LAC 



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LAC 



1. Yel- 

 Blue. Novem- 

 . Pink. June. 

 1. Green, white. 



L. hyacinthoi'des (Hyacinth-like); , White, 

 red. May. 1812. 



isope'tala (equal-petaled). f . White, purple. 



May. 1804. 



lancafo'lia (spear-head-leaved), . White, 



green. May. 1818. 



liliiflo'ra (Lily-flowered), 4. \Vhite. May. 



1825. 



lu'cida (glossy-leaved), %. Pink. April. 1/98. 



lute'ola (yellowish). 1. Yellow, red, March. 



1774. 



-- macula'ta (spotted-leaved) 

 low, red. March. 1774 



muta'bilis (changeable). 



ber. 1825. 



nervo'sa (nerved-leaved) . 



1810. 



orchioi'des (Orchis-like). 



March. 1752. 



pa' llida (pale-flowered), i. Pale blue. Mav. 



1782. 

 -- ceerule'scens (bluish). $. Bluish. 



September. 1782. 

 -- mi 1 nor (smaller), i. Pale blue. 



1782. 



pa 1 tula (spreading -flowered}. 2. White, 



pink. April. 1795. 



pe'ndula (weeping). , Red, yellow. 



April. 1789. 



-- macula'ta (spotted-teaved). . Red, 

 yellow. April. 1739. 



puncta'ta (dotted). . Purple. May. 1824. 



purpu'rea (purple). . Purple. April. 1826. 



purpu'reo-caru'lea (purplish-blue). 1. Pur- 



ple. April. 1789. 



pusi'lla (small). . White. June. 1825. 



pustula'ta (blistered). 1. Purple, green. 



February. 1790. 



quadri' color (four-coloured). 1. Scarlet, 



yellow. March. 1774. 

 --- colora'ta (coloured-/cawd). . 



Scarlet, yellow. April. 1774. 

 - racemo'sa (racemed), 14. White, green. 



May. 1811. 



ro'sea (rosy). 1. Pink. May. 1800. 



ru'bida (red-dotled-Jloivered). %. Red. Sep- 



tember. 1803. 



Smyrna (late). $. Pink. August. 1820. 



sessiliflo'ra (stalkless- flowered). A. Red. 



May. 1804. 



tri'colur (three-coloured). 1. Red, yellow. 



April. 1774. 



uni'color (one-coloured). . Pink. May. 



. 



uniflo'ra (one - flowered). White, blue. 



March. 1795. 

 ~ viola'cea (violet). 1. Violet. March. 1795. 



LACHNA/A. (From lachne, down; re- 

 ferring to the downy clothing of the 

 flower -heads. Nat. ord., Daphnatln 

 [Thymelaceae]. Linn., H-Octandria 1- 

 Monofjynia. Allied to Gnidia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from the Cape 

 of Good Hope, and all but one white-flowered. 

 Cuttings of short young shoots, in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, in spring; sandy peat, with a 

 little fibry loam. Winter temp., 35 to 45. In 

 summer, a sheltered, somewhat shady place. 

 L. buxifo'lia (Box-leaved). 2. May. 1800. 



conglomera'ta (clustered). 2. June. 1773, 



L. erioce'phala (woolly-headed). 2, June. t?9 3 ' 



glau'ca (milky-green). 2. June. 1800. 



purpu'rea (purple -flowered). 2. Purple. 



April. 1800, 



LACHNA'NTHES. (From lacknc, down, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat ord., Blood- 

 roots [Hsemodoracese]. Linn., 3-Trian- 

 dria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Anigo- 

 zanthos.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial, The red 

 colour found in the roots is used in dying in 

 North America. Division of the roots, in spring ; 

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 40. 

 L. tincto'ria (dyer's). 14. Pink. July. North 

 America. 1812. 



LACKEY MOTH. Clisioca'mpa. 



LACTU'CA. Lettuce. (From Jac, milk; 

 referring to the milky juice. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 1-^qualis.) 



Of the numerous species none need be men- 

 tioned but the common lettuce, which is a hardy 

 annual. 

 L. sati'va (cultivated). 4. Yellow. June. 1562. 



Varieties. There are the cos and 

 the cabbage. The first more grown in 

 summer than in winter ; the second at 

 all seasons, but more usually in winter, 

 on account of their superior hardihood. 

 The cicilias are of a nature interme- 

 diate the two. When young, the cab- 

 bage varieties are in general sweeter 

 than those of the cos at the same age ; 

 but of a full growth this is reversed ; 

 hence the latter are preferred for sa- 

 lads, and the former for soups. The 

 cabbage varieties succeed better in a 

 hotbed than the cos. 



Vos Varieties. Brighton, Silver, 

 Black-seeded Green, Spotted or Leo- 

 pard, Early Egyptian, Green and Brown 

 Cilicia, Green, Lop, White or Versailles, 

 White Paris Cove, the finest summer 

 kind ; Green Paris Cove, rather hard- 

 ier ; Bath Cos, and Brown Cos. 



Cabbage Varieties. Drumheaded, 

 Princes, Brown Dutch and Common 

 White Dutch, both good for winter ; 

 Tennis Ball or Button, good for win- 

 ter ; Large White, Hardy Green or 

 Capuchin, good for winter; Imperial 

 Grand Admirable, Prussian, Large 

 Roman, Malta, for summer; Neapoli- 

 tan, for summer. 



Soil. Lettuces thrive best in a light, 

 very rich soil, with a dry substratum* 

 For th first and last crops of the year 



