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is very like tlie flower vulgarly called Morning-glory. (Soil 

 No. 4.) ^ 



LipdriaSj about five species, much esteemed for their beauty 

 of foliage ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, downy or woolly ; flowers 

 yellow, leguminose and capitate. L. sphsertcaj L. tomentdsa, 

 L. villdsa and L. seincea, are the finest. L. vistita and L. 

 villosa are the same, although put in many catalogues as 

 difi'erent species. None of them ought to be much watered 

 over the foliage, as it adheres to the down, and causes the 

 young shoots to damp ofi". Drain the pots well, and keep 

 the plants in an airy situation. (Soil No. 6.) 



Lobelias. Several of them, when well treated, form pretty 

 flowering plants; they are principally herbaceous. The genus 

 consists of about eighty species; seventy of them are exotics; 

 many of them natives of the Cape of G ood Hope, with little 

 flowers of brilliant colors. L. cderiileaj L. TJiunhergii^ L. 

 corymhbsa, L. pyramidalisy L. erines, and L, illicxfblia^ are 

 very fine species, of weak growth, but flower freely. (Soil 

 No. 4.) 



Lonicera japonica. There is a plant in our collections 

 known by that name, which is now Nintoda longiflora ; 

 flowers of a straw color, but come out white. It has been 

 known to withstand the winter, but does not flower, and is 

 frequently killed entirely ; is a fine climber, and much esteemed 

 in the south for its fragrance. (Soil No. 3.) 



Lopliospcrmum scdnclens. This is a magnificent climbing 

 soft-wooded shrub, with rosy purple, campanulate flowers, 

 which are produced from the axils on the young wood y they 

 bloom from May to September ; leaves large, cordate, and 

 tomentose; grows rapidly, and flowers abundantly. (Soil 

 No. 3.) 



Lychnis corondta is an esteemed Chinese plant ; flowers 

 in abundance, pentapetalous, large, and a little indented at 

 the edges ; color a red-like orange ; flowers terminal and 

 axillary. A good method of treatment is to divide the roots, 

 and plant some of them in the garden ; they will flower well, 

 and could be lifted in the fall, and put under protection. If 

 not done so, plant them in four-inch pots, and repot them 

 into those of six-inch in May. Do not expose them while in 

 flower to the mid-day sun, for it will deteriorate the fine 

 orange color. (Soil No. 9.) 



LysinemaSj four species, closely allied to Epdcris. In 



