Liparia 



(23) 



Liparis 



per., yel. A pretty yel. 



1'lax." 



graniliHnruiu, 6" to 12", 

 stun., ro., a line aim. 

 Y:ir-<. eoccineum and 

 kennesiuum lire prefer- 

 able. 



monogyiium, 1', Jy., per., 

 wh. " A tine, but rather 

 tender, species. 



narbonense, 2', May, hdy. 

 per., bl. or wh. 



perenhe, 1', Je., bl., use- 

 ful aud lidy. Vai-. 

 album, wh. (see figure) 

 and sihiricum. 



usitatissimum, H', Je., 

 aim., bl. Produces the 

 flax and linseed oil of 

 commerce. The Com- 

 mon Flax. 



LIPARIS. 



Description. A large genus of Orchids (ord. 

 Orchklacesc), possessing few species sufficiently 

 attractive to commend them to horticulturists. The 

 hardy species are terrestrial, while those needing 

 stove or warm greenhouse treatment are epiphytic. 

 Nearly all are low-growing, and produce their 

 small flowers in racemes. Loeselii is a British 

 plant, but now rarely found outside the fen 

 districts. 



LlNUM PEKEXXE AL1IUM. 



Other Species : 



angustif olium, 1 ' , Jy. , pur. 



austriacum, li', Je., pur. 



album, wh. 



campanulatum, 1', Je., 

 yel. 



capitatum, 9*', Jy., yel. 



Chamissonis, 1', sum., yel. 

 (*//. Macra^i of Jio- 

 tinitcal Magazine). 



pubescens, 12" to 15", 



grh., pk. 

 salsoloides, 1', Je., hdy. 



ev., wh., pur. eye (syn. 



suff rutescens) . 

 tenuifolium, li', Je., per., 



pk. 

 viscosum, G", Je., pur. , bl. 



LIPARIA. 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs (ord. Leguminosse). 

 Propagation is by cuttings of the young growths in 

 sand under a bell-glass. Soil, fibrous loam and 

 peat, with coarse sand ; perfect drainage is 

 essential. 



Principal Species : 



parva, 2', Mch., or. 

 spharica, 3|', Jy., or. 



villosa (now Priestleya 

 vestita). 



J.ion's Ear (nee Lennotis). 

 I.iorix Foot (see Leontopodium). 

 Lion's Tail (see Leonotls Lconurus). 



Propagation. By division just before new 

 growth commences. 



Soil. The hardy species need boggy peat, 

 shallow planting, and a surfacing of sphagnum ; 

 stove species do best in well-drained pots, pans, 

 or baskets, in a mixture of fibrous peat, sphagnum, 

 and finely broken crocks. 



Principal Species : 



longipes, 6" to 15", sum., 

 grh. This and its vars. 

 pendula and spathulata 

 are most floriferous, 



atropurpurea, 6", Je., 



dark pur. 



elata, 10", sum., pur. 

 fulgens, 9", deep red. 

 liliifolia, 8", Jy., hdy., 



pur. (*y. Malaxis 



liliifolia).' 

 Loeselii, 6", Jy., hdy., yel. 



Other Species : 

 reflexa, 6", Sep., grh. 

 decursiva,6' , sum., grh. 



and 



specimens, 

 sauudersiana, 6", 

 grh., vio. 



make elegant 



Jy., 



tricallosa, 10", sum., yel., 

 pur. 



LIPARIS. 



Several members of this fairly large family of 

 moths are garden pests, the chief offenders being 



