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SHRUBBERIES AND FLOY\'ER-G ARDENS. 



[chap. 



fi'om the time of beginning your spring sowings, till the beginning 



of June. Larkspur, ^aZZ. — Lat. Delphinum elatum. Also a 



hardy annual from the mountains of Switzerland and the Alps. 

 Grows fr'om fom' to five feet high, and blows a hght blue, or deep 

 blue, flower in August. Propagate by sowing the seeds, either in 

 the spring or autumn. Not so handsome a plant as the last, by 



a good deal. Perennial Larkspur. — Lat. T) . grandiflorunu 



A perennial Larkspm-, the leaves resembhng those of the common 

 annual, but the flower being much larger, tinged with crimson, 

 double, and frequently coming a purpHsh white. It should be 

 sowed in the early part of Apiil, and will t^en flower in July and 

 August. It grows about eighteen inches high, and is propagated 

 by seeds sowed in the open ground, or by parting the roots in 

 autumn. A hardy plant. 



511. LACHENALIA, three-colour ed.~l^2.t. L. tricolor, A 

 bulb, four inches high, blows a spike of pendulous flowers in 

 spring ; is called tricolor, because at first flowering it has the 

 three colom-s, red, orange, and green, mixed in it. Green- 

 house ; propagated by offsets from the bulbs. 



512. LAVATERA, common, — Lat. L. trimestris. A hardy annual 

 plant of the south of Europe, three or four feet high, and blows a 

 pink or white flower from July to September. Propagated by 

 sowing in the open eaith. Its flower is, of itself, very handsome, 

 and it would be a most show^^ border-flower, but for the great 

 iiTegulaiity and the rambling disposition of the branches, which 

 are numerous, and placed wide of one another. It flowers abun- 

 dantly, is very hardy, continues a long while in blossom, and 

 ripens its seed in abundance ; and the richer the soil, the finer 

 the plant. Sow early in the spring where the plant is to remain. 



513. LEOPARDS-BANE. — Lat. Doronicum 'pantagineum. 

 A perennial plant from the south of Europe. It is about two feet 

 high, and, in April, it blows a yellow flower. Propagated by 

 cuttings and suckers. The autumn is the time for removing it. 



514. LICHNIDEA. — Lat. Phlox divaricata. Flower con- 

 sisting of five pale purple petals, and these flowers coming in 

 bunches in May. One foot high. Fit for rock-work ; propa- 

 gated by cuttings or layers. 



515. LILY, the copp er- coloured day . — Lat. Hemerocallis fidva. 

 A hardy bulbous-rooted plant, and a native of the Levant. Blows, 

 in July and August, a reddish yellow flower. Any soil suits it; 



