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Lagunaria. Malvacece. 



Seeds. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, placed under glass, 

 in a gentle heat. 



Lambertia. Proteacece. 



Increased by seeds, sown in slight heat. By cuttings, 

 made of young and rather firm shoots. 



Lantana. Verbenacece. 



Seeds, which give new varieties. Cuttings, in fall or 

 spring, from good growing wood, in sand in a warm house 

 or frame. 



Lapageria, Capia, Phaenocodon. Lihacece. 



Sow seeds when ripe in a sandy peat soil, and keep in a 

 moderate heat. Increased by layers of firm, strong shoots. 



Laportea. Urticacece. 



Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings placed in sand, in heat. 

 Lardizibala. Berberidece. 



The cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots, should be in- 

 serted in sandy soil under glass. 



Larix (Larch, Tamarack). Coniferce. 



Seeds should be kept dry over winter and planted early in 

 spring. Shade the young plants. Varieties, as the weeping 

 sorts, are worked upon common stocks. The grafting may 

 be done by the whip method, out-doors early in spring. Rare 

 sorts are sometimes veneer-grafted under glass. 



Larkspur, See Delphinium. 

 Lasiandra. Melastomacece. 



Propagated by cuttings of the growing wood under glass. 

 Lasiopetalum. Sterculiacece. 



Seeds. Make cuttings in spring of the half-ripened wood, 

 and insert in sand, under glass. 



Latania. See Livistona. 



Lathyrus (Sweet Pea, Vetchling). Leguminosce. 



Seeds, sown very early in the open. The perennials also 

 by seeds, sometimes by division. 



Lattice-leaf. See Ouvirandra. 

 Latua. Solanacece. 



Propagated by cuttings, placed in sand under glass. 



