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ing of all fruit : it will not ripen in the 

 dark; and the greater the light's in- 

 tensity, and the longer its daily endur- 

 ance, the sweeter and the higher is the 

 fruit's flavour. No fruits are so luscious 

 as those grown within the tropics, and 

 the fruits of the temperate zone are 

 excellent in proportion to the "bright- 

 ness of its seasons. That light is 

 essential in causing the colour of the 

 leaves and other parts of plants has 

 been noticed already; and it aids the 

 ripening process of fruit in a similar 

 manner, to convert their acid and mu- 

 cilaginous constituents into sugar. How 

 light operates in promoting this and 

 other decompositions which are effected 

 by the vegetable organs is at present a 

 mystery; but so it is; and the gar- 

 dener promotes its access as much as 

 lies within his power, by removing 

 overshadowing leaves, by employing 

 the best glass in his hothouses, and by 

 having their interior whitened ; for 

 white sui-faces reflect all the rays of 

 light back upon the object those sur- 

 faces inclose. 



LIGHTFOO'TIA. (Named after the 

 Ecv. J. Liyhffoot, a Scotch botanist. 

 Nat. ord., Bellworts [Campanulacese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Canarina.) 



Greenhouse blue-flowered evergreens from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of young 

 shoots, in sand containing a little peat, under 

 a glass ; fibry loam and sandy peat ; pots well 

 drained. Winter temp., 38 to 48. 



L. Loddige'sii (Loddiges's). 2- July. 1822. 



oxycaccoi'des (Oxycoccos-like). . July. 



1787. 



subula'ta (wl-leaved). . August. 1/87. 



LIGULA'RIA. (From lifjula, a strap; 

 referring to the florets. Nat. ord., Com- 

 2>ositcs [ Asteraceoe] . Linn., \V-Synyc- 

 nesi.a 2-Sitpcrjliia. Allied to Arnica.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials with yellow 

 flowers, and blooming in June. Seeds, divisions, 

 and cuttings of the young shoots, under a hand- 

 light, in a shady corner; sandy loam, with a 

 little leaf mould. 



L. Alta'ica (Altain). Altaia. 183". 



Caucu'sica (Caucasian). Caucasus. 1820. 



Sibe'rica (Siberian). Siberia. 1/84. 



specio'sa (shewy). Siberia, 1818. 



thyrsoi'dea (thyrse-flowered). Altaia. 1837. 



LIGU'STRUM. Privet. (From ligularc, 

 to tie ; referring to the use made of 

 the flexible shoots. Nat. ord., Olive- 



L. Jar 



ivorts [Oleacese]. Linn., %-Diandria 

 l-Monogynia.) 



Shrubs, all with white flowers. Generally by 

 cuttings of the young shoots in sandy loam ; 

 seeds may also be sown, either when ripe, or 

 placed in a rot-heap for a number of months 

 previously. The common kinds are useful for 

 fences, and will grow under trees where scarcely 

 any thing else would live ; lucidum and its 

 variety, and vestitum, require a little protection 

 in exposed places. 



HARDY EVERGREEN. 



Japo'nicum (Japanese). June. Japan. 1845. 

 lu'cidum (shining). 8. June. China. 1794- 



floribu'ndum (profuse-flowered). 8. 



July. China. 17Q4. 



vesti'tum (clothed). April. Nepaul. 1840. 



vulga're chloroca'rpum (common - green j 



berried). 8. June. Britain. 



sempervi'rens (evergreen). 8. June. 



Italy. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 



L, spica'tum (spike-flowered). 8. June. Nepaul. 

 1823. 



vulga're (common). 10. June. Britain. 

 angustifo'lium (narrow -leaved). 8. 



June. Britain. 

 leucoca'rpum (white - berried). 8. 



June. Britain. 

 variega'tum (variegated) . 8. June. 



Britain. 

 xanthoca'rpum (yellow - berried). 8. 



August. Italy. 



LI'LIUM. The Lily. (From the Celtic 

 II, white. Nat. ord., L'dyworts [Lilia- 

 ceae]. Linn., Q-Hcxandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Offsets from the bulbs ; also seeds, and, in 

 some cases, small stem bulbs ; in general, light, 

 rich, sandy loam, some, however, as those from 

 America and Japan, like the addition of some 

 fibry peat, and the latter are generally the better 

 for a cold pit treatment in winter, though they 

 will do in a bed well-drained. 



GREENHOUSE BULBS. 



L, atrosangui'neum (dark-blood-coloured). 2. 

 Dark red. July. Japan. 1835. 



' macula' turn (spotted) < 



Orange, red. August. Japan. 



coru'scans (glittering). 2. Scarlet. August. 



exi'mium (splendid). 4. White. July. 



Japan. 1834. 



lancifo'lium (spear-leaved) . White. June; 



Nepaul. 1824. 



ro'seum (rosy). White, pink. 



June. Nepaul. 



specio'sum (showy). 2. Orange. August. 



Japan. 1833. 

 a'lbum (\\hite-flowered). 3. 



White. July. Japan. 1833. 

 KcB'mpferi(Kxmpfer's). 3. Rose, 



purple. July. Japan. 1833. 



' puncta'tum (spotted -flowered). 



3, White, spotted. July. Japan. 1835. 



ru'drum (red-lowered). 3. Rose. 



July. Japan. 1833. 



