LEO 



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LET 



pan. The quantity required in hot 

 weather, nearly three gallons daily." — 

 Gard. Chron. 



LEONITOPODIUM helveticum. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Seed or division. 

 Peat. 



LEONURUS. Eight species, besides 

 varieties. Hardy perennials, biennials, 

 and annuals. Seed. Common soil. 



LEOPARD'S BANE. Doronicum. 



LEPANTHES. Two species. Stove 



LETTUCE. Lactuca sativa. 



" The Lettuce is a hardy annual, 

 introduced or cultivated in England 

 since 1562, but from what country is 

 unknown. The use of Lettuce, as a 

 cooling and agreeable salad, is well 

 known; it is also a useful ingredient in 

 soups. It contains, like the other spe- 

 cies of this genus, a quantity of opium 

 juice, of a milky nature, from which, of 

 ate years, medicine has been prepared. 



epiphytes. Offsets. Damp moss under under the title of Lactucarium, and 



a bell glass. 



L E P E C H I N I A . Two species. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



which can be administered with effect 

 in cases where opium is inadmissible. 



" The varieties are very numerous. 

 Those herein enumerated have been 



LEPIDAGATHIS cristata. Stove i selected from the many which have 

 herbaceous. Cuttings. Sandy rich come under our observation, and will 



loam. 



LEPIDIUM sativum. See Cress. 



LEPTANDRA. Two species. Har- 

 dy herbaceous. Division. Common soil. 



LEPTANTHUS gramineus. Hardy 

 aquatic. Offsets. Wet peat. 



LEPTODERMIS lanceolata. Green- 

 house shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat. 



LEPTOMERIA. Two species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and pent. 



LEPTOSIPHON. Fivespecies. 

 Hardy annuals. Seed. Peat 

 autumn and in early spring. 



LEPTOSPERMUM. Twenty-three 

 species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. 

 Cuttings and seed. Sandy loam and peat. 



LEPTOSTELMA maximum. Half- 

 hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. 

 Light rich loam. 



LEPTOTES bicolor. Stove epiphyte. 

 Division. Moss and potsherds. 



LESPEDEZA. Twelve species. 

 Chiefly hardy herbaceous, shrubby, and 



be found to suit the various seasons of 

 the year. Some varieties celebrated in 

 P^urope, are of little value here, soon 

 shooting to seed under our hot sun. 



"The Early Cabbage Lettuce is the 

 earliest; it produces a moderately sized 

 and very firm head and is known among 

 the Philadelphia market gardeners as 

 the ' butter salad.' 



" The Royal Cabbage Lettuce is a 

 very large variety, dark green, with 

 firm head, and withstands the sun bet- 

 Sow in Iter than the preceding variety, not 

 rapidly shooting to seed. 



" The Palestine is a curiously spot- 

 ted variety, produces a firm head, and of 

 fair size. 



" The India is a very fine kind, pro- 

 duces large hard heads, leaves wrinkled, 

 stands the sun remarkably well. 



" The Philadelphia Cabbage re- 

 sembles the " Royal," and is in all re- 

 spects a desirable variety. 



" The Early Curled does not head ; 



annual plants. L. cryocarpa is a green- is used principally as " cut salad." 

 house evergreen shrub, and L. glome-] " The Cos, of which there are several 

 rata a stove twiner. Annuals sow in varieties, produce conical formed heads, 

 sheltered peat. Shrubs by cuttings, very succulent and crisp; soon run to 



and herbaceous by division 

 peat 



LESSERTIA. Nine species. Green- 



In sandy Iseed ; should therefore be planted early 

 in the spring. 



" The Brown Dutch somewhat re- 



house annuals, herbaceous and shrubby sembles the eai-ly cabbage, the leaves 

 plants. Seed or cuttings. Sandy loam tinged with brown. 



and peat. 



LETHRUS cephulotes. 



" Lettuce delights in a deep, rich soil, 

 A beetle not too heavy or humid. For early 



preying upon the vine by gnawing ofl'^spring use sow about the middle of au- 



its young shoots. It is common in Hun- 

 gary, but I do not know that it has been 

 observed in England. 



LETTSOMIA tomentosa. Stove 



tumn, in some sheltered situation, as 

 the plants, or a portion of them, are lo 

 remain there during the winter, lightly 

 covered with straw or cedar brush to 



evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam protect them from extreme cold. Near 



and peat. 



|the close of autumn a planting may be 



