LIN 



LIN 



L. cultra'tn (knife-shaped). July. Isle of 

 Luzon. 1810. 



decompo'sita (decomposed). July. Malacca. 



c' lagans (elegant). July. East Indies. 1840. 



falca'tn (sickle-shaped). J. May. Trinidad. 



1819. 



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



oblongifo'lia (oblong -leaved). July. East 



Indies. 



rcnifo'rmis (kidney-shaped-Jeaued). July. 



Trinidad. 1820. 



ri'gidu (stiff). 1. July. Malacca, 183Q. 



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



te'nera (tender). Malacca. 



trtipezaefo'rmis (diamond-shaped) 1. May. 



South America. 181Q. 



GREENHOUSE. 



L. linea'ris (narrow - leaved) $. May, New 

 Holland. 1820. 



me'dia (intermediate). 1. May. New 



Holland. 1823. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). ^. May. New 



Holland. 1820. 



LING, or Ling- heather. Callu'na 

 rulga'ris. 



LININGS, or, as they might be more 

 properly called, coulinys, are applications 

 of fermenting clung to renew the heat 

 in hotbeds made of dung. See Hotbed, 

 page m. 



LINN/E'A. (Named after Linmrus. 

 Nat. ord., Caprifoils [Caprifoliacesc]. 

 Linn., l-i-Didynamia %-Anyiospernua. 

 Allied to Abelia.) 



Hardy trailer. Plants are easily obtained 

 i'rom it's 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. 



LTNO'SYRIS. (Derivation not given. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracea?]. 

 Li mi., ] ( .)-8ynycnesia Z-AnQiospermia. 

 Allied to Chrysocoma. ) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of 

 the plant in spring ; common soil. 

 L. dirarica'ta (spreading). Yellow. July. 

 Australia. 



LI'NT-M. Flax. (From //wow, flax. 

 Nat. ord., Flaxworts [Linacero]. Linn., 

 b-Pcntandrla 5-Pcnlnyyn la. ) 



Annuals and biennials by seed in the open 

 border in April ; perennials by seed, but prin- 

 cipally by divisions in Spring, and cuttings of 

 young shoots, under a hand-light ; hardy 

 khntbS by cuttings in sandy soil, under a hand- 

 light in sumnier ; greenhouse shrubs, cuttings 

 in sand, under a bell-glass ; for the latter, peat 

 and loam. Winter temp., 38 to 45. Many, 

 however, such as arbornum, salxoloides, tauri- 

 cum, &c., will thrive in the border, in the 

 climate of London, with but little protection. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



L. Mthio'picum (JEthiopean). Yellow, June. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1771- 



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



Cape of Good Hope. 1771. 



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



1788. 



Cumi'ngi (Cuming's). 3- White. July. 



Chili. 1830. 



quadrifo'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. 



East Indies. 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). 1$. Yellow, blue. 



June. Morocco. 1820. 



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



July. Missouri. 1807. 



stri'ctum (erect). 1. Yellow. June. South 



Europe. 1759. Biennial. 



usitati'ssimum (most -.common. Common 



Flax). l. Blue. June. Britain. 



1IAKDY EVERGREENS. 



L. aafco/oi'des(Salsola-like). 1. Pink. June. 

 South Europe. 1810. 



Tau'ricum (Taurian). lj. Yellow. June. 



Tauria. 1818. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



L, agrc'sfe (field). 2. Lilac. Portugal. 1836. 



Alpi'num (Alpine). . Blue. July. Aus- 



tria. 1739. 



a'lbum (white). White. July. 



Gardens. 



Alta'icum (Altaic). 1. Blue. July. Altai. 



1829- 



A'nglicum (English). 2. Blue. June. 



England. 



a'lbum (white - flowered). 2. 



White. June. Gardens. 



angustifo' Hum (narrow-leaved). 1. Purple, 



July. England. 



ascyrifo'lium (Ascyrum-leaved). 1. White. 



June. Portugal. 1800. 



Austri'acum (Austrian). 1. Blue. June. 



Austria. 1775. 



campanula 1 turn (bell-flowered). . Yellow. 



July. Europe. 1795. 



capita' turn (round-headed). 1. Yellow. 



June. Austria. 1816. 



Dahu'ricvm (Dahurian). 1. Yellow. June. 



Dahuria. 1816. 



decti'mbens (lying-down). l. Red. June. 



North Africa. 1817. 



diffu'sum (spreading). 4 Blue. June. 1823. 



fla'vum (yellow), f. Yellow. July. Aus- 



tria. 1/93. 



grandifio'rum (large-flowered). 1. Blue. 



June. South Europe. 1820. 



hirsu'tum (hairy). 14. Blue. July. Aus- 



tria. 1759. 



hypericifo'lium (St. John's-wort-leaved). l. 



Purple. June. Caucasus, rsi>7. 



