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cardinal's flower. — Lat. Z. cardinalis. A very handsome peren- 

 nial plant from Virginia. It blows a most beautiful rich scarlet 

 flower in July and October^ and rises to two or three feet high. 

 It thrives best planted out in summer in a rich friable soil : but 

 is tender enough to require some protection in winter. It is 

 easily increased by suckers or by seeds ; and the suckers of the 

 old plant should be taken off every autumn^ or they damage it. 



518. LONDON PRIDE.— See Saxifrage. 



519. LOOSE-STRIFE^ yeZ/oii?. Lat. Lysimachia vulgaris. A 

 hardy perennial plant^ common in Europe, which grows about 

 two feet high, and blows a yeUow flower in July, August, and Sep- 

 tember. Propagated easily by suckers or shoots, and hkes moist soil. . 



520. LUNGWORT. — Lat. Pulmo)iaria Virginica. Hanging 

 bunches of deep blue flowers ; leaves and stalks glaucus ; hardy 

 perennial; blows in April and May, and grows two feet high. 

 Propagated by parting the roots in autumn. 



521. LUPINE, dwarf. — Lat. Lupinus varius. A hardy annual 

 plant from Narbonne and Montpeher, which grows fifteen or 

 eighteen inches high, and blows a blue or red flower in July and 



August. Lupine, common yellow. — Lat. L. luteus. Nearly 



resembhng the last, only that it blow^s a yehow flower in June, 



July, and August. Lupine, blue. — Lat. L. Jiirsutus. Grov/s 



taller than either of the others. There is a rose-coloured variety. 

 In other respects resembhng the yelloAV. All of them are proper 

 border-flowers, and make a pretty show. Require no uncommon 



care : and should be sown where they are to h\ow. Lupine, 



perennial. — Lat. L. polyp Mlliis. A North American plant, and 

 new to this country. It is hardy, is very much Mke the common 

 blue Lupine, but is a handsomer plant, and blows a spike of 

 blue or white flowers precisely hke the Lupine, only that the 

 flowers stand thicker on the stalk, and the whole spike of flowers, 

 instead of being not more than four or five inches long, is from a 

 foot to a foot and a half long. A very beautiful plant. It blow^s 

 in May and June, and is propagated by sowing the seeds, which 

 come up freely under a hand-glass on a little heat; and the 

 plants blow the second year. 



522. LYCHNIS, scarlet. — Lat. Lychnis Ckalcedonica. A 

 hardy perennial plant fi^om the south of Russia, three feet high, 

 and blowing a scarlet flower in July and August. Propagated by 

 parting the roots. They like a good light soil, rather moist than 



