807. 



