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shrubs. And they are so easy to cultivate m any position that 

 there is no obstacle in the way of their being generally adopted for 

 any of the purposes indicated. 



Amongst other varieties that possess special scented attractions 

 may be named the following : — L, Parryi^ L. WalUcJiianum, L. 

 Washingtoniamun, L. Harrisii, L. Chalcedoniciun, L. odoriun, L. 

 Neilgherrense, L. Szovifzianum, L. Japonicum, L. ruhescens, L. 

 speciosum, L. ochroleucum^ L. Ulceyuri. 



From a scented point of view it seems remarkable our poets 

 should have so little to say of its attractions. Smart, however, has 

 left us the following dainty lines : — 



' Sweet Hermon's fragrant air ; 

 Sweet is the Lily's silver bell, 

 And sweet the wakeful tapers smell, 

 That watch for early prayer. ' 



Again, Armstrong leaves an image which 



' In virgin beauty blows, 

 The tender Lily languishingly sweet.' 



Lily of the Valley. See Convallaria. 

 Lime. See Tilia. 



Limnanthes Douglasi. — A hardy annual from California, with fragrant 

 flowers, the honey from which is greatly ap)preciated by bees. 



Limnophila gratioloides. — An Indian aquatic, with an agreeable odour 

 something like Camphor. 



Lindheimina taxana. See Orchids. 



Lindleya mesphiloides. — An evergreen Mexican shrub, bearing large 

 white sweet-scented flowers. 



Lindsaea cultrata. — A species of the Adiantum Fern from Guiana, 

 with pinnate fronds strongly scented like the Sweet Vernal Grass, 

 which it retains when dried. 



Linnaea borealis [Twin Flower). — A modest North European shrubby 

 plant, with pretty bell-shaped flowers, borne in pairs, that are very 

 fragrant, resembling Almonds. It shrinks from exposure to the 

 view, and thrives in woodland places that have not been disturbed 

 by the hand of man. The following tale is told of Linnaeus in con- 

 nection with this plant : — 'A friend gathering a small flower on the 

 shores of a Swedish lake asked the great botanist if it was Linncea 

 Ijorealis. '* Nay ! " says the philosopher, she lives not here, but in 

 the middle of our largest woods. She clings with her little arms to 

 the moss, and seems to resist very gently if you force her from it. 

 She has a complexion like the milk -maid ; and oh ! she is very, 

 very sweet and agreeable. " ' 



Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree).— A handsome North American 



