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are between five and six inches in diameter, and of a beauti- 

 ful deep rich purple. It is easy of cultivation, and will no 

 doubt become a first-class exhibition plant, being a very free 

 bloomer. A much inferior form of this plant has by some 

 means got mixed up with the original ; it has originated pro- 

 bably from seed ; however, it is a very shy bloomer, and 

 when the flowers are produced they are not more than half 

 the size of the plant whose name it has usurped, hence some 

 have called the original one L. macrantha floribunda, which 

 is certainly wrong ; it would have been better to call the bad 

 one parviflora. Native of Brazil. 



LiBONIA. 



L. floribunda. — This elegant little plant is generally found 

 growing in the greenhouse, but from experience we find that 

 an intermediate or stove temperature is more suitable for it. 

 The flowers are produced ia great profusion, and are yellow 

 and red in colour. As a pot plant this wiU be found very 

 useful. 



LiNUM. 



L. trigynum. — This beautiful and showy old plant is well 

 deserving a place ia every collection. It is often called, 

 and as often treated as, a greenhouse plant, but under such 

 conditions its beauties are never well developed ; and 

 although during the summer season it may even be grown 

 out of doors, yet more careful culture must be given if the 

 object be to secure a grand winter's display. To obtain this, 

 the plants should, early in spring — that is, about the end of 

 March or beginning of April— -be placed in a warm moist 

 atmosphere, and if they require cutting back it should then 

 be done. As soon as the buds begin to swell, they should 



