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bell-glass placed over them until germination takes 

 place. When the plants are sufficiently large to 

 handle without injury, put them singly into small 

 pots, using the same soil as before recommended. 

 A hot-bed is the best for them from this time up to 

 the autimm, when a warm corner in the green- 

 house, with plenty of light, -^ill prove to be the 

 best winter quarters ; during this time careful water- 

 ing is very requisite, and special attention will be 

 required to keep away mildew. 



When the jjlants are about twelve months old, shift 

 them again, this time into the flowering-pots, using 

 the same compost, and remove back to the hot-bed. 



Treated in this manner they will produce their 

 beautiful flowers about midsummer, and continue in 

 full beauty for a considerable time. As the plants 

 decHne, attention should be paid to preserving the 

 seed. Mexico. 



L. princeps. — This truly exquisite plant, alwaj's 

 rare has very nearly again slipped out of cultivation. 

 As will be seen by our flgui-e, it is totally different 

 in shape to the preceding species, and is one of the 

 very grandest plants known. 



The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, and deep green ; 

 flowers, several together, on the points of the shoots ; 

 these are tubular, some five inches or more long, 

 swollen in the middle, with a spreading five-lobed 

 limb ; the colour is rich crimson-lake, passing into 

 golden-orange at both ends, the segments of the 

 limb being vi^id green. It blooms during the 

 summer months. New Grenada. 



Lomatia. — A genus of Proteaceous plants, more 

 remarkable for the beauty of their foliage than their 

 flowers. They have pinnate, or more frequently 

 bipinnate and tripinnatifid leaves, the segments 

 being finely toothed, and thick and leathery in tex- 

 ture. They make handsome bushes, and are simply 

 invaluable for cutting, as they hist a very long time 

 in the open aii- when used with button-hole flowers. 



For soil, use sandy loam and peat in equal parts ; 

 drain well. 



Lomatias are rather slow-growing when young, 

 but after they have attained some age and strength 

 they bear cutting well. 



L. elegantissima. — ^A dwarf plant, having thick, 

 leathery, bipinnatifid, Fern-like leaves, which are 

 bright dark green above, slightly paler below. New 

 Zealand. 



L. ferruginea. — Leaves much divided ; segments 

 ovate, with trifid ends, dark green above, rusty- 

 brown beneath. Chili. 



L. silaifolia. — The leaves of this species are very 

 prettily veined and bipinnatifid; segments wedge- 

 shaped; dark green on the upper side, glaucous 

 beneath.- South Australia. 



Liuculia. — A family of 

 bold - growing Nepaulese 

 trees, attaining a height 

 of twenty to thirty feet, 

 and belonging to the 

 order Cinchonacem. On ac- 

 coimt of their great size 

 they are more satisfactory 

 when planted out in the 

 conservatory border, or 

 in the green-house, where 

 they succeed well upon a 

 back wall. They do, how- 

 ever, in some cases flower 

 in quite a young state. 



The soil should be peat 

 and loam in equal pro- 

 portions, with a little 

 sand added in order to 

 keep it porous. 



L.gratissima. — Avery 

 handsome and strong 

 gi'ower; having lai'ge, 

 opposite, ovate, acumi- 

 nate leaves, furnished 

 with stipules; 

 dark green above, 

 and slightly downy 

 beneath ; the flowers 

 are produced in 

 dense terminal 

 cymes, s,oft rosy- 

 pink in colour, 

 giving off a 

 grateful fra- 

 grance. This 

 plant is in 

 bloom d u r- 

 ing the winter 

 months. 



L. Finceana. 



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