200 PLANT CULTURE 



with rocks around it. It is the State flower of Montana, the 

 starchy root being dug in the Spring by the Indians, and eaten. 

 For best effect it should be planted in groups. 

 Propagation. By the fleshy root. 



LIGULARIA (Farfugium). The fine Japanese plant L. 

 grande is one of the best plants for the dwelling house. There is a 

 beautiful kind with white spotted leaves which is supposed to be 

 as hardy as the yellow spotted one, which, by the way, has stood 

 outdoors at Washington, D. C, for the last 30 years. 



Propagation. Old plants, with numerous growths, will stand 

 division best in early Spring. Give the pieces a week in the sand 

 bed previous to potting, in order to start new roots. They thrive 

 well in a loamy soil, well drained. The pieces are potted after mid- 

 Summer in a compost consisting largely of leafmold and sand, placed 

 under cover of sash on the approach of cold weather, to preserve 

 the leaves in a fresh state, and brought indoors when wanted to 

 bloom. 



LINDELOFIA. L. longiflora (speciabilis) is a low-growing 

 borage- wort, with handsome, bluish-red flowers. It grows 12 to 18 

 inches high. It is a very reliable herbaceous plant, quite hardy and 

 stands the sun well. Does well in any kind of soil. Winter kills 

 easily and should be given a sheltered position. 



Propagation. If seeds are sown late in Summer, the plants 

 will bloom the following season. It is also propagated by division. 



LINN.^A (The Northern Twin Flower). The famous L. 

 borealis, although a humble looking plant, will never be seen in its 

 native habitat by the ordinary observer, and yet it is the most 

 beautiful and graceful of all our hardy plants, and plant-lovers who 

 examine the flowers always admit its great beauty. It is found wild 

 in Great Britain and in several places in Continental Europe. In 

 America, it is found very abundantly in the Catskill mountains, in 

 Maine, Colorado and is especially plentiful in the Canadian Rockies 

 and in Washington State. When grown in a greenhouse in hanging 

 baskets, the growths sometimes attain a length of over 3 feet. It 

 was the plant selected by the immortal Linnaeus to bear his name. 

 It blooms from June to August. They are hardy in the North 

 and are graceful, dainty plants for rockeries, preferring a shaded, 

 moist position, and porous, peaty or humus soil. 



Propagation. Usually by division; also by cuttings of soft or 

 half ripened wood under glass. 



