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embrace among their good qualities 

 cheapness, 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 qualities. The least 'ob- 

 jectionable are those of zinc made by 

 Mr. S. Eooke, 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 required 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. La- 

 lichc, a French officer. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceeej. Linn., 

 IQ-Di'candria l-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Cassia. ) 



Yellow - blossomed greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs, from Swan River. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, in summer, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass ; peat and loam. Winter temp.. 38 

 to 4b. 



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

 lanceola'ta (spear-head-towee/). 4. April. 

 1837. 



LA'BLAB. (The Arabic name of the 

 convolvulus; referring to the t\vining 

 habit. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn., 17 -Diadelphia 4- 

 Decandria. 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. 



I L. pere'nnans (lasting. White China). 8. 

 White. July. China. 1820. Greenhouse. 



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



Indies. 1794. Stove. 

 albiflo'ra (white-flowered). White. 



August. East Indies. 1800. 

 purpu'rea (purple). July. East 



Indies. 1790-' 



There are also several annuals. 



LABRADOR TEA. Le'dum. 



LABURNUM. Cy'tisus labu'rnum. 



LABYRINTH is an' arrangement of 

 walks, inclosed by hedges or shrub- 

 beries, so intricate as to be very diffi- 

 cult to escape from. From the twelfth 

 century to the end of the seventeenth 

 j they were a very favourite portion of 

 j English pleasure ground, but they are 

 now more judiciously banished. 



LACJE'NA. (One of the names of 

 Helen. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchida- 

 ceffi]. Linn., 20-Gynandria \-Monan- 

 dria. Allied to Govenia.) 



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 

 basket. Summer temp., 60 to 90, and moist ; 

 winter, 55 to 60, and dry. 

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

 May. Guatemala. 1843. 



LACE-BARK. La</c'tta. 



LAGHENA'LIA. (Named after M. dr. 

 la Clienal, a botanical author. Nat. 

 ord., Lily worts [Liliacea?]. Linn. ; 6- 

 Hcxandria l-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Triteleja.) 



All greenhouse bulbs from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, except glauca. Offsets, at potting pe- 

 riod, and seeds, in a hot-bed, 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 freely under the above 

 conditions, potting them whenever growth com- 

 mences, and watering so long as the leaves are 

 green, but no longer ; when the pots are full of 

 roots they stand gentle forcing. The small 

 species require sand round their bulbs, whether 

 in the border or pots. 

 L. angui'nea (serpent). 1. White. April. 1825' 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 1. White- 



April. 1793. 



bifo'lia (two-leaved). . Pink. April. 1813. 



contamina'ta (contaminated). . Pink. 



March. 17/4. 



jla'va (yellow). $. Yellow. May. 1790. 



fra'grans (sweet-scented). 1. White, red. 



April. 1798. 



glauci'na (milkyish-green). 1. Green, white. 



May. \79'>- 



glau'ca (milky- green). Purple, red. May. 



Persia. 1825. 



