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LIST OF GREENHOUSE SHRUBS. 
montlis ; but they will not endure frost, and therefore require, on the approach of 
winter, to be either taken up and potted^ or sheltered by a pot being turned over 
them. In the border of a conservatory they grow finely, and do much better than 
in pots ; the soil should be sandy heath mould and light loam, in equal proportions. 
They are propagated by cuttings of the tender wood slipped from the old plants when 
about an inch and a half long, and without any other preparation except taking off 
a little at the end of the slips to make them level and smooth ; plant them in pots 
of the same kind of soil as that in which the plants grow, plunge them in heat, and 
cover them with a bell-glass. Also seeds are occasionally produced, which should 
be sown early in spring. 
KENNEDYA. 
For the successful culture of these plants, see Vol. II. pages 85, 99, 186, 260; 
%nd page 26, of the present volume. 
LALAGE. 
L. ORNATA. No plant of a similar habit is a more beautiful object than is this 
when in full flower ; it requires an airy situation in the greenhouse, and the common 
treatment of other New Holland plants. It strikes very readily from cuttings of 
half-ripened wood, planted in pots of sand, under a glass. 
LIGHTFOOTIA. 
L. LoDDiGEsii. This plant is of simple culture, growing freely in equal parts 
of heath mould and loam, and cuttings of the tender wood strike root freely if 
planted in May in pots of soil, and covered with a glass, in a gentle hotbed. Seeds 
are occasionally produced, which should be sown as soon as ripe. 
LINUM. 
L. FLAVUM. Though we have arranged this plant amongst greenhouse plants 
it is nearly hardy, growing with the greatest freedom in the open borders in any 
light soil, and is very easily propagated by cuttings, planted under a hand-glass, on 
a warm border, about the beginning of May. 
LACHN^A. 
L. PURPUREA is a remarkable free flowering plant, continuing in bloom greater 
part of the summer : its roots require to be somewhat cramped to throw it into 
flower, the plant is also liable to perish by overwatering during winter. To avoid 
this, always drain the pots well with potsherds, never water unless the soil in 
the pot appears dry, and then administer it sparingly. The plant should be potted 
in sandy heath mould, and is readily propagated by cuttings of the tender wood, 
planted in pots of sand, plunged in heat, and covered with bell-glasses. 
LECHENAULTIA. 
These are pretty little plants, very suitable for planting out in summer in small 
beds in the open ground ; they love a soil about two parts sandy heath mould and 
one part loam. Cuttings of the young wood planted in pots of sand, placed in a 
cucumber frame, and covered with glasses, will grow very freely. 
LIPARIA. 
L. spH^RicA. This noble plant thrives best if planted out in the conservatory, 
as the roots are very impatient of being cramped in a pot ; if, however, it is not 
