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grow with vigour; it is best in this early 
stage of their development to stop their 
shoots once or twice so as to form 
handsome specimens, and when the sea¬ 
sonal growth is nearly complete, they 
should be removed to the greenhouse to 
mature it and form their flowers; these 
are usually unfolded about the end of 
autumn, and with a little care may be 
preserved for a long period. In the 
following spring, when the beauty of the 
lants is departed, they should be pruned 
ack, repotted, and again placed in heat 
to start them into renewed life, when 
the same routine of management should 
be again repeated. 
LUPINUS (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Legu- 
minosce. This well-known genus is com¬ 
posed for the most part of hardy herba¬ 
ceous perennial and annual plants, of 
vigorous habit and most prolific of 
flowers; some few assume the form of 
shrubs, and others, though not many, 
are so tender as to require the protec¬ 
tion of the greenhouse to bring them to 
perfection, these, however, are seldom 
grown, but the annuals and hardy kinds 
are universal favorites. They all de¬ 
light in rich soil, and an open aspect; 
the seed of the annuals should be sown 
in March where they are to flower, for 
the large downward roots with but few 
fibres which they form precludes a sure 
removal, nor is it otherwise desirable. 
The herbaceous kinds are increased by 
seed sown in May, or by division of the 
roots, which may be done either in au¬ 
tumn or spring. There are perhaps few 
plants more easily grown, or more orna¬ 
mental, than the varieties of L. polyphyl- 
lus, which certainly deserve very exten¬ 
sive adoption. 
LYCASTE (Lind.) Nat. Ord. Orchi- 
dacece. Very handsome epiphytes of the 
pseudo-bulbous class. They grow with 
freedom when potted into a well-drained 
mixture of fibrous peat, sphagnum, and 
rotten wood, interspersed with which 
should be a considerable number of 
small pieces of charcoal or potsherds ; 
being natives of the western hemisphere, 
the species do not require a very high 
temperature, that of an ordinary stove 
being fully sufficient; neither do they 
require so decided a rest as some other 
individuals of the order, but should be 
freely supplied with both water and air 
when growing. The most beautiful 
among them are SIcinnerii, Harrisoniae , 
plana, aromatica, tyrianthina , and Deppei. 
LYCHNIS (He Candolle.) Nat. 
Ord. SilenacecE. A group of very orna¬ 
mental herbaceous plants, quite hardy, 
and deserving a place in every garden; 
the species vary in character very much, 
some of them attaining a height of three 
or four feet, as in the case of the com¬ 
mon scarlet lychnis (L. chalcedonica) 
and its varieties, while others have a 
stature of scarce as many inches. L. 
grandiflora and fulgens are very hand¬ 
some, and the very pretty L. coeli-rosea 
should be included in the list of annuals 
for every garden; any light soil suits 
them, and increase is effected either by 
slips or seeds. 
LYTHHUM (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Ly- 
lliraceae. Like the last, this is a desira¬ 
ble genus in the flower garden, where 
they succeed with very little trouble; 
nearly all the species are hardy her¬ 
baceous plants, growing freely in rich 
soil, and producing their dark purple 
plentifully through the aut umnal flowers 
months. 
MAHERNIA (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Sterculiaceae. A genus of neat little 
greenhouse plants, producing an abun¬ 
dance of yellow, or red and yellow 
flowers. They grow well in a mixture of 
peat, loam, and silver sand. 
MALOPE (Linn.) Nat. Orel Mai - 
vacece. Showy annuals, quite hardy, 
which grow in almost any soil, but 
should have plenty of air. The seed 
should be sown in March where the 
plants are to bloom, and when two or 
three inches high they should be thinned 
out, and those drawn may be trans¬ 
planted. Their flowers are purple, or 
white striped with purple. 
MALY A (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Malva¬ 
ceae. This is a group of plants remark¬ 
able for large showy flowers, but the 
coarseness of the leaves and loose man¬ 
ner of growing deprive the genus of 
much of the interest it would otherwise 
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