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LIPOSTOMA campanuli flora. Stove 

 evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



LIPPIA. Tvv'o species. Stove. L. 

 dulcis, herbaceous; L. purpurea, ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Rich liglit soil. 

 LIQUIDAMBAR. Two species. 

 Hardy deciduous trees. Seed and cut- 

 tings. Common soil. 



LIQUID-MANURE is the most ad- 

 vantageous form in which fertilizers 

 can be applied by the gardener to his 

 crops. It is the most economical, most 

 prompt, and most efficient mode. The 

 manure is presented to the roots in one 

 of the only forms in which the roots 

 can imbibe food, and the manure is 

 spread regularly through the texture of 

 the soil. If, instead of digging in sta- 

 ble-manure, each crop was watered 

 occasionally with liquid-manure, the 

 produce would be finer and more 

 abundant. 



My brother, Mr. Cuthbert Johnson, 

 says, in his excellent work on " Fer- 

 tilizers:" — 



" I have often employed with decided 

 effect, in my own garden, for vines, 

 peach, and standard apple-trees, liquid- 

 manure, prepared either by mixing one 

 part by weight jf cow-dung with four 

 parts of water, or the collected drain- 

 age of the stable and cow-house. It 

 has been found advantageous to plants 

 cultivated in stoves to apply even a 

 liquid-manure, composed of six quarts 

 of soot to a hogshead of water; and al- 

 though this is a very unchemical mix- 

 ture, yet it has been found by Mr. 

 Robertson to be peculiarly grateful and 

 nourishing to pines, causing them to 

 assume an unusually deep healthy 

 green ; and, for stoved mulberry, vine, 

 peach, and other plants, the late Mr. 

 Knight, of Downton, employed a liquid- 

 manure, composed of one part of the 

 dung of domestic poultry and four to 

 ten parts of water, with the most excel- 

 lent result." — Johnson on Fertilizers. 



Guano Liquid Manure. — Ten gallons 

 of water will readily dissolve, or keep 

 suspended in a state of minute division, 

 about 50 lbs. weight of guano. When 

 applied to plants, not more than five 

 ounces should be added to that quantity 

 of water. If it be made stronger, it 

 injures or kills the plants to which it is 

 applied. 



SAeep's-dMng', ifemploved for making 



liquid manure, should be a peck to thir- 

 ty gallons. 



When cow-dung is used, boiling wa- 

 ter should be first poured upon it, as it 

 is apt to be full of destructive larvai. 



Sulphate of Ammonia, and any other 

 salt of ammonia, must not be used more 

 than a quarter of an ounce to each gal- 

 lon. 



LIQUORICE. Glycyrrhiza glabra, 

 is only admitted into the garden for ils 

 pharmaceutical properties. 



Soil and Situation. — It thrives best 

 in a rich light soil, two or three feet 

 deep, which should be trenched com- 

 pletely to the bottom before planting. 

 W'hen manure is added, it should be 

 regularly mixed throughout the texture 

 of the soil. In shallow or poor ground 

 it will not succeed: the situation can- 

 not be too open. 



Time and Mode of Planting. — It is 

 propagated by cuttings of the side-roots, 

 which spring from the crown of the 

 plants, and run horizontally just beneath 

 the surface, which may be planted in 

 January, February, or early in March. 

 Each set should be about two inches 

 beneath the surface. The only cultiva- 

 tion they require is to be frequently 

 hoed, to keep them clear of weeds 

 throughout their growth ; and in autumn 

 the decayed stalks to be cut down, and 

 the earth stirred between the rows. 



The roots are not fit for use until of 

 three or four years' growth. The sea- 

 son for taking them up is December, 

 January, or February. A trench must 

 be dug regularly along each row, quite 

 down to the extremity of the principal 

 roots, which descend two feet and 

 more. 



LIRIODENDRON tulipifera, and one 

 variety L. T. obtusifolia. Hardy decidu- 

 ous tree. Seed. Rich light loam. 



LISIANTHUS. Eight species. Stove 

 plants, evergreen, herbaceous, and an- 

 nual. Seed or cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



L. Russellianus is a half-hardy bien- 

 nial. Mr. Cuthill, of Denmark Hill, 

 near London, is its most successful cul- 

 tivator; and the directions given by 

 him, with some other suggestions, arc 

 as follow : — 



Sow the first week of March in a 

 forty-eight pot. Fill the pot very firmly 

 with a compost of loam, and leaf-mould 

 or peat, in equal proportions, mixed 

 with a little sand ; over the compost 



