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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 stable- 

 manure, each crop was watered occasionally with liquid- 

 manure, the produce would be finer and more abundant. 



" 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 of cow-dung with four parts of water, or the 

 collected drainage 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 although this is a 

 very unchemical mixture, 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 stove, 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 excellent result." Johnson on Fertilisers. 



Guano Liquid-manure. Ten gallons of water will 

 readily dissolve, or keep suspended in a state of minute 

 division, about 50 Ib. 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. 



Sheep's-dung, if employed for making liquid-manure, 

 should be a peck to thirty gallons. 



When cow-dung is used, boiling water should be first 

 poured upon it, as it is apt to be full of destructive larvae. 



Sulphate of ammonia, and any other salt of ammonia, 

 must not be used more than a quarter of an ounce to 

 each gallon. 



The rule applicable to all these liquid-manures is 

 Give it weak, and often. 



LIQUIRI TIA OFFICINA'LIS and L. OFFICINA RUM. 



See GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA. 



LIQUORICE. Glycyrrhi'za. 



LIRIODE'NDRON. Tulip-tree. (From lirion, a lily, 

 and dendron, a tree. Nat. ord. Magnoliads [Magnoliaceae]. 

 Linn. i$-Polyandria, 6-Polygynia.) 



Hardy deciduous tree, with yellow and red flowers, 

 from North America. Generally by seeds, which, if 

 sown in the autumn, usually come up the succeeding 

 spring, but if sown in spring, generally remain a year in 

 the ground ; varieties by layers, grafting, and budding ; 

 deep, rich, loamy soil. 

 L. tulipi'fera (tulip- bearing). 60. June. 1663. 



au'reo-margina'ta (golden-edged). Leaves varie- 

 gated with yellow. 



,, chine'nsis (Chinese). 



,, ,, conto'rta (twisted). 



fastigia'ta (upright). Habit of the Lombardy 

 Poplar. 



,, ,, obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). 60. June. 1663. 



LTRIOPE. (Liriope, a mythological nymph. Nat. 

 ord. Haemodoraceje.) 



Evergreen herb, hardy in the milder parts of the 

 country. Divisions. Loam, peat, and sand, when 

 grown in pots. 



L. graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). See L. SPICATA. 

 ,, spica'ta (spiked). i. Blue. Autumn. China ; 

 Cochin-China. 1821. 



LISIA'NTHUS. (From lusts, dissolution, and anthos, a 

 flower ; the bitter principle is used as a tonic and febri- 

 fuge. Nat. ord. Gentianaceae.) 



Seeds in spring, in a hotbed, and cuttings of shrubby 

 kinds in sandy soil, under a bell-glass ; sandy loam and 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 8o e ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 Young plants raised in heat one year, and safely kept 

 over the winter in a cool stove or a warm greenhouse, 

 and potted in spring, will bloom beautifully in summer. 



STOVE ANNUALS. 



L. acuta'ngulus (acute-angled). 6. Yellow. July. Peru. 

 1820. Biennial. 



ala'tus (winged), ij. White. July. Mexico. 1824. 



angustifo'lius (narrow- leaved). Green. May. Vene- 

 zuela. 



L. erythrope'nsis (red). See EUSTOMA RUSSELLIANUM. 

 grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). 3. Yellow. June. 



Trinidad. 1818. Biennial. 

 Ku'nthii (Kunth's). See L. ANGUSTIFOLIUS. 

 (Erste'dii (CErsted's). See L. ALATUS. 

 russellia'nus (Duke of Bedford's). See EUSTOMA 



RUSSELLIANUM. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 

 L. cordifo'lius (heart-leaved). See LEIANTHUS LONGI- 



FOLIUS. 



glaucifo'lius (milky-green-leaved). See EUSTOMA 



SILENIFOLIUM. 



,, latifo'lius (broad-leaved). See LEIANTHUS LATIFOLIUS. 

 longifo'lius (long-leaved). See LEIANTHUS LONGI- 



FOLIUS. 

 Ophiorrhi'za (snake-root). See METTERNICHIA PRIN- 



CIPIS. 



Pri'nceps (chief). 4. Crimson. New Grenada. 1849. 

 pu'lcher (beautiful). 5. Scarlet. New Grenada. 



1846. 

 sple'ndens (shining). Red. June. New Grenada. 



1846. Trailer. 

 ,, umbella'tus (umbelled). See LEIANTHUS UMBELLATUS. 



LISSA'NTHE. (From lissos, smooth, and anthos, a 

 flower. Nat. ord. Epacrids [Epacridaceae]. Linn. 5- 

 Pentandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Leucopogon.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with white flowers, and 

 all from Australia. Cuttings of the points of shoots in 

 April and May, in sand, under a bell-glass; chiefly 

 sandy, fibrous peat. Temp., 40 to 45, when resting 

 and flowering ; a higher temperature and a closer 

 atmosphere, when making their wood, after flowering 

 and pruning. 



L. cilia' ta (hair- fringed). See BRACK YLOMA CILIATUM. 

 ,, daphnoi'des (Daphne-like). See BRACHYLOMA DAPH- 



NOIDES. 



,, sa'pida (savoury). 4. June. 1824. 

 ,, stella'ta (starry). See BRACHYLOMA DAPHNOIDES. 

 ,, strigo'sa (bristly). 3. June. 1824. 

 subula'ta (awl-shaped). See L. STRIGOSA. 

 verticilla' ta (whorled). See LEUCOPOGON VERTICIL- 

 LATUS. 



LISSOCHI LUS. (From lissos, smooth, and cheilos, a 

 Up. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Liun. 2o-Gynan- 

 dria, i-Monandria. Allied to Cyrtopera.) 



Stove orchids. Division in spring, when fresh growth 

 commences and potting takes place; fibrous peat, a 

 little fibrous loam, dried leaf-mould, and plenty of drain- 

 age. Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; winter, 55 to 60*. 

 L. Anderso'ni (Anderson's), if. Sulphur-yellow ; lip 



white, with purple keels. Gold Coast. 1910. 

 arena 'rius (sand). Green, purple- brown, mauve- 

 purple, yellow. Trop. Africa. 1898. 

 ,, crista'tus (crested). Uganda. 



dile'ctus (select). 2-3. Rose, purple. Congo. 1886. 

 gigante'us (giant). 3-4. Lilac, yellow, purple. 



Trop. Africa. 1888. 

 Gra'ffi (Graeff's). 3-4. Green, brown, yellow. Trop. 



Africa. 1899. 

 ,, grant' ticus (granitic). 3-4. Golden-yellow, violet. 



Abyssinia. 1894. 

 Horsfa'llii (HorsfalTs). Purple-brown, white. Trop. 



Africa. 1865. 

 Kre'bsii (Kreb's). 2. Green, purple, yellow. Natal. 



1867. 



,, pa'llida(pale). Colours much paler. 

 purpu'rea (purple). Dark green, maroon-purple, 



bright yellow. S. Africa. 1885. 

 lu'teus (yellow), i$. Yellow. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1822. 

 Maho'ni (Mahon's). 6-8. Green, brown, rosy-pink, 



yellow. Uganda. 1905. 

 parviflo'rus (small-flowered), i. Pale red. December. 



Algoa Bay. 1822. 

 purpura'tus (purple). 2-4$. Rose and purple. 



Trop. Africa. 1903. 



fo'scus(rosy). Rose. February. Sierra Leone. 1841. 

 Sanderso'ni (Sanderson's). 5-6- Green, white, 



mauve-purple. Natal. 1885. 

 specio'sus (showy). 2. Yellow. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1818. 



