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LOAVING. This is an old term, better understood 
now under the word ‘“Hearting,’”? when the central 
leaves of a plant form a firm heart, throngh the leaves not 
unfolding, as in the Cabbage and Lettuce. 
LOBELIA. Including Parastranthus. L. Dortmanna 
(Water Lobelia) and LL. wrens (Acrid Lobelia) are 
inelnded in the British Flora. 
Dwarf tender Lobelias are not as frequently utilised 
for hanging-baskets in summer as they should be. 
Varieties like Cora Linn, Barnard’s Perpetnal, Royal 
Blue, and White Lady are all excellently adapted for 
this method of culture as well as for beds, borders, and 
pots. The perennials are amongst the finest of hardy 
flowers, affording a magnificent display during the later 
months of the year. They may be accommodated in either 
beds or borders, and in the latter case they are most 
effective when associated with some of the evergreen 
shrnbs. The only thing against them is that they are 
not quite hardy, and their crowns need to be covered 
with litter during very hard weather. 
To the species described on pp. 290-1, Vol. II., the 
following should be added. A few species formerly 
included herennder are now referred to Pratia. 
L. cardinalis. There is a lovely variety of this known as 
Crimson Beauty. It has deep red flowers and very effective 
dark red foliage. h. 24ft. Half-hardy perennial. 
L. c. atrosanguinea (dark red). A dark red form of the 
beautiful type. 
L. debilis (weak). The correct name of L. Speculum. 
L. Dortmannii (Dortmann’s). A name applied in Continental 
gardens to what is apparently a form of L. Erinus. 
L. fulgens. Two or three fine garden varieties have been 
introduced which are far superior to the type. These are 
ALBA, white; FIRer_y, Ean crimson; HEAVENLY BLUE, 
clear light blue; QUEEN VICTORIA, deep vermilion; Roska, 
clear rose ; SNOWFLAKE, pure white; VIOLACEA, reddish-violet, 
with red foliage. All are about 3ft. high. 
L. Gerardi (Gerard’s).* . rich violet, very large, clustered ; 
calyx ciliated on the margins. 2, forming a rosette. . Stems 
4ft. to Oft. high, very strong. A fine hybrid between 
varieties of L. cardinalis and JL. syphilitica. (R. H. 1893, 
p. 519.) There are several forms varying considerably as to 
colour, from pink to violet-purple. 
L. intertexta (woven). (ff. in the ape axils and loosely 
racemose at the ends of the branches; lower lip of the 
corolla white below the middle, violet beyond, 4in. broad, 
three-lobed; upper lip violet, small, of two segments. 
December. J. alternate, rather distant, tin. to 4in. long. 
hk. 6in. British Central Africa, 1898. Half-hardy annual. 
~ (B. M. 7615.) 
L. Kerneri (Kerner’s).* fi. violet-purple, covering the upper 
part of the stem. /. broad, lanceolate, toothed, forming a 
rosette ; cauline ones similar. Costa Rica, 1889. Greenhouse 
perennial. This is considered by some as a variety of 
L. splendens. 
L. littoralis (seashore-loving). The plant frequently catalogued 
by this name is Pratia angulata (which sce). 
L. Milleri (Miller’s).* . rich purple. Ah. 3ift. 
hybrid between L. fulgens and L. syphilitica. 
L. physaloides (Physalis-like). <A 
physaloides. 
L. purpurascens (purplish). The correct name of L. ilicifolia. 
L. Rivoirei (Rivoire’s). #. of a clear rose-colour. 1897. A 
perennial, which does best in the open ground; the seeds 
peoninate with difficulty, and should not be covered with 
earth. 
L. sessilifolia (sessile-leaved). (jl. violet; corolla four times 
as long as the calyx. June. /. sessile, approximate, lanceolate, 
serrulated; lower ones obtuse; upper ones acute. Stems 
erect, simple, lft. or more in height. Kamtschatka, 1882. 
Hardy perennial. 
L. splendens is a variety of L. fulgens. 
L. sub-nuda (nearly naked).* jf. pale blue, about sin. across, 
borne on rather long pedicels, and arranged in lax, naked 
racemes. J. all radical, in a reduced rosette (the stem having 
only a few very reduced ones), stalked, cordate-ovate in outline, 
the margins pinnatifidly cut, dark green above, beneath purplish, 
with green veins. Mexico, 1887. A small-flowered but pretty 
Boe pmealy suitable for rockwork. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., 
p- bs 
L. tenuior grandifiora (large-flowered). 
form of the well-known type. 
An excellent 
synonym of Colensoa 
A large-flowered 
L. umbellata (umbelled). #. blue, terminal, umbellate ; 
corolla lin. Jong. June. J. sessile, linear, dilated and trifid 
at apex, long-toothed. Stems angular, erect, lft. high. 
Habitat unknown, 1878. Greenhouse perennial. 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Lobelia—continued. 
Varieties. In the Bedding section of Lobelias several 
distinctly-improved varieties have been introduced, the 
best of which will be found ennmerated below: 
BARNARD’S PERPETUAL, dark blue, white eye, large and profuse 
as to flower, and of graceful habit; BRIGHTON BLUE, deep 
blue, very compact; CARMINE GEM, a_ beautiful carmine; 
COBALT BLUE, azure-blue; COLIBRI, light pink, with large 
white eye and rose spot on the petal; COMPACTA ALBA, pure 
white; CoRA Linn, dark blue, of trailing habit; CRYSTAL 
PALACE, =. ultramarine blue, one of the best for borders; 
EMPEROR WILLIAM, dark blue, one of the best; Map OF 
Moray, blue, with large white eye, dwarf; OXONIAN, rich 
deep blue, with white eye, very compact; PARROT, dark blue, 
with white eye and carmine spot; PRIMA DONNA, maroon- 
crimson; PuMILA Compactra, bright blue; PUMILA INGRAMI, 
white; REINE BLANCHE, pure white; RoYAL BLUE, deep blue, 
with white eye, bushy habit; SrTirLInG BLUveE, light blue, 
vigorous; TRICOLOR, blue or pink, with white eye and car- 
mine spots; WHITE Lapy, white, large, and free. 
LOBELIA (of Presi). 
pylos (which see). 
LOBESIA RELIQUANA. See Vine Moths. 
LOBLOLLY BAY. See Gordonia Lasianthus. 
LOBULE. A small lobe. 
LOCHNERA. A synonym of Vinca (which see). 
LOCKHARTIA. Syn. Fernandezia (of Lindley). To 
the species described on.p. 292, Vol. Il., the following 
should be added : 
L. amoena (pleasing).* fl. of a beautiful yellow, fascicled, 
having the lip painted with purple and the column with brown; 
sepals ovate, acute ; pos complicate, recurved ; lip tripartite ; 
bracts ample. March. J. triangular, obtuse. Stem rather tall. 
Costa Rica, 1872. A pretty species. 
L. lunifera (moon-bearing). The correct name of Fernandezia 
robusta. 
LOCULICIDAL. Dehiscing, or splitting through the 
back of the loculus or cell of a seed-vessel; i.e., by the 
dorsal suture of the carpel. 
LOCUST, AFRICAN. See Parkia africana. 
LOCUST, HONEY. See Gleditschia triacan- 
thos. 
LOCUST-TREE, SWAMP or WATER. ‘Se 
Gleditschia monosperma. 
LODEWORT. See Ranunculus aquatilis. 
LOGANBERRY. This is a supposed cross between 
the Blackberry and the Raspberry. The growths are 
somewhat like those of the Raspberry, but more prickly. 
The fruit is large and Raspberry-like in shape, with 
larger pips and darker colour; the flesh is firm, very 
jnicy, and briskly acid. When well established, the plant 
produces good crops of frnit. Propagation is best effected 
by division, which may be done by potting the pieces as 
soon as divided in the autumn and planting them ont 
early in March. Or the divisions may be made in spring 
as the plants commence to grow, putting them ont 
permanently at once. 
LOMANDRA. A synonym of Xerotes (which see). 
LOMARIA. Inclading Plagiogyria and Stenochlena. 
Of the members of this extensive genus, the great bulk 
are greenhouse plants. It is especially the numerous 
and handsome species native of Brazil, Chili, New 
Zealand, Australia, and Africa, which may be employed 
for the ornamentation of our cool-houses, as not only 
is this mode of treatment the most rational and the 
least expensive, but it is also the only one under which 
such species thrive well. It is an indisputable fact 
that, whereas fine-foliaged or flowering plants may often, 
when submitted to the influences of great heat and 
moisture, be induced to grow more rapidly, in the case of 
Lomarias a temperature kept above their requirements is 
productive of disastrous results. This is undoubtedly 
owing to their natural dislike of having water over their 
foliage, and plants under such conditions must be copiously 
syringed to counterbalance the effects of the heat 
employed in the process of ‘‘forcing.”” Now, to Lomarias 
A synonym of Siphocam- 
