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or oflener in the course of the autumn, 

 so as to require a twenty-four sized pot 

 about March, make good green-house 

 plants for the same season. Planted 

 out at the same time as other naif- 

 hardies, in a shaded situation, it also 

 makes a good bed for the flower-garden, 



green tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and 

 peat. Little water. 



LOPHOSPERMUM. Three species. 

 Half-hardy evergreen climbers. Cut- 

 tings. Rich light loam. 



LOPIMIA malacophylla. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Young cuttings. Rich 



putting a stirt", branchy pea-stake to ! light soil. 



each plant for it to run upon. But it LOQ U AT. Eriohotrya japonica. 



best unfolds its beauty upon a north The following are the best directions 



wall, planted out in a rich, light soil, 



with four or more pieces of line to 



each plant for the shoots to climb." — 



Card. Chron. 



LOAVINCt. See Heading. 



LOBELIA. Eighty-four species, i be rejected if they have not been graft- 

 Chiefly hardy and green-house herba- ed on the common mespilus gcrmanica, 

 ceous plants. Some, however, are an- , or some other nearly allied genius.'* 



ve have for its cultivation: — 



" Light sandy loam, which is na- 

 turally rich, suits the loquat well. 

 Young plants may be purchased of the 

 London nurserymen ; but they should 



nual, and others require the heat of a | 



They may be propagated by seeds 



stove. Herbaceous are propagated by ' or layers ; but if so raised, they must be 

 division; shrubby by cuttings; annuals afterwards grafted. They may be plant- 



Sandy loam and peat suit 

 See Animal 



by seed, 

 them all. 



LOBSTER-SHELLS 

 Matters. 



LOCUST-TREE. Hymenma. 



LODDIGESIA oxalidifolia. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy 

 loam and peat. 



LOMATIA. Five species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sand 

 and peat. 



LONCHITES. Two species. Stove 

 ferns. Division. Turfy loam and peat. 



LONCHOCARPUS. Nine species. 

 Stove evergreen trees. Young cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



ed six or eight feet apart in the house ; 

 but when they become too crowded 

 every alternate plant should be re- 

 moved on small hillocks of earth cor- 

 responding with the size of the plants, 

 which, as they advance in growth, may, 

 trom time to time, have fresh earth 

 added to their roots until the border is 

 filled level. Care must be taken, whilst 

 the plants are young, to make them 

 produce the requisite quantity of 

 branches close to the graft, by shorten- 

 ing the shoots, or by pinching off the 

 tips. 



" The loquat is half-hardy ; and it 

 will therefore be necessary to keep a 



LONGCHAMPSIA capiUifoUa. little fire in the house in winter, to p're- 



Hardy annual. Seed 



LONDON-PRIDE 

 brosa. 



LONICERA. Honeysuckle 



Common soil. 



vent the frost from injuring the plants. 

 Saxifraga um- \ The trees bloom naturally at that sea- 

 son ; but in this respect are almost at 

 Eigh- i the command of the gardener. They 



teen species. Hardy deciduous shrubs may be forced into bloom in autumn ; 



and twiners. Cuttings in autumn. Com- 

 mon soil. 



LOOKING-GLASS TREE. Heri- 

 tiera. 



LOOSESTRIFE. Lysimachia. 



LOPEZIA. Six species. Hardy an- 

 nuals and green-house biennials. All 

 require to be raised in a hot-bed ; the 

 annuals to be removed to a south 

 border, and the others to the green- 

 house. 



LOPHANTHUS. Five species. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division 

 and cuttings. Common soil. 



LOPHIOLA aurea. Hardy herbace- 

 ous. Division. Damp peat soil. 



LOPHIRA africana. Stove ever- 



or, by keeping the house very cool in 

 I winter, their blooming may be retarded 

 , until spring. 



I " The temperature, during the grow- 

 j ing seasons, may correspond with that 

 I which is given to the peach when 

 forced. 



" When the fruit is gathered, more air 

 should be admitted into the house. In 

 autumn the sashes might be entirely re- 

 moved, for a short time, so long as there 

 is no danger of frost. 



" Though a separate house is highly 

 desirable to cultivate the loquat in, it 

 by no means follows that it will not 

 grow and fruit elsewhere. If it can be 

 accommodated with ^the back-wall of a 



