LIST OF FLOWERS 



After flowering the pots should be placed outside in a shady border 

 until the foliage has quite died down, when the bulbs may be stored 

 for the winter in a dry outhouse. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. See Convallaria Majalis. 



LIMNANTHES. For a vigorous hardy annual, able to take 

 care of itself and thrive in a poor soil, there is none better than L. 

 Douglasi. It is of dwarf habit, only about 3 or 4 inches high, and if 

 sown in autumn brings forth its white and yellow flowers (or pure 

 white, if that variety be chosen) early in May, while it is delightfully 

 fragrant and is a fine bee-plant. For summer flowering, seed should 

 be sown in spring ; in light soils it will generally sow itself and practi- 

 cally become a perennial. 



LINARIA {Toad-flax). A hardy family which includes both 

 annuals and perennials, var5ang from little Alpine plants of a few 

 inches high to tail plants like giant Lobelias. Of the dwarf kinds 

 L. alpina and L. antinhinifolia are both very good. The alpina 

 forms charming silvery tufts of foliage, with dark blue and deep 

 orange flowers, and, by sowing itself, often becomes a perennial in 

 the crevices of the Rock Garden. The antinhinifolia does not spread 

 so rapidly, but is prolific in a constant succession of bright purple 

 flowers, and is also a charming plant for the Rock Garden. L. 

 cymhalaria is that pretty little plant known by the name of Mother 

 of Thousands, which may often be seen growing in dense and graceful 

 pendants from the top of an old wall or falling all over its pot in a 

 cottage window, and bearing a profusion of white or lilac flowers. 

 L. dalmatica is a hardy perennial, a handsome, well-branched plant 

 of 3 to 4 feet high, bearing large flowers of sulphur-yellow or orange 

 colour. 



LINUM (Flax). A family which includes several useful plants 

 for the garden, some of them being perennial but better treated as 

 annuals. L. grdndiflorum is both hardy and showy, and by sowing 

 in autumn as weU as spring a succession of bloom may be had 

 throughout the summer; there are two varieties, one with deep 

 scarlet and the other with bright rose flowers. L. narbonnense is 

 also very good and gives a copious supply of large Ught blue flowers, 

 beautifully veined, if the plant is well nourished in a light soU. L. 

 flavum is a smaller but hardy plant with flowers of a peculiarly soft 

 hue of yellow. 



LITHOSPERMUM. Of the many varieties of this family there 

 is but one which is of much value for^the garden,^viz., L. prostratum. 



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