200 PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



KALMIA Continued 



GRAFTING. Kalmia latifoUa varieties are side grafted on seedlings 

 in greenhouse. 



Most American nurserymen collect plants from the wild. 

 KERRIA. Corchorus. Globe Flower. 



*CurriNGS. Young wood under glass in Summer, also hard wood. 

 KXELREUTERIA. Varnish Tree. Bladder Pod. 

 SEEDS. Produced freely. Stratify. 

 ROOT CUTTINGS. Grow readily. 



LABURNUM. Golden Chain. 



SEEDS. Easy, sow in Spring. Seedling flowers are apt to be poor. 



CUTTINGS. For varieties. 



GRAFTING. Varieties and hybrids on seedling stock. 



LAYERS. 

 LAGERSTRCEMIA. Crape Myrtle. 



SEEDS. Obtain from the South. The various colors come true. 



CUTTINGS. Hard wood, except the white varieties, in April. Green 



cuttings may be made in the greenhouse in Summer. 

 ROOT CUTTINGS. Most successful method with the white variety. 

 LARIX. Larch. Tamarack. 

 *SEEDS. Keep dry during Winter. Sow in Spring. Shade seedlings. 



GRAFTING. Whip or cleft graft out of doors; veneer graft indoors. 

 This latter method is best. Use European Larch, L. europsea, 

 mostly. 

 LAURUS. Sweet Bay. Laurel. 



SEEDS. Sow as soon as ripe, then they will germinate in a few weeks. 



CUTTINGS. Half-ripe wood placed under glass in Wsrdian case. 

 LEDUM. Labrador Tea. 



SEEDS. Sow in Spring. 



LEMON. (See Orange.) 



LESPEDEZA. Bush Clover. 



SEEDS. Successful with L. bicolor. 



CUTTINGS. L. Sieboldii. Half-ripeneJ shoots in Summer. Top 



dies down in Winter. 

 LAYERS. L. (Desmodium) bicolor. In Summer. Take up in 



Autumn and protect for Winter. 

 DIVISION OF PLANTS. 



LEUCOTHOE. 



SEEDS. Sow in sphagnum moss and sand; prick off in flats, and in 



early Spring plant out of doors. 



CUTTINGS. Half-ripe wood cuttings placed in sand with bottom heat. 

 LAYERS. Underground runners. 

 LEYCESTERIA. 

 SEEDS. 

 CUTTINGS. 



LIBOCEDRUS. Incense Cedar. 

 SEEDS. Sow in Spring. 



CUTTINGS. Late Summer in greenhouse, root slowly. 

 GRAFTING. Graft on Thuya and Chamsecyparis. 



