VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



Fleur de Us, which figures in the arms of France ; cor- 

 rupted by us to Flower-de-luce, which name it bears com- 

 monly in some counties of England to this day. 



483. LARKSPUR, the dwarf. Lat. Delphinum.Fr. 

 Pied d' alouette. A hardy annual from Switzerland. Sow 

 where it is to blow, either in beds, in tufts, or in rows j 



.it looks best in the latter way, and, as it grows not 

 higher than from twelve to eighteen inches in height, its 

 brilliant colours of deep and light blue, pink, and white, 

 make a great show in the front of the flower-border. To 

 have a succession throughout the summer, sow every 

 fortnight or three weeks, from the time of beginning 

 your spring sowings, till the beginning of June. 

 LARKSPUR, tall. Lat. Delphinum elatum. Fr. Dau- 

 phinelle elevee. Also a hardy annual from the mountains 

 of Switzerland and the Alps. Grows from four to five 

 feet high, and blows a light blue, or deep blue, flower in 

 August. Propagate by sowing the seeds, either in the 

 spring or autumn. Not so handsome a plant as the last, 

 by a good deal. 



484. LAVATERA, common. Lat. Lavatera trimestris 



Fr. Lavatere & opercule. A hardy annual plant of the 

 south of Europe, three or four feet high, and blows a 

 pink or white flower from July to September. Propa- 

 gated by sowing in the open earth. Its flower is, of 

 itself, very handsome, and it would be a most showy 

 border-flower, but for the great irregularity, and the 

 rambling disposition, of the branches, which are nume- 

 rous, and placed wide of one another. It flowers abun- 

 dantly, is very hardy, continues a long while in blossom, 



