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the size of the plant, and are either 
white or lilac; when placed in the bor¬ 
ders, the roots should be planted rather 
thickly to ensure a display. 
LIATRIS (Schreber.) Nat. Order, 
Composites. A genus of beautiful North 
American herbaceous plants, which are 
very ornamental to the flower-garden 
through the summer, though scarcely 
robust enough to withstand our winters; 
potted in sandy loam and placed in a 
cold pit, they may be preserved with 
certainty, and when wanted again for 
bedding, will be nice strong plants. 
Their flowers are borne on spikes, and 
are either a bright pink or purple. 
L1LIUM (Tournefort.) Nat. Ord. 
Liliaceee. This genus, the type of an 
extensive order, eminently distinguished 
for its surpassing loveliness, is in itself 
remarkable for a combination of stately 
grandeur and chaste beauty; L. can- 
didum, the common white Lily, is well 
known, together with its varieties, hay¬ 
ing in one case striped leaves, and in 
the other the stripes transferred to the 
flowers; L. aurantium, the Orange Lily, 
L. bulbiferum , and L. tigrinum, the Tiger 
Lily, are also commonly met with in 
our gardens. There are also a few 
others of similar character not so gene¬ 
rally grown, though equally deserving; 
these are Bushianum, Canadense, Chalce- 
donicum, Martagon, and all its varieties, 
which, thanks to the Dutch florists, gre 
now pretty numerous; one variety we 
remember to have seen, called Superbum, 
being pre-eminently beautiful; besides 
these, Philadelphicum, Bomponium, and 
its varieties, the little pumilum , specta- 
bile, and tenuifolium should have a 
place in every garden, to say nothing 
of the more recent introductions from 
Japan, such as speciosum, or lancifolhm, 
as it is more commonly called, and its 
really splendid varieties; these indeed 
seem to realize all that can be imagined 
desirable and perfect in floral forms, ex¬ 
cept that they are devoid of fragrance. 
As a further inducement to the culturist, 
the whole of the genus, numbering up¬ 
wards of fifty species, are found to be 
quite hardy, thriving with all the vigour 
of indigenous forms, when planted into 
the flower borders. All of them delight 
in light rich soil, such as is afforded by 
a mixture of peat, loam, and rotten 
manure, and one uniform treatment is 
equally applicable under all circum¬ 
stances to the whole of the species ; all 
may be grown together either in the 
parterre, or in pots for decorating the 
greenhouse, and all may be said to be 
equally desirable; in pots, they should 
have plenty of water and air in summer, 
or while growing, and a perfect rest in 
winter, and in either case should be left 
undisturbed for as long a period as pos¬ 
sible, as frequent removals are injurious, 
by destroying the roots. 
LIMNOCHARIS (Bonpland.) Nat. 
Ord. Commelinaceee. The two species of 
this genus are rather handsome stove 
aquatics, growing freely when placed 
in a tub of water, having a layer of 
rich loam at the bottom; their flowers 
are yellow, contrasting finely with the 
deep rich green of the heart-shaped 
leaves 
LIN ARIA (Tournefort.) Nat. Ord. 
Scroplmlariaceee. A large and very or¬ 
namental genus of hardy plants, of an¬ 
nual or perennial duration, generally 
preferring a light dry soil and sunny 
situation. L. triornithophora is remark¬ 
able for the resemblance of its flowers 
to three little birds attached to the 
spur. 
LINUM (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Linaceee. 
This genus contains upwards of fifty 
species, of various characters, green¬ 
house and perennials, some rising to be 
small shrubs, hardy and tender peren¬ 
nials, biennials, and annuals ; all of them 
interesting, and many very handsome; 
one species, L. usitatissimum, affords the 
well known and valuable product flax. 
The tender species should be grown in 
pots of rich loam and peat, with just 
sufficient protection in winter to pre¬ 
serve them from frost, and the ordinary 
treatment of greenhouse plants in sum¬ 
mer ; the hardy species delight in good 
loamy soil; the tall-growing ones should 
be placed in the borders, and the dwarf 
kinds on rockwork; the latter are some¬ 
what impatient of wet in winter, and 
in consequence are usually potted in 
