Libonia Floribunda.—­This is a winter-flowering plant, and is easily grown in a cool greenhouse.  It is very useful for table decoration, its slender red and yellow tubes of bloom being very effective, but it does not do to keep it for any length of time in a room where there is gas.  When flowering has ceased, encourage new growth by giving it plenty of water, air, and sunlight.  The new shoots should be cut back in May, and the tips of them used as cuttings, which strike readily in good mould.  Height, 2 ft.

Ligustrum (Privet).—­L.  Ovalifolium is a handsome hardy evergreen, of very rapid growth, and one of the best ornamental hedge plants in cultivation, especially for towns or smoky situations.  L. Japonicum is likewise ornamental and hardy:  Tricolor is considered one of the best light-coloured variegated plants grown.  L. Coriaceum is a slow-growing, compact bush with very dark, shining green leaves, which are round, thick, and leathery.  Privet will grow in any soil or situation, and is readily increased by cuttings planted in the shade in spring.

Lilac—­See “Syringa.”

Lilium.—­The Lily is admirably adapted for pot culture, the conservatory, and the flower border, and will flourish in any light soil or situation.  To produce fine specimens in pots they should be grown in a mixture of light turfy loam and leaf-mould.  Six bulbs planted in a 12-in. pot form a good group.  The pots should have free ventilation, and the bulbs be covered with 1 in. of mould.  For outdoor cultivation plant the bulbs 4 to 5 in. deep, from October to March.  After once planting they require but little care, and should not be disturbed oftener than once in three years, as established plants bloom more freely than if taken up annually.  Give a thin covering of manure during the winter.  Lilium seed may be sown in well-drained pots or shallow boxes filled with equal parts of peat, leaf-mould, loam, and sand.  Cover the seeds slightly with fine mould and place the boxes or pots in a temperature of 55 or 65 degrees.  A cold frame will answer the purpose, but the seeds will take longer to germinate.  The Lancifolium and Auratum varieties have a delicious fragrance.

Lilium—­continued.

CANDIDUM (the Madonna, or White Garden Lily) should be planted before the middle of October, if possible, in groups of three, in well-drained, highly-manured loam.  Should they decline, take them up in September and re-plant at once in fresh, rich soil, as they will not stand being kept out of the ground long.  They are increased by off-sets.  As soon as these are taken from the parent bulb, plant them in a nursery-bed; after two years they may be transferred to the garden.  This Lily is quite hardy, and needs no protection during winter.

LANCIFOLIUM make very fine pot-plants, or they may be placed in a sunny situation in the border, but in the latter case they must have a thick covering of dry ashes in winter.  If grown in pots place them, early in March, in rich, sandy soil.  Three bulbs are sufficient for an 11-in. pot.  Give very little water, but plenty air in mild weather.  Let them grow slowly.  When all frost is over place pans under them, mulch the surface with old manure, and supply freely with air and water.  They are propagated by off-sets.