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LOGANBERRY 



LOMATIA 



mels and burns easily. I'hc wliolosalo (irico for the 

 dritxl pn.Hiuct is at the iiroscnt time about '2S cents a 

 jK>un>l. Tho borrii's ilrv down to aliout oni>-fifth, so 

 that a twcnty-tivc-iHUUui crate will produce five iiounds 

 of dritnl fruit, altlunipli the percentajic of tln' dried 

 fruit to the fresh fruit will var\- considerably. The first 

 few piekinjis drv <iown more than those wliich come 

 later, and shovdd there be hea^■y rains the berries jirow 

 ver\' hirjje suid luscious but contain relatively nK)re 

 water. It costs rouphly about a cent a pound to dry the 

 berries, although the commercial evaporators are 

 ehiirpinp about 3 cents for each dried pound. After 

 drying, the berries jvre allowed to .-iweat and are handled 

 alxjut the same way as blackiap rxsjiherries. They ;u"e 

 then packtxl in boxes which liold either twenty-five or 

 fifty pounds each. 



Since the prvme and the loganberry grow on similar 

 soils successfully and both can be evaporated in the 

 same (h'ier, there are a number of growers who are coin- 

 bining these two crops. Thus a greater revenue is 

 derived from the money investwi in the evaiiorators. 

 Loganberries come into beiiring the second year and 

 bciir lieavily the third, wliile the prune bears some the 

 fifth ye;ir but not heavily imtil tlie seventh. The 

 average evaporator will cost about .f'ijCKK) and such a 

 building can handle the product of 40 acres. 



As yet the loganberry is sold only in the United 

 States. No attempt has been made to sentl it to foreign 

 countries. This is due to the fact that the growers have 

 not been able to satisfy the buyers who come to them. 

 The future for this berry appears to be promising, the 

 indications being that it will be many years before the 

 demand can be satisfied. C. L Lewis. 



LOGANIA (James Logan, Governor of Pennsylvania 

 in Coloni.ol times). Loganiace«. About 20 herbs and 

 shrubs of Austral, and ])robably 1 in New Zeal., with 

 mostly small white or flesh-colored more or less imper- 

 fect fls. Lvs. opposite: corolla campanulate or the tube 

 cylintlrieal, the lobes 4 or 5; stamens 4 or .'5, inserted in 

 the tube; ovary 2-cellcd, becoming an ovoid or globular 

 or oblong dehiscent caps. The loganias are seldom 

 cult. They probably retjuire the treatment of other 

 coolhouse Australian things. L. florilnitula, R. Br., is 

 an erect shrub with lanceolate or linea^r lvs. and white 

 fls., of which the females are usually smaller than the 

 males, in axillary short cymes or panicles. L.B.C. 

 12:11 18. L. latifblia, R. Br., is an erect shrub or under- 

 shrub, often glaucous, with brojully obovate to oblong- 

 elliptic lvs. and white fls. in dense terminal cymes. 

 Both species grow about 3 or 4 ft. high. 



LOISELEURIA (after J. C. A. Loiseleur-Deslong- 

 champs, physician and botanist in Paris, 1774-1849). 

 Syn., Chanutl'cdon, Cliarnucixtus. ETicticew. A procum- 

 bent hardj' evergreen shrub with very small, mostly 

 opposite, closely s(;t, entire lvs., and with small, 

 jisually rose-colored fls. in terminal, few-fid. umbels. 

 A single specits in the subarctic regions and high 

 mountains of the northern hemisphere, allied to Kalmia 

 and L<dophyllum, but calyx .')-j)arted, nearly ;ik long as 

 the bell-shapwl corolla, stamens 5, with the anthers 

 opening lengthwise and caps. 2-3-celled. Well adapted 

 for rockcrif-s, forming depressed tufts, but not easy to 

 grow and rarely cult. It grows best in a sunny or |)artly 

 sha/led position in a porous, Jieaty and sandy soil, 

 which is well drainefl and has a constant but moderati- 

 siipply of moisture. Proj). by sewls treated like those of 

 rhododendron or ?)y cuttings of half-rijjened wood under 

 glass. L. proctimbens, Desv. (Amlca procumbenn, 

 Linn. CfuimadnbM j/rocumbenx, Kuntze). Only a few 

 inchra high, rjuite glabrous: lvs. pc'tioled, oval U> nar- 

 row-oblong, revolute at the margin, about 14m- long: 

 fls. 1-5, on rather short pedicels, pink or whitish, .about 

 Kin. across. July, Aug. L.B.C. 8:762. (i.C. 111. 

 53:343. Alfred Rehder. 



LOLIUM (the ancient Latin name). Graminex. 

 D,\KNKi,. Uyk-(;rass. Tufted grasses with flat blades 

 and slender spikes. 



8pikelets several-fid., sessile, placed edgewise on 

 opposite sides of a zigzag axis. Includes about 6 

 species of Old World gras.ses, 2 of which are intro. in 

 tlie eiustcrn states and are familiar fodder grasses of 

 the same region. Perennial rye-grass was probably 

 the first pasture grass to be cult, in (ireat Britain, 

 and is grown there yet to a considerable extent, where it 

 is said to occupy the same relative position of impor- 

 tance that timothy does here. A weedy species, L. 

 hmukntum, re])Uted to be poisonous to cattle, is sup- 

 posed to be the "tares" of Scrijiture. It is the darnel, 

 although that name is .sometimes, liut perhaps erro- 

 neously, applied to other si)ecies. Our 2 cult, species 

 are short-lived ])erennials or the second scarcely more 

 than an annual, not to be recommended for perma- 

 nent pasture or lawn, but< are frequently employetl for 

 hay or annual pasture. They are successful only in the 

 moist regions of the eastern states. Seed sown in 

 autumn or early spring, 25-30 lbs. to the acre. Rye- 

 grass is often sown in lawn mixtures to give a quick 

 covering to the soil, especially in large expanses such 

 as parks and public grounds. It is replaced gradually 

 by other constituents of the mixture that are more 

 permanent. Theloliums are agricultural grasses, scarcely 

 grown for ornament or as garden plants. 



perenne, Linn. Perennial Rye-Grass. One to 3 ft. 

 high, with shining lvs. and slender spike, 4-10 in. long: 

 spikelets 8-l(J-fld., awnless or only short-awned. Dept. 

 Agric, Div. Agro.st. 7:301. 



multifldrum, Lam. (L. ildlicum, A. Br.). Italian 

 Rye-Gras.s. Regarded by many as a variety of the 

 preceding. Differs chiefly in having longer awns to 

 the florets. Ibid 302. — This form of rye-grass is com- 

 mon on the Pacific Coast as a weed in open ground. 

 It is there often called Australian rye-grass. 



A. S. Hitchcock. 



LOMARIA (Greek, loma, a forage). Polypodiacex. 

 h. generic name for a group of ferns, sometimes recog- 

 nized as distinct from Blechnum, to which they are here 

 referred. The species of ferns classed as Lomaria in 

 Cyclopedia of American Horticulture have been referred 

 to Blechnum in the present edition as follows: L. ciliata 

 =B. Moorei, C. Chr. ; L. lanceolata, Spreng. ==B. lanceo- 

 latum, Sturm, L. discolor, \\i\ld. =B. discolor, Keys; L. 

 gibha, Labill.=ii. gibbiim, Mett.; L. Boryana, Willd.= 

 B. labulare, Kuhn; L. sjncant, Desv. = /i. syicanl, With- 

 ers; L. nipponica, Kunze=it. spicant var.; L. costari- 

 cerasis = Plagiogyria; L. procera, Spren^.^ Blechnum 

 capense, Schlecht., in Trop. Amer., Afr., New Zeal., 

 etc.: rhizome short and stout, often woody, erect or 

 prostrate: fronds many, 1-4 ft. or even to 10 ft. and 

 more; pinna; usually very numerous, 12 in. or less 

 long, the margins minutely toothed. Variable. Var. 

 chilensis (Kaulfuss) is sometimes mentioned in horti- 

 cultural literature. G. 36:45. 



A recent monograph on this group of ferns recognizes 

 it as a distinct genus, but under the generic name 

 Struthiopteris which is considered to take precedence 

 of Lomaria. R. C. Benedict. 



LOMARIOPSIS: StcnochUma. 



LOMATIA (from Greek word for edge, alluding to the 

 winged seeds). Prolmccir. About a dozen shrubs and 

 trees in Australia and Tasmania, and in Chile, little 

 known in cultivation, a very few of which are in the 

 trade. They are coolhouse subjects, and suitable for 

 the open in the warmer parts, grown primarily for the 

 h.andsojne dentate, pinnate or pinnatifid foliage. They 

 rctjuire the general treatment of the Australian cool 

 gre(!nhouse things; propagated by well-ripened cut- 

 tings. 



Leaves variable, alternate, from entire to toothed 



