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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



Lawsonia inermis (Henna, Campliire). — A tropical shrub, mostly 

 found in India, and held in high esteem iu Oriental lands on 

 account of the dainty odour it exhales, and from this pleasing fact 

 it is largely employed for garden hedges. Hindu girls rub the 

 leaves on the palms of their hands, the tips of their fingers, and 

 the soles of their feet to give them a red and scented dye ; it is 

 also an indispensable article for the toilet. In Egypt sprigs of 

 Henna are sold in the streets with the cr}' of ^ odours of Paradise ; 

 flowers of the Henna ! ' Thomas Moore alludes to one of the 

 uses of this deliciously fragrant plant : — 



' Then bring some leaves of Henna to imbue 

 The finger-ends of a bright roseate line, 

 So bright, that in the mirror's depths they s^eem 

 Like odorous coral branches in the stream. ' 



Lemonia trifoliata. — An ornamental variety of the Orange family, 

 with handsome foliage and white fragrant flowers, succeeded by 

 bright orange-red fruit. 



Lemon plant. See Aloysia. 



Leptadenia Manni. — A West African shrub, with white scented 

 flowers. 



Leptosiphon androsaceus. — A dainty little annual, bearing a pro- 

 fusion of flowers in many colours, richly scented in the morning. 



Leucocoryne odorata. — A charming dwarf bulbous plant from Chili, 

 with lavender sweet-scented heads of bloom. 



Leucocrinum montana. — A bulbous plant with snow-white fragrant 

 flowers. 



Leucojum vernum (Spring Snoii-flake). — A pretty spring-flowering 

 bulbous plant, with leaves like the Hyacinth and white Snowdrop- 

 like flowers borne on long stalks in clusters, very graceful, with 

 the fragrance of the Violet, whence the name Leucojum, meaning 

 white Violet. It has been styled The Bulbous Violet, nearly all 

 the species being fragrant, some of them deliciously so. Should be 

 planted freely in clumps in hardy borders, rock-work, shrubberies, 

 and the wild garden. L, Ca'/yatJiicum is also scented. 



Leucospermum candicans. — A small and compact evergreen shrub, 

 bearing yellow flowers which have a slight scent resembling that of 

 the Rose. 



Liatris odoratissima (Vanilla Plant). — A hardy Xorth American 

 evergreen plant that thrives, in swampy ground ; the fresh leaves 

 when newly crushed emit a disagreeable odour, but as they wither 

 this characteristic becomes highly fragrant, somewhat resembling 

 the Tonga Bean or similar to the Sweet Vernal Grass, only stronger. 



