LAGEESTRCEMIA 



and white forms. It can be prop, readily by cuttings of 

 the ripe wood. In the N., the plants may be lifted in 

 the fall and kept in a cellar. In spring they may be 

 planted out, or flowered under glass. The Crape Myrtle 



blooms continuously for 2 or 3 months, beginning in 

 June in the Gulf states. The bark is smooth, as if 

 polished. Several named vars. 



Flos-Beglnae, Retz. Tree. 50-60 ft., with elliptic or 

 long-lanceolate obtuse Ivs. 4-8 in. long: panicle large: 

 fls. 2-3 in. across, varying from rose to purple from 

 morning to evening, the calyx grooved, the petals erose- 

 wavy: capsule 1 in. or more long. India. G.C. III. 

 15:77. — A noble plant in tropical India; also int. in S. 

 Calif. In the Old World sometimes grown under glass. 

 L. H. B. 



LAGUNABIA (named for its resemblance to Lagunsea, 

 which is now considered a section of Hiliiscus and com- 

 memorates a Spanish botanist, Andres de Laguna, 1494 

 or H!i!Hr.i;n. physician to Pope Julius III.). Malvdcea:. 



( iiM- -1 ii ~. ;iii Australian tree cult, outdoors in S. Calif. 



aii'l inii - 111 Europe. It has large, pale rose fls. like 



ililii-rii>, :;' _ in. aero5s,with 5 spreading lobes, a column 

 ot" sT;iiiH_iis uit'l a 5-lobed shield-shaped stigma. It dif- 

 fers from Hibiscus in having no bractlets or only 3, 

 while Hibiscus usually has 5 or more. Lvs. entire, 

 scurf y-tomentose : fls. axillary; calyx 5-toothed: ovary 

 5-celled. 



Patersonii, c. Ii-n. aImhu ij it lii-1', -pi.ttc.l l.rown 



on truuli :in.l l.r.u . ,. - ^ ■ • , i' :: m. lung, 



dark gri-i-]i ;il..n I , ■. ::■■'■ - ; . .1 iini'l.- P.. in. 



outside. B..M. 



LAG'&RITS (Greek, logos, a hare; onra, a tail). Gra- 

 minew. H.4RE's-tail Grass. Contains a single species, 

 native of the Mediterranean region, and cultivated for 

 ornament, the small white heads being used for dry bou- 

 quets. Spikelets 1-fld., aggregated in a close panicle, 

 forming an ovoid head; scarious empty glumes persis- 

 tent and clothed with tine woolly hairs. Flowering glume 

 with a dorsal awn. A hardy annual. Seeds sown in fall 

 and plants set out in spring. 



ovitus, Linn. Culms about 1 ft. high, in bunches : lvs. 

 and sheaths downy. R.H. 1890, p.488. V. 3: 217 and 247. 

 A. S. Hitchcock. 



LAMAKCKIA (J. B. Lamarck,1744-1829, distinguished 

 French naturalist, and author of the Lamarckian phi- 

 losophy of organic evolution). Gi-iniinf:i. ('i.litiiiiis a 

 single species, native from Medit. 11:1111:111 i-.-i.in i.i 

 Afghanistan, and introduced in Ciilil.ii mki. An "111:1 

 mental annual grass, often cultivjii.d imih r ili" ii:tiin' ut' 



,'ed 



iu the 



the spring, ur better in thf fall and [.hiui 

 spring. 



ailrea, Moench. Culms 6-12 in. high. R.H. 1890, p. 546. 

 A. S. Hitchcock. 



LAMBKILL. Kalmia a»gustifoUa. 



LANDRETH 



875 



cave, and the lower one 3-lobed: stamens 4, in 2 pairs, 

 ascending under the upper lip: fls. in axillary or termi- 

 nal whorls, often rather showy: lvs. opposite, mostly 

 crenate-dentate and petiolate; calyx awl-toothed. Not 

 to be confounded with Xi-inta. 



Lamiums are diftu-e iii.i-ily iiiili.srcnt or hairy herbs, 

 commonly decumbent ;it tlic i.:i~.- iiiid often almost trail- 

 ing. Thev are of tin- ■ ii^ii ~i .nlnirc in any open soil. 

 Useful for ro,-kw..ik. Tli.' ruli. kin.l-i an- perennial, 

 and are commciiily iin.]i:i-:iiril li> (li\isi"M. 



maculMum, Linn. ( /.. iili,n,i, mnl /.. /lufin'n-.inn, Hort., 

 not Linn. L. ru n. ^ii'i/mu , Hnrt.l. Srr;i;^i,Ming or half- 

 trailing herb, the tips ascending, slightly hairy: lvs. 

 long-petioled (except the uppermost), cordate-ovate, 

 blunt, round-toothed: fls. 1 in. long, ascending in the 

 clusters, the upper lip strongly arched or hooded, the 

 tube 2-3 times longer tliaii tlif calyx, hairy within. Eu. 

 — Flowers usually purpli- red. tint v.nnetinies varying to 

 white (when it is known :i. /.. ,,11. ,,,11. tuit the L.'album 

 of botanists is a ditl'in nt plmit. having poiuted and 

 sharp^oothedlv.s.). The lvs. ar.-uMmlly whitish blotched 

 along the midrib (var. varie;i<ili(iii ), and in this form 

 it is common about old gardens, trailing in the waste 

 places. The plant is also run wild. L. purpureum of 

 the botanists is annual. 



erioc^phalum, Benth. Stem much branched, glabrous : 

 lower lvs. long-stalked, puberulent, small, orbicular, 

 somewhat incise-crenate : floral lvs. larger, deeply 

 toothed, sessile or nearly so: calyx villous; corolla 3-4 

 times longer than the calyx, straight, purple. Taurus.— 

 Said by some to be annual. 



Gale61)dolon, Crantz, of Europe, with yellow fls. and 

 sometimes with yellowish foliage, is cult, in the Old 

 World, but it has not appeared in the Amer. trade. 



L. H. B. 



LAMPEOCOCCUS. See ^chmea. 



LANDRETH, DAVID, founder of the oldest seed- 

 house in America, was born in 17.')2 at Haggerston, North- 

 umberland county, England. He came to America late 

 in the eighteenth century, making Philadclpliia his home, 

 and establishing there, in 1784, a nursery ini.l -.■..1 luisi- 

 ness. Its location, on what was then kimwn :,~ IliL^h 

 street, is now covered by the building i.'ln uml rJ12 

 Market street. The raising of trees ami pi-mIu,!imii uf 

 seeds were conducted on land ivir l-^ , i^ nn nhuly on a 

 tract at Twelfth and Filbert stiii 1- II i i-i:ility prov- 

 ing too contracted for the pui]- 1 1 1 \ and seed 

 grounds were removed in 17>'i 1 then con- 

 sidered far out of town, the pliM ' . h'-i 11 I'l ing not far 

 distant from the site of the pn-s< nt arsenal. 



The subject of the present sketch, the yaimger David 

 Landreth '( Plate X ) , was born in Philadelphia in 1802. 

 When of suitable age he entered actively into his father's 

 business, which had considerably extended in Philadel- 

 phia, while a branch house had been opened in Charles- 

 ton, S. C. The young man's early duty was that of 

 manager of this Charleston branch. Of the Charleston 

 business, it will sufftce here to say that it continued till 

 till- .ra of the civil war, when it came to a sudden end 

 ii\ 111. :nt of the Confederate States District Court.which 

 r>niiUr:ii, a the real estate and merchandise alike, on 



The younger David Landreth, in 1828, succeeded his 

 father "as proprietor of the well-estaldished and thriv- 

 ing business in Philadelphia, a business which was to 

 . remain highly prosperous for half a century afterwards 

 under his fostering care. His tiinc, h.iwiv.r. was not 

 wholly occupied with the detaJN m1' Imsini ss. but was 

 turned at an early age towar.N tin- lit.nnture of hus- 

 bandry and to enterprises of imblic iuttrest. Among 

 the latter may be mentioned the Philadelphia Horticul- 

 tural Society, of which, in 1827, he was one of the 

 founders and a vice-president, and in 1828 was elected 

 corresponding secretary, which office he held for seven 



