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two eyes, and keeping the leading shoots trained up the 

 wall till they attained the height that was wanted. It 

 has been pruned every year since. Of course, it should 

 not be cut in summer, for it blossoms on the young 

 wood, and the longer the shoots the more bloom you get. 

 It is easily increased by cuttings or layers. In the 

 former case, take part-ripened wood and place it in a pot 

 in light soil and sand mixed together ; afterwards, put 

 them in a warm frame till they are rooted, and then pot 

 them afresh in small pots. Set them in the frame again, 

 till they are rooted ; then move them to a cooler place 

 till spring, when they may be turned out against a 

 wall, and treated as recommended above." In short, 

 the Winter Jessamine only requires to be better known 

 to become a popular favourite ; and the purchase-money 

 of this Book will be well laid out, if it only induces the 

 purchaser subsequently to buy a plant or two of Jasmi- 

 num nudiflorum. Other species deserving of notice are 

 J. odoratissimum, yellow flowers, greenhouse culture; 

 J. ckrysanthum, hardy, evergreen, yellow, scentless ; and 

 J. grandiflorum. white, in greenhouse, sweet-scented ; 

 may be cleft-grafted on J. officinale. 



Kalmia. — American shrubs, with very curious and 

 elegant flowers, requiring the same treatment as Aza- 

 leas. The honey, of some species at least, is said to be 

 poisonous. 



Laburnum. — See Cytisus. Purple Laburnum. — See 

 Tflstaria. 

 Laur ust in us. — See Yibu rn u m . 



Lavender — Lavandula sjpica (whose flowers are in 

 request by distillers, perfumers, and housekeepers who 

 are careful over their linen) — is propagated by cuttings, 

 in spring, struck under a hand-glass. See " The Kitchen 

 Garden." L. Stcechas is tenderer, and not worth having 

 trouble bestowed upon it; as are likewise Lavenders 

 latifolia and pinnatijlda. They grow wild on the shores 

 of the Mediterranean. 



Lemon and Orange Trees — Citrus — grow out-doors 

 against a wall in a few favoured spots in Cornwall and 



