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pine or plant-stove, with a border of 

 two or three I'eet in breadth to grow in, 

 it will succeed remarkably well. It is ' 

 far from being a tender tree, or one 

 difficult to manage, being of a robust, 

 healthy habit, and requiring but little 

 attention. 



" Some people eat the fruit before it is 

 quite ripe, at which period it has an 

 agreeable acid flavour; but to obtain a 

 luscious, melting, highly-flavoured fruit, 

 it should hang on the trees until some- 

 what shrivelled. It is probable that the 

 fruit would ripen on the back-wall of 

 some green-house, if it had plenty of 

 light and air ; at all events it is worth a 

 trial." — Gard. Ch}-on. 



LORD ANSON'S PEA. Lathyrus] 

 magcllanuits. 



LOTE. Zizyphus lotus. \ 



LOTUS. Forty species. Mostly , 

 hardy and half-hardy annual and peren- 

 nial trailers. Perennials are increased 

 by cuttings ; and the annuals by seed, 

 in any light soil. 



LOUREA. Two species. Stove bi- 

 ennials. Seed. Light rich loam. | 



LOUSEWORT. Pedicular is. \ 



LOUSE. See Aphis. \ 



LOVE-APPLE. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentuni. See Tomato. ' 



LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING, Amaran-\ 

 thus caudalus. 



LOWEA berberrifolia. Half-hardy 

 deciduous shrub. Seed and layers; 

 sandy loam and peat. Common salt 

 applied occasionally is beneficial. j 



LOZOTiENIA rosaria, is a small 

 moth, of which the caterpillar feeds 

 upon the leaves of the rose tree. Mr. 

 Curtis says, that — " The eggs are laid 

 in the summer or autumn, and hatch 

 with the opening leaves ; and the little 

 caterpillar begins at once to form a re- 

 sidence l)y drawing two or more leaflets 

 together, on which it feeds. This ope- 

 ration soon points out where the cater- 

 pillar is, and the best method wliich 

 we know of getting rid of it, is hand- 

 picking, which should be practised as 

 soon as the operation of the caterpillar 

 becomes visible." — Gard. Chron. 



LVCV LI A gratissima. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. i 



Propagation by Cuttings. — " In pro- 

 pagating this take a piece of light peat 

 and break it quite hue, add about one- 

 third of fine silver sand, mix this well 

 together, and taking some small thumb 

 pots, place one crock at the bottom of 



each pot, and fill them with the above 

 compost, about three parts full, press 

 this down in the centre of the pot, and 

 fill the remainder of the pot with silver 

 sand ; give them a good watering to 

 settle the cuttings, then take a large 

 pot and fill it half full of draining, and 

 the remainder with sand or gravel, and 

 then plunge four of the little pots in 

 this large one, and place a bell-glass 

 over them. Plunge in bottom-heat, and 

 in about a month the cuttings are rooted 

 and fit for potting off into small sixty- 

 pots ; keep them close for about a week 

 or so." 



Grafting. — Mr. Beaton grafts the 

 Luculia upon stocks of Burchellia ca- 

 pensis. — Gard. Chron. 



After-Culture. — "Drainage is abso- 

 lutely indispensable for JmcuHq. Dur- 

 ing the summer and early autumnal 

 months water should be freely supplied, 

 and the under surface of the leaves, as 

 well as the whole plant, repeatedly 

 washed with the fine rose of the syringe. 

 The general waterings must also be 

 gradually diminished in September, and 

 afterwards administered very sparingly, 

 for the fine fibrous roots are easily in- 

 jured by too much moisture. It requires 

 a much cooler treatment than it gene- 

 rally receives, and should never be 

 grown in a pot when it can be planted 

 out in a conservatory." — Gard. Chron. 



" It is not inclined to grow naturally, 

 and therefore should not be stimulated 

 in the spring and early summer. During 

 that period it sliould be kept in a green- 

 house : towards the end of May and 

 the beginning of June, it should be 

 planted out in a warm place rather 

 sheltered t'rom the sun. In August or 

 September it should be taken up and 

 repotted, and placed in a vinery or cool 

 hot-house. It will then grow vigorous- 

 ly, and form its head of blossoms, 

 which are both beautiful and fragrant, 

 and expand during the greater part of 

 the winter. It may be kept in the 

 drawing room without injury till it has 

 done flowering, and should then be re- 

 turned to the green-house." — Gard. 

 Chron. 



LUCUMA. Four species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Rich 

 sandy loam. 



LUHEA paninilata. Stove ever- 

 green climber. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



L U I S I A alpina. Stove epiphyte. 



