It should be propagated by slips in March ; plant them in a shady situation till they have taken root, after which they may be exposed to the sun, and when strong may be transplanted. LAVENDER WATER.— Put in a bottle half a pint of spirit of wine, and two drachms of oil of lavender. Mix with it rose-water, five ounces, LAV 233 uw orange flower water, two ounces; also (two drachms of essence of mush, and six ounces of distilled water✪ Lavender Water, LAVENDER, Compound Spirit of. — Spirit of Lavender, 1 1 lb. ; spirit of rosemary, 1 lb. ; cinnamon, # ox. ; nutmeg, Jf ox, ; red Sanders, a drachms ; digest for 10 days, and then strain off. It is taken from 40 to 80 drops upon loaf sugar, In cases of low- ness of spirits, &c. LAWN POOL. — This is a game that has now become very popular in America, and it is probable that if in- trod’i--d in England it would become a fesu., able pastime. The implements consist of eight mallets ; eight numbered balls, which are poised upon short ornamental stakes placed in position upon the lawn ; eight playing balls, and an apparatus for scoring the points made by the respective sides or players. The game is to dislodge the numbered balls from the stakes supporting them, each ball so dislodged counting upon the player's score for as many points as are indicated by the number it bears. There are penalties for failure to make the points played for, and these are de- ducted from the unlucky player's score. The game is won not by ability of a player to pass quickly around the “course,1’ but by skill in avoiding for- feits, and by making the largest counts during his play. All the excitement and fascination pertaining to the game of billiards or pool are embodied in “ lawn pool,” and there is room for never end- ing combinations, and the exercise of skilful, adroit play. The game when set up presents a very brilliant appear- ance, the bright colours of the poised bails and their handsomely painted sup- porting stakes, standing out in strong contrast with the green grass, and they are easily seen in the late twilight, into which the games are by their absorbing interest almost invariably prolonged. In points of real merit as a game, and general appearance, “lawn pool," is said to be far ahead of any other lawn game (not excepting croquet) ever intro- duced to the public. LAWN TENNIS.— This is a very popular game among fashionable people, and is played on a grass lawn by two, three, or four players, with balls and racquet bats. The point of tfa* game is to strike the ball over a netting stretched vertically and to keep the ball in play backwards and forwards witliin certain defined limits. The court or ground is usually marked out with chalk lines, or tapes (which are sold for the purpose,) pinned to the turf. The lawn should be nicely cut and well rolled.

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It should be propagated by slips in March ; plant them in a shady situation till they have taken root, after which they may be exposed to the sun, and when strong may be transplanted. LAVENDER WATER.— Put in a bottle half a pint of spirit of wine, and two drachms of oil of lavender. Mix with it rose-water, five ounces, LAV 233 uw orange flower water, two ounces; also (two drachms of essence of mush, and six ounces of distilled water, LAVENDER, Compound Spirit of. — Spirit of Lavender, 1 1 lb. ; spirit of rosemary, 1 lb. ; cinnamon, # ox. ; nutmeg, Jf ox, ; red Sanders, a drachms ; digest for 10 days, and then strain off. It is taken from 40 to 80 drops upon loaf sugar, In cases of low- ness of spirits, &c. LAWN POOL. — This is a game that has now become very popular in America, and it is probable that if in- trod’i--d in England it would become a fesu., able pastime. The implements consist of eight mallets ; eight numbered balls, which are poised upon short ornamental stakes placed in position upon the lawn ; eight playing balls, and an apparatus for scoring the points made by the respective sides or players. The game is to dislodge the numbered balls from the stakes supporting them, each ball so dislodged counting upon the player's score for as many points as are indicated by the number it bears. There are penalties for failure to make the points played for, and these are de- ducted from the unlucky player's score. The game is won not by ability of a player to pass quickly around the “course,1’ but by skill in avoiding for- feits, and by making the largest counts during his play. All the excitement and fascination pertaining to the game of billiards or pool are embodied in “ lawn pool,” and there is room for never end- ing combinations, and the exercise of skilful, adroit play. The game when set up presents a very brilliant appear- ance, the bright colours of the poised bails and their handsomely painted sup- porting stakes, standing out in strong contrast with the green grass, and they are easily seen in the late twilight, into which the games are by their absorbing interest almost invariably prolonged. In points of real merit as a game, and general appearance, “lawn pool," is said to be far ahead of any other lawn game (not excepting croquet) ever intro- duced to the public. LAWN TENNIS.— This is a very popular game among fashionable people, and is played on a grass lawn by two, three, or four players, with balls and racquet bats. The point of tfa* game is to strike the ball over a netting stretched vertically and to keep the ball in play backwards and forwards witliin certain defined limits. The court or ground is usually marked out with chalk lines, or tapes (which are sold for the purpose,) pinned to the turf. The lawn should be nicely cut and well rolled.

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