LOVE GRASS 



LUDIA 



Early Ruby, Duke of York, Winter Beauty, Pear-shaped, 

 Cherry-shaped. Of the Yellow Sunbeam, Golden Nug- 

 get, Golden Perfection, Large Yellow, Cherry Yellow. 



Soil. Rich, light, and on a dry subsoil. Sea-weed 

 may be applied with advantage to the border on which 

 it is grown, as may kelp, or common salt in small quan- 

 tities. The situation must be sheltered. 



Sowing. Sow at the close of March or early in April, 

 in a hotbed or stove. The hotbed must be of a moderate 

 durability, earthed about six inches deep. In a hot- 

 house, sow in pots or boxes set on the flues, or round the 

 edges of the pits. 



In whatever situation, sow thin, and not buried more 

 than a quarter of an inch. The plants, when two or 

 three inches high, must be thinned to three inches apart, 

 and those removed pricked at the same distances, in a 

 similar bed to that from which they were removed. 

 Another plan more frequently pursued is to sow seeds 

 in pots or pans of light soil, and to place them in any 

 warm house with a night temperature of 55 to 60. 

 When the seedlings are 2 in. or 3 in. high they are 

 potted off singly in thumb pots, watered and shaded 

 till established. They must afterwards have plenty of 

 light to prevent drawing, and before the roots get pot 

 bound they are placed in 3 in. pots, and later on may get 

 another shift into 4$ in. pots, if the weather is too cold 

 to plant out immediately. About the end of May or 

 beginning of June they are planted out against walls, 

 fences, or in the open, 2 ft. to 3 ft. apart in the lines, 

 and 4 ft. between the lines. Water and shade during 

 midday must be afforded until they are established ; 

 and if the nights are cold during the first week or two, 

 the shelter of a hand-glass, or even of a garden-pot, 

 is advantageous. 



The training may commence as soon as the plants 

 are a foot long, and continued throughout their growth. 

 Tomatoes, whether outdoors or under glass, give most 

 satisfaction when restricted to one stem. Throughout 

 the summer clear away all lateral shoots, as well as thin 

 the leaves, so as to expose the fruit to the full influence 

 of the sun. 



The berries begin to ripen about the middle of August, 

 and continue to dp so until October, or the arrival of 

 the first frosts, which always destroy the plants. 



To obtain Seed. Some of the forwardest berries must 

 be left until perfectly ripe. It must be separated from 

 the pulp by washing, as directed for the Cucumber. 



LOVE GRASS. Eragro'stis. 

 LOVE-IN-A-MIST. Nige'lla. 

 LOVE-IN-IDLENESS. Vi'ola tricolor. 

 LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING. Amara'ntus cauda'tus. 

 LOVE-TREE. Ce'rcis Siliqua' strum. 



LOWEA. (Named after Rev. Mr. Lowe, travelling 

 Bachelor of the University of Cambridge. Nat. ord. 

 Roseworts [Rosaceae]. Linn. iz-Icosandria, 3-Trigynia. 

 Now united to Rosa.) 



L. berberifo'lia (berberry-leaved). See ROSA SIMPUCI- 

 FOLIA. 



LOW'IA. (Commemorative of Mr. H. Low, a 

 traveller and collector. Nat. ord. Scitaminaceae.) 



Stove herbs grown for their flowers and foliage. Seeds 

 and divisions. Fibrous loam, leaf-mould, some decayed 

 cow manure and sand. 

 L. longiflq'ra (long-flowered). 3. Purplish, white. Perak. 



Purple, green. 



1896. 



maxillarioi'des (Maxillaria-like). 



Malay Peninsula. 



LOXOCO'CCUS. (From loxos, slanting, and kokkos, a 

 berry ; in allusion to the shape of the fruit. Nat. ord. 

 Palmaceae.) 



A stove Palm. Seeds. Fibrous loam, with a third 

 of peat and sand. 



L. rupi'cola (rock- loving) . 20-40. Blood-red. Leaves 

 5 ft. to 6 ft. Ceylon. 1878. 



LOXOGRA MMA. (From loxos, slanting, and gramma, 



writing ; referring to the spore or seed-cases. Nat. ord. 

 Ferns [Filices]. Linn. z^-Cryptogamia, i-Filices.) 



Stove Fern. See FERNS. 

 L. lanceola' ta (spezT-head-leaved) . Yellow. May. E. Ind. 



LOXSO'MA. (From loxos, slanting or oblique, and 

 soma, a body ; in allusion to the short, oblique ring to 

 the sporangia or spore-cases. Nat. ord. Filices.) 



Greenhouse fern, with evergreen fronds. See FERNS. 

 L. Cunningha'mi (Cunningham's). i-ij. Fronds 

 leathery. New Zealand. 



LOZOTENIA 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 residence by 

 drawing two or more leaflets together, on which it feeds. 

 This operation soon points out where the caterpillar is ; 

 and the best method which we know of getting rid of it 

 is hand-picking, which should be practised as soon as 

 the operation of the caterpillar becomes visible." 



LUBI'NIA. (Named after M. St. Lubin, a French 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Primeworts [Primulaceae]. Linn. 

 5-Pentandria, i-Monogynia. United to Lysimachia.) 



L. a'tro'purpu'rea (dark purple). See LYSIMACHIA 



NUTANS. 



spathula'ta (spathulate). See LYSIMACHIA MAURITIANA. 



LU'CANUS CE'RVUS. The Stag Beetle may easily 

 be recognised by its long, bony jaws, which are toothed 

 and resemble the horns of the stag. Large numbers 

 may sometimes be seen flying amongst trees during May 

 and June evenings. They are mostly black, but some 

 are reddish-brown. The female is smaller, with shorter 

 jaws. The larvae live in decaying wood, but rarely, if 

 ever, do harm to the live wood of healthy trees. 



LUCU'LIA. (From luculi swa, the native name. Nat. 

 ord. Cinchonads [Rubiaceae]. Linn. 5-Pentandria, i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Hymenodictyon.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from the Himalayas. Cuttings 

 of the young shoots getting a little firm, about Mid- 

 summer, in sand, over sandy peat, well drained, and 

 covered with a bell-glass, set in a close pit or frame, 

 and in a fortnight supplied with a little bottom-heat ; 

 peat and loam, both fibrous, with sand and pieces of char- 

 coal to keep it open. As soon as established as a little 

 plant, which it will be by the following spring, to be 

 transferred at once to a good large pot ; a conservatory- 

 bed, however, is the place where it flourishes and shows 

 off to the best advantage, blooming in the autumn, 

 winter, and spring months. It should also be tried 

 against a conservative wall. 



L. grati'ssima (most-welcome). 9. Pink. 1823. 

 pincia'na (Pince's). 5. White. 1843. 



LUCU'MA. (The Peruvian name. Nat. ord. Sapotads 

 [Sapotaceas]. Linn. $-Pentandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Sapota.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with white flowers. Cuttings 

 of the ripe shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in heat ; 

 rich, fibrous, sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; 

 winter, 50 to 55. 

 L. Bonpla'ndia (Bpnpland's). 40. Cuba. 1822. 



delicio'sa (delicious). 25-30. Green. Colombia. 1855. 



Ha'rtii (Hart's). Trinidad. 



mammo'sa (nippled). 50. S. Amer. 1739. 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). W. Indies. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-teau&i). 40. Peru. 1822. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 40. Mexico. 1823. 



seri'cea (silky). Australia. 



LU'DIA. (From ludo, to sport ; referring to the vari- 

 ous forms of leaf of L. heterophy'lla. Nat. ord. Bixads 

 [Bixaceas]. Linn. i^-Polyandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Prockia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with yellow flowers, from 

 Mauritius. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in bottom-heat ; fibrous loam, with a 

 little peat, and dried cow-dung. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



L. heterophy'lla (various-leaved). See L. SESSILIFLORA. 

 sessiliflo'ra (stalkless-flowered). 4. July. 1820. 



