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at least five feet high, if the ground is rich; others choose 
to plant them in rows and support them with brush—or 
with strong twine running the rows, fastened to stakes set 
among the plants, The seed should be sown as early as 
possible in the spring. They will then produce a profu- 
sion of flowers from July to October. 
LAVATERA. 
{In memory of the two Lavaters, physicians of Zurich.) 
Lavatéra triméstris.—Common Lavatera.—A popular 
hardy annual, of easy culture and handsome appearance, 
with large, Hollyhock-shaped, red flowers. There is a va- 
riety with white flowers. Two feet high, in bloom from 
July to October. Cultivated the same as the Mallows, to 
which it is closely related. 
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LILIUM.—Tue Lav. 
(The classical Latin name.] 
“Have you seen but a bright Lily grow, 
Before rude hands have touched it?” 
“Queen of the field, in milk-white mantle drest, 
The lovely Lily waved her curling crest.” 
All the species of this splendid genus with which we 
are acquainted, may be considered worthy of a place in 
every good collection of plants. Many of them are well 
known, while a greater number are not often seen in our 
gardens. The Lily is an interesting flower to the young 
florist as well as to the botanist, on account of the simpli- 
city of its structure, and the size and distinct character 
of its different parts or organs. The root of the Lily, or 
