1918 



LOWBERRY 



LUCUMA 



LOWBERRY. A kind of bramble berry lately 

 originated by Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Enfield, England. In 1908, the Royal Horticultural 

 Society gave it an award of merit as "a reputed cross 

 between the blackberry and the loganberry, with the 

 color of the former and the size of the latter. The fruits 

 had been ripened under glass." It is hardy in England, 

 making an annual growth of 12 to 18 feet; it is recom- 

 mended as an ornamental plant for arbors as well as 

 for fruit. Apparently it has not been thoroughly tested 

 in North America. 



The fruit is described as very large and long, jet-black 

 when ripe. The flavor resembles that of the blackberry 

 and is sweeter than the loganberry. The berries make 

 excellent jam, with fewer seeds and less cores than that 

 made from blackberries. The cultural treatment should 

 be that given the loganberry. 



LOWIARA. A generic name for a garden hybrid 

 (Stuart Low & Co., England) between Sophronitis 

 grandiflora and Brassolselia "Helen." The name fol- 

 lows the form of Linneara'and Adamara (which see). 

 The hybrid is Lowiara insignis, Rolfe. "The fls. show 

 much of the Sophronitis character, but the sepals are. 

 not widely spreading; the sepals and petals are 2J^ in. 

 long, the latter nearly 1 % in. broad, and the color dark 

 rosy salmon; the lip is 2 in. long and entire, with an 

 undulate crenulate margin, and the color rose-purple 

 with a yellowish white throat; the column is broad, 

 whitish and over H m - long." O.R. Dec., 1912. 



LOXOSCAPHE (Greek, an oblique boat). Polypodia- 

 cese. A small group of low southern hemisphere ferns 

 of doubtful relationship; by some botanists referred to 

 Asplenium, by others to Davallia. Indusium forming 

 a compressed, suborbicular or cup-shaped sac, open 

 only at the top: Ivs. with linear segms. For cult., con- 

 sult Davallia. 



theciferum, Moore (Davallia condnna, Schrad.). Lf.- 

 stalks 3-4 in. long; If.-blades 6-9 in. long, bipinnate; 

 segms. 2-3 lines long, ^ line wide. S. Amer. and Afr. 



foeniculaceum, Moore (Davallia foeniculacea, Hook.). 

 Lf. -stalks 6-8 in. long; If.-blades 9-18 in. long, quad- 

 ripinnate; segms. less than % line wide. Fiji Isls. 



L. M. UNDERWOOD. 

 R. C. BENEDICT.! 



LUCULIA (probably adapted from a native name). 

 Rubiacese. Glasshouse plants grown for the flowers. 



Two species of tender shrubs from the Himalaya and 

 Khasia Mts., bearing in winter terminal corymbs 

 sometimes a foot across, composed of 20-40 pink or 

 white, fragrant, salver-shaped fls. with 5 rounded lobes, 

 each fl. being lJ^-2 in. across. A plant of L. gratissima 

 is on record which attained 6}^ ft., bearing 24 bunches 

 of fls. each 2 ft. in circumference, beside 30 smaller 

 bunches. Calyx-tube top-shaped; lobes unequal, decid- 

 uous; stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla; 

 filaments very short; disk annular; ovary 2-celled; 

 style 2-branched: caps, almost woody, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



For house decoration, L. gratissima is one of the most 

 beautiful winter-flowering shrubs, and deserves to 

 become more popular with florists for Christmas sales. 

 The wood ripened after flowering furnishes the best 

 cuttings. Newly rooted plants require a night tempera- 

 ture of 60 at first, but the temperature should be grad- 

 ually reduced and the plants hardened off before they 

 are planted outdoors for the summer. Young plants 

 should never be allowed to get dry from the time of first 

 potting until they are taken outdoors. For potting, a 

 light soil is desirable. When the pots are well filled with 

 roots, apply liquid manure two or three times a week 

 until the buds appear. During the summer the plants 

 should be syringed daily, as they are subject to red- 

 spider. The plants should be lifted, potted and brought 



indoors the last week of August. If left out later they 

 do not set flower-buds so well. As soon as the buds 

 appear the plants should be moved to a warmer house, 

 with a night temperature of 55. After flowering, the 

 plants should be trimmed somewhat, given less water, 

 kept in a night temperature of 45 and syringed daily. 

 They start slowly, but make hardy growths for plant- 

 ing out. (George McWilliam.) 



gratissima, Sweet. In the wild a tree or spreading 

 shrub 10-16 ft. : Ivs. opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 acute at the base, 4-6 in. long: panicle decussately 

 branched; fls. pink or rose, forming a gorgeous rounded 

 mass; corolla-lobes 1 J^ in. across, imbricated in the bud; 

 stamens inserted in the tube, slightly exserted. Tem- 

 perate Himalaya, 4,000-6,000 ft. altitude. B.M. 3946. 

 G.C. III. 21 : 81 ; 43 : 12. R.H. 1843 : 385 ; 1890 : 180. 

 Gn. 35, p. 58; 41, p. 469; 55, pp. 42, 107; 59, p. 49; 78, 

 p. 623. J.H. III. 48:457; 54:459. G. 1:581; 29:671. 

 H.F.4:120. H.U. 4, p. 353. A.F. 7:443; 10:679 L. 

 speciosa, Hort., is apparently a form of this species with 

 large and deep-colored fls., and strong growth. 



L. Pincedna, Hook. Bush, 4-6 ft.: Ivs. smaller than in above, 

 elliptic-lanceolate and acuminate: fls. in a compound cyme, the 

 lobes pure white above, changing to a cream, with a rosy tinge, out- 

 side rosy and the tube red. Distinguished by the presence of 5 pairs 

 of tubercles at the base of each sinus. Khasia Mts., etc., 3,000-5,000 

 ft. B. M. 4132. Gn. 35, p. 59, and 41, p. 469. 



WILHELM MILLER. 



LUCUMA (Peruvian name of one species). Sapota- 

 ceae. A group of tropical trees and shrubs, several of 

 which are cultivated, principally in America, for their 

 edible fruits. Other well-known trees which belong to 

 the same family are the sapodilla (Achras Sapota) and 

 the star-apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito), both of which 

 resemble the lucumas in having fruits with soft, melt- 

 ing flesh of very sweet flavor. 



The genus is characterized by Ivs. more or less 

 elongate, usually broadened upward; by the imbricate 

 calyx, with lobes in 1 or 2 series; and by the tubular 

 corolla, with stamens opposite the lobes, alternating 



2213. The mamey sapote. Lucuma mammosa. (Spray X K) 



