BENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Position, tub or tank of water in greenhouse. Temp., Oct: to March 
45° to 55°; March to Oct. 55° to 65°. Plant in spring. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, ponds, 
or shallow lakes. Plant in March. Propagate tender species by seeds 
sown in pot of light soil immersed in water, or division: of the plants; 
sae species by seeds sown in mud in spring or division of roots in 
arch, 
re Oe al SPECIES: L. humboldtianum, white and yellow, summer, S. 
HARDY SPEOIES: L. peltatum (Syn. Villarsia nympheoides), yellow, summer, 
iurope, the Fringed Buckbean or Fringed Water Jily. 
Limnanthes.—Ord. Geraniacee. Hardy annual. Nat. Cali- 
fornia. First introduced 1833. : 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, in masses, edges to sunny 
beds, or on rockeries, Sow for spring flowering in Sept-, for summer 
flowering in April. Propagate by seeds sown where plants are required 
to flower 1-16 in, deep in Sept. or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: IL. alba, white, summer, 6 to 8 in.; Douglasii, yellow 
and white, April to Sept., 1 ft., fragrant; rosea, rose, summer, 1 ft. 
Limnocharis.—Ord. Alismacee. Stove aquatic perennials. 
First introduced 1822. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf-mould 
& sand. Position, in shallow tubs, cisterns, or aquariums. Plant, 6 
to 9 in. below surface of water, in March or April. Temp., March to 
Sept. 60° to 70°; Sept. to March 50° to 60°. Propagate by seeds sown 
in soil below water in March or April; division of plants in April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. emarginata (Syn. Plumeri), yellow, July, S. America. 
See also the genus Hydrocleis. 
Linaria (Toad-flax).—Ord, Scrophulariacer. Hardy shrubby or 
trailing perennial herbs & annuals, 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary, mixed with 
grit or old mortar. Position, moist rockeries or margin of borders for 
L. alpina, L. pilosa, L. crassifolia, & L. organifolia; sunny or shady 
walls for L. cymbalaria; open sunny borders for L. dalmatica, L. pur- 
purea, L. vulgaris, & L. triornithophora. Plant, Oct., Nov., March or 
April. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny 
beds or borders. Sow seeds 1-16 in. deep in patches in April, for flower- 
ing in summer; in Aug., for flowering in spring. L. tristis, a pretty 
dwarf annual for beds or rockeries. 
POT CULTURE OF L. CYMBALARIA: Compost, two parts loam, 
one part of equal proportions of dried cow manure, old mortar, & sand. 
Sow seeds 1-16 in. deep in 3 or 5 in. pots in March or April. Place pots 
in shady window or greenhouse until seedlings appear, then remove 
to light & suspend in a basket. Water moderately at first, freely after- 
wards; keep nearly dry during winter. This species is a perennial. 
Propagate perennial species by seeds sown in ordinary soil in sunny 
position outdoors in Sept., March, or April; division in Oct. or April- 
ANNUAL SPECIES: L. aparinoides, yellow and black, summer, 18 in., Europe 
and N. Africa; bipartita, red, violet, purple, rose and white, summer, 1 ft., 
Algeria; multipunctata, or Brousonetti, yellow and brown, summer, 6 in., Algiers; 
reticulata, purple and yellow, summer, 2 to 4 ft., Portugal. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: L. alpina, blue, violet, and yellow, summer, 6 in., 
Alps; Cymbalaria Gag jeanne Toad-flax or Mother 0’ Millions), lilac, summer, 
trailing, Britain; dalmatica, yellow, summer, 3 to 5 {t., Dalmatia; pallida, blue, 
summer, 3 in., Italy; saxatilis, yellow and brown, summer, trailing, Spain; 
triornithophora, purple and yellow, summer, 1 ft., Portugal; vulgaris (Common 
Toad-flax), yellow, summer, 2 ft., Britain. 
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