FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 101 



attained to goodly proportions. It is a beautiful climber, 

 with deep-green lanceolate-ovate leaves, and large, fleshy, 

 campanulate flowers of a deep rose colour. There is a 

 white-flowered form called L. alba, introduced from Chili 

 in 1854, and a beautiful crimson-flowered variety named 

 superba. Planted on an east aspect wall, and in roughly 

 broken up peat and gritty sand, it succeeds well. 



Lardizabala (Berberideae). 



Labdizabala biteenata. — Chili, 1848. Requires wall 

 protection, there being few situations in which it will 

 succeed when planted in the open. It is a tall, climbing 

 shrub, with dark-green persistent leaves, and bearing 

 purplish flowers in drooping racemes in mid-winter. 

 Planted in rather dry soil, at the base of a sunny wall, 

 this shrub forms a by no means unattractive covering, the 

 twice ternate, glossy leaves being fresh and beautiful the 

 winter through. 



Lavandula (Labiatae). 



Lavandula veea (syn L. Spica). — Common Lavender. 

 South Europe, 1568. A well-known and useful plant, but 

 of no particular value for ornamental purposes. It is of 

 shrubby growth, with narrow-lanceolate, hoary leaves, and 

 terminal spikes of blue flowers. Good loam suits it well. . 



Lavatera (Malvaceae). 



Lavatera aeboeea. — Tree Mallow. Coasts of Europe 

 (Britain). A stout-growing shrub reaching in favourable 

 situations a height of fully 6 feet, with broadly orbicular 

 leaves placed on long stalks. The flowers are plentiful 

 and showy, of a pale purplish-red colour, and collected 

 into clusters. It is a seaside shrub, succeeding best in 



