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an onward step towards that which in i Their roots will endure many years." 

 portions of Europe, especially in Eng- [ 

 land, gives such charm to the country, 

 and to country life. 



■Abercrombie. 

 LARREA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 



Those who wish to consult works on Loam, peat, and sand. 



Landscape Gardening and Rural Archi- 

 tecture, almost indivisible, are referred 



LASER- WORT. Thapsia lascrpetii. 

 LASIANDRA. Three species. 



to Loudon's "Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 



Farm and Villa Architecture," Lou- 

 don's "Suburban Gardener," Downing's 

 " Landscape Gardening," Downing's 

 " Cottage Residences," &c. 



LANTANA. Twenty-nine species. 



Loam, peat and sand. 



LASIOPETALUM. Two species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe 

 cuttings. Loam and peat. 



LASIOSPERMUM. Five species. 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy I Hardy evergreen trailers. Cuttings. 



loam 



LARIX. Larch. Two species, and 

 many varieties. Hardy conifers. Seed. 

 Light soil on a dry sub-soil. See Coni- 

 fer <£. 



LARKSPUR. Delphinium. 



Propagation and Culture. — The an- 

 nual sorts and varieties are sown an- 



Sandy loam. 



LASTHENLA. Two species. Har- 

 dy annuals. Seeds sown in autumn. 

 Common soil. 



LATANIA. Three species. Stove 

 palms. Seed. Rich loam, abundantly 

 watered. 



LATERALS, or side shoots, are 



nually in September or October, or , those which spring from the sides of 

 early in spring, in patches where the I the main branches, and are thus de- 

 plants are to flower — for they do not scribed in contradistinction to the ter- 

 succeed by transplantation — observing, , minal or leading shoots of the branches, 

 that those of the autumn sowing grow [ The laterals on the lower branches, like 

 stronger, flower earlier, and the flowers i those branches themselves, are usually 

 are generally larger and more durable ' longer as they approach the base of the 



tree, because they extend to obtain the 

 benefit of the light kept from them by 

 the branches above. If unable thus to 

 extend, as in the case of inner trees of 

 those planted in clumps, the laterals 

 die, and occasion the denudation of 



than the spring-sown plants. It is, 

 however, proper to sow some in spring, 

 in February or March, to continue a 

 longer succession of bloom. 



" Dig with a trowel small patches, 

 about nine inches diameter, in diff*erent 

 parts of the borders towards the middle, I their trunks. If the terminal shoot be 



as also in the t'ronts of the shrubbery 

 clumps; and in each such patch sow 

 eight, ten, or twelve seeds a quarter of 



cut away, the laterals increase more in 

 length, not only because more sap is 

 thus afforded them, but because an ex- 



an inch deep ; and when the plants are [ tra effort is made to advance into the 

 an inch or two high, thin those of the ' desired degree of light, 

 unbranched sorts to about six or eight I LATHYRUS. Fifty-four species, 

 n each patch, and of the branched Chiefly hardy perennial climbers, among 



which is the Everlasting Sweet Pea : 

 but many are annuals. Seed. Com- 

 mon soil. 



LATTREL. Lauru.s. 

 LAUREL CHERRY. Cerasus lau- 

 ro-rerasus. 



LAURESTINUS. Viburnum tinus. 

 LAURUS. Twenty-five species. 



kinds to three or four in each place, 



which is all the culture they require. 



But when intended to show in beds by 



themselves, they are commonly sown 



in drills, forming them lengthwise, the 



beds a foot asunder, and half an inch 



deep. The unbranched kinds are the 



best adapted for this mode of culture. 



" The perennial sorts are also raised j Hardy, green-house and stove, some 



plentifully from seeds sown in autumn ! evergreen, others deciduous. Thisge- 



or spring, in a bed or border of com- j nus includes the laurel, bay, benzoin, 



mon earth, for transplantation when and sassafras trees. Layers and cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam. 



Pruning. — The best month for prun- 

 ing the common laurel, and probably 

 the whole of the evergreens of thia 

 genus, is April. 



the plants come up. Hand-weed ther 

 occasionally, and thin them to three or 

 four inches distance, to remain till Oc- 

 tober or November; then plant them 

 out where they are to remain to flower. 



