Il6 LIBONIA FLORIBUNDA — LINARIA. 



The plant will survive much ill treatment and 

 requires little care. An occasional washing to 

 freshen and free its foliage from insects is benefi- 

 cial. 



LINARIA CYMBALARIA. 



(COLISEUM IVY.) 



The genus Linaria is named from the resemb- 

 lance of the leaves to linum, flax. The little trail- 

 ing Linaria Cymbalaria, a- native of England, is said 

 to grow on the ruins of the Roman coliseum, hence 

 its common name. It has slender purplish stems 

 and small, bright-green, five-lobed leaves with purple 

 linings, and minute lilac, white, and yellow-tinted 

 flowers, somewhat like those of the Antirrhinum or 

 Snap Dragon, to which it is allied. It is a rapid 

 grower and will produce hundreds of trailing sprays 

 four or five feet in length in a few months, com- 

 pletely covering a vase or hanging basket. 



SOIL AND GENERAL TREATMENT. 



The Linaria thrives in a soil of equal parts loam 



and leaf-mold. 



A moderate supply of water with good drainage 

 is essential. 



It likes a temperature from 6o° to jo Q and grows 

 well in living-rooms. 



