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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



Named from the Greek for brilliant, on account of the 

 shining surface of the leaves. Cape plants of some beauty, 

 with yellow flowers ; sphcerica has them in heads, and they 

 are of an orange hue ; parva has them small and yellow, 

 appearing from March to May, whilst the former are later ; 

 the leaves of both species are smooth. They should have a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and do not require much water ; 

 the cuttings should be planted in sand. 



LODDIGESIA. 



Gen. Char. (Diadelphia Decandria.) Standard much shorter 

 than the wings or keel. 



Named after Mr. Loddiges, whose reputation is so well 

 known to cultivators of flowers. L. oxalidifolia is a pretty 

 Cape shrub, with small rose-coloured pea-like flowers, and 

 leaves like an Ox alls. The soil should be sandy peat. 



. LOTUS. 



Gen. Char. (Diadelphia Decandria.) Wings of the corolla co- 

 hering by their upper edge ; filaments dilated upwards ; pod 

 cylindrical and straight. 



