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in gentle bottom heat for the first two or three weeks, in- 

 sert immediately after cutting and water freely. 



Luffa (Dish-cloth Gourd). Cucurbitacea\ 



Seeds, sown in the open, or in the north better started in 

 pots in early spring. 



Lunaria (Honesty). Cruciferce. 



Propagated by seeds or by divisions. 

 Lupinus (Lupin). Leguminosce. 



Seeds of annuals may be sown in the open border during 

 early spring. The perennials may be increased the same 

 way, or by dividing the stronger growing plants durin g very 

 early spring. 



Lycaste. Orchideee. 



Division and pseudo-bulbs. (See also under Orchids) 



Lychnis, including Agrostemma, Viscaria. Cctryophyllecc. 



Increased readily in spring by seeds, divisions or cuttings. 



Lycium (Matrimony Vine, Box Thorn). Solanacetc. 



Increased by seeds, suckers, layers; and by cuttings 

 made in autumn or spring. 



Lygodium (Hartford Fern, Climbing Fern). Filices. 



By spores' and divisions of the root. See Ferns. 

 Lyonia. Ericacece. 



Increased by seeds, which should be sown very carefully 

 in sandy peat soil. Also by layers. 



Lysimachia (Loosestrife). Prinmlacece. 



Propagation is easily effected by seeds ; by divisions in 

 late autumn or early spring ; and by cuttings. 



Lythrum (Loosestrife). Lythrariece. 



Seeds and divisions are the usual methods. Cuttings are 

 employed for some species. 



Madura (Osage Orange). Urticacece. 



Sow seed in the spring. Soak in warm water a few days 

 before sowing. 



Madia. Composites. 

 Seeds. 



