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and those that it misses are destroyed 

 by their coming in contact with it when 

 moving in search of food. 



Lime rubbish is the old mortar and 

 plaister obtained when brick -buildings 

 are pulled down. It is an excellent 

 manure, abounding with the salts of 

 potash and lime. It should be reduced 

 to powder before spreading and digging 

 in. 



LIME, or LINDEN-TREE. Ti'lia. 



LIME-LOOPER MOTH. Gcomc'tra. 



LIME WATER. To forty gallons of 

 clean water, half an hour before using, 

 put one peck of fresh-slaked lime. As 

 soon as it is clear it is fit for use. 



A watering-pot containing four gallons 

 will water a bed of four feet by thirty 

 feet, or rows of cauliflowers, cabbages, 

 &c., of double the length. 



LIMNA'NTHES. (From limne, a marsh, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat ord., Indian 

 Cresses [Tropseolacese]. Linn., IQ-De- 

 candria I-Monoyynia.) 



Hardy trailing annuals from California. 

 Seeds, in April, in a moist and shady situation. 

 L. a'lba (white). . White. July. 1843. 



Dougla'sii (Douglas's). 1. Yellow. July. 



1833. 



ro'sea (rosy). . Pink. July. 1833. 

 LIMNO'CHARIS. (From limne, a marsh, 



and chairo, to delight in ; water plants. 

 Nat. ord., Butoniads [Butoniaceae] . 

 Linn., 13-Polyandria 1-Monogynia.} 



Stove, perennial, yellow-flowered aquatics, 

 from Brazil. Divisions, runners, and seeds ; 

 tubs or cisterns, in a stove, or the shallow part 

 of an aquarium. Summer temp., 60 to 90; 

 winter, 55 to 60. 



L. Humbo ! ldtii(Hv,mboldt'*). 1$. May. 1831. 



Plumie'ri (Plumier's). l. July. 1822. 



LIMO'NIA. (From limoun, the Arabic 

 name of the citron. Nat. ord., Citron- 

 worts [ Aurantiacese] . Linn., 10-Decan- 

 dria 1-Monogynia.) 



Evergreens with white flowers. Seeds in a 

 hotbed, and seedlings grafted the same season, 

 with the most desired varieties ; cuttings of any 

 shoots, young or ripened, in spring or summer, 

 in sandy soil, under glass, and in a few weeks 

 plunged in bottom-heat; peat, loam, dried cow- 

 dung, and a few pieces of charcoal. For crc- 

 nulata, winter temp., 35 to 45; summer, 60 

 to 80 ; the others will succeed against a wall, 

 in the south of England, protected in winter ; 

 and in other districts they require a greenhouse. 

 L. austra'lis (southern). 25. New Holland. 

 1830. 



citrifo'lia (Orange-leaved). 4. China. 1800. 



crenula'ta (scolloped-teaved). 4. East In- 



dies. 1808. 



L. parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 6. China. 



sca'nduns (climbing). 6. China. 1800. 



Climber. 



LIMOSE'LLA. Mudwort. (From limns, 

 mud ; where it grows. Nat. ord., Fig- 

 ivorts [Scrophulariacese], Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Anyiospermia. Allied to 

 Sibthorpia.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in a marsh, or near a 

 pond, or rivulet. 



L. aqua'tica (water). \. Flesh. August. Bri- 

 tain. 



LINA'NTHUS. (From linon, flax, and 

 anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Phlox worts 

 [Polemoniacese]. Linn., b-Pentandria 

 }.-Monogynia.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds, in the open border, 

 in spring. 



L. dicho'tomus (forked- branched}. l. Pink* 

 California. 1838. 



LINA'RIA. Toadflax. (From linon, 

 flax ; referring to the resemblance of 

 the leaves. Nat. ord., Figworts [Scro- 

 phulariacese] . Linn., l-Didynamia 2- 

 Angiospermia. Allied to Antirrhinum.) 



All by seed, at the end of March, and the 

 perennials also by division, and cuttings of the 

 young shoots, under a hand-light, in sandy 

 soil; light sandy loam suits them all. A few 

 like a cold pit in winter ; they are good rock- 

 work plants. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS, &C. 



L. Alpi'na (Alpine). 1. Blue. July. Austria. 

 )750. 



bipa'rtita (two-parted). . Purple. Au- 



gust. Barbary. 1815. 



circina'ta (curled-leaved}. . Yellow. June. 



North Africa. 1833. Evergreen. 



Dalma'tica (Dalmatian). 1$. Yellow. June. 



Levant. 1731. Evergreen. 



fru'ticam (sprouting) . 1. Yellow. June* 



Cape of Good Hope. 1822, Evergreen. 



origanifo'lia (Marjoram-leaved). 1. Blue* 



August. South Europe. 1785. 



reticula'ta (net-flowered). l. Purple. June* 



Algiers. 1788. 



scopa'ria (broom). 1. Yellow. June. Tene- 

 riife. 1816. Evergreen. 



triornitho'phora (three - birds -bearing). 1 . 



Purple. August. Portugal. 1710. 



vilto'sa (shaggy). 1. Blue. July. Spain. 



1786. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



Au- 



L. acuti'loba (acute-lobed). ?. Purple. 

 gust. Siberia. 1825. 



cEquitri'loba (equal-threc-lobed). . Purple. 



June. Sardinia. 1829. 



Cymbala'ria (Cymbalaria). 4> Violet. May. 



England. 



--- a'lba (white). ?. White. June. 

 Gardens. 



variega'ta (variegated-leaved), 

 Violet. June. Gardens. 



