LIME 923 



Lilium tiqrinum. Turban L., Lilium pomponium. 



Turk's Cap L., /Jliion Mitrl,ui;,i. Water L., Ni/mph(jBa. 

 White L., Liluon cundidum. 



LILY-OF-THE-PALACE. JTippeastrum auUcum. 

 LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. Convallaria majalis. 



LIMATODES (iT'^l'^il'ly fn.iii tlir i-.m-k for meadow, 

 rrl'.-rrin^- 1" iIh- Ij.il.iiai .iT iIh- |.|;iii1s). OrchidAcece. 

 Siinilar to ( 'Mlaiiili.', Imt tlir N|ii]ric(l labellum is not 

 adiiati- to til.- iMliniiii l>iii ilov,.ly wra]ipi'(i around it. In 

 Phajus, and in (.^alantliu also, tlie Ivs. are not articulated 

 to the stem and therefore wither on the plant instead of 

 falling. 



Attt-r restiii? season of Liniatodos is over, say from 



ii i . :. li" rature 70" to yo". Do not water till roots 

 III. and sparingly till leaves are well started. 

 Ai . ! ii.ii and during flower-sheath growth, they will 

 111] ■) ]iituso waterings and spraying— water with weak 

 linnid at intervals of 10 days or so, and every plant will 

 be a marvel of beauty, 

 rdsea, Lindl. (rajrhifhe rhuea. Ronth.). Psoudnbulhs 



long, elliptiV-l: ,..i,n, ,,, „,„,„,,,, ,,i, ,.,,,. .,.,,„. fp„,i 



the base of tli^ • • i , ■ ■ i — i, , ••, • :.■:.!, r, Im.-h- 



I'tirtnanense, Prani'li''t \ i ': ■ . mli- 



line L. Japonicum r- : . : ; ' n i he 



trade. 1' \. W m ,mi. 



LILAC. See Syringa. 



LILY, in the narrowest sense, is restriete.l to the i;enus 

 MlnuH.l.nt tin- popular nanus t:iv,.n l.,.|ow also inelude 

 plants ,,nls„l.. ,1,,. lanillv I., I .a.-eav .Many of them l.,.|ong 



to ihe Amaryllis faniilx, African Blue L., .I.;.i/i«/i//ii(s 

 niNh.lliii:(x. African Corn L., / ri„. Amazon L., Ku- 

 ril, n-is A iini-oi,ir<i. American Turk's Cap L., I. ilium 

 miliirliilm. Atamasco L., Z, /ilnlnnilli, x .1 hnii.ixro. Bar- 

 bidoes L., l/l/i/iriixtriiin i-./iiisln-. Belladonna L., .Imn- 

 rilllm lii'll.iilniiiiii. Bengal L., Crniinii l.ii,,,i Inl i inn, 

 Bermuda L., /.ilium l/.n-risii. Black L., Frilillnria 

 i'limlxliiilniisis. Blackberry L., Ii,l,iii,;i mhi CIiiihh- 

 .sis. Bourbon L., Lilmm nnnliilum. Brisbane L., Kn- 

 ■l-i/,'l,'S siilnslrix. C&lla. L., Uirlmnl in . Klli iopir.i . Cape 

 i.,Criiii,m f.ip.'iis,-. Checkered L., Friiilhni.i ,)/,/,- 

 iiiiri<. Climbing L., (n.iri..x,i ami l.ithniia. Common 

 White L., Liliinii r,iii,li,l,ii„. Day L., ili.' I.lne and white 



<.n.>s are /■•„ i,l;i,i., .- tl„- Vr||.,w an, I oran-,. ^ Himini- 



v.illi^. Easter L., I, ilium //ui-nsn. Fniiy L., ;^. /iln/- 

 riiiilli'X nis.ii. FB.ya.lL.. Oniilliiyiiliiiii .[ r.ihirum. Gol- 

 den-banded L., Liliiiiu nunihim. Golden-rayed L., 

 Liliinii II II ml II III. Guernsey L., Xiriu, Sui-uiiuxi..:. 

 Jacobean L., Spr, h, li.i /..,«,„.<;ax,,„„. Kaffir L., Srlii::,i- 

 nhihs i;i,;iii,;i. Mariposa L., Cu I. ■■■In,, ■his. MartagonL., 

 J. ilium .Murhuiuii. Orange L., /.ilium iiiuiiim. Peru- 

 vian Swamp L., Xrphiirniilhi s .■■nnliilu . Plantain L., 

 fuiil.iu. Pond l,.,yuii1iiii-uili;ii^i. Sacred L.oi China, 

 Kuriissus Tii.~rllii,y:ir.ori,iil,ilis. Spider L. St. Ber- 

 nard's L., Aiilhericiim Liliiiqn. St. Bruno's L., Piirn- 

 disea Liliiixlrum. St. James' L., Sprelcdia ^rwo.s-i.s- 

 sima. St. Joseph's L., Lilium candidiim. Tiger L., 



base yellow, r, I . i ■■ • l:, Jan. I'.nrma. I '.. .M ..',:; I'J. 



—A hybrid of li. ,,,.] I'.i lu ulln r< ,s7W,^ Limll.. 



is common in ciiln.: imlei- ihr n: i ■uluiillir 



Veitchii, Lindl., wlindi s.a'. .lolin ,Saul .said L. rosea 

 bore fls. a.s large as those of Valanthe Veitchii, and 

 more brilliant in color. 



Heinbich Hasselbeino and Wm. Mathews. 



LIME, The use of Lime in agriculture antedates the 

 Christian era. In modern times it has been an indis- 

 pensable adjunct to potassic, phosphaticaud nitrogenous 

 manures in restoring and maintaining the fertility of 

 immense areas of soil derived from sandstone, granite, 

 mica schist and certain shales and slate. Without its 

 use the wonderful transformation of Limousin in France, 

 the sandy regions of Germany, and particularly the 

 reclamation of the sour peat (Hoch-moor) soils of north- 

 ern Germany would have been difficult or impossible. 

 Even limestone soils sometimes become so lacking in 

 Lime near the surface that they stand in great need of 

 its application. 



The necessity of Lime as a direct food for the higher 

 orders of plants has been indisputably demonstrated. 

 Its physiological role is of the greatest significance. It 

 serves also a.s an indirect food by trjinsforming or .set- 

 ting free other soil ingredients which plants require. 

 (I) It aids in transforming the nitrogen of organic mat- 

 ter and ammonium salts into nitric acid, which, in combi- 

 nation with potash, soda, Lime and magnesia, furnishes 

 most plants the ma.ior portion of their nitrogen. (2) It 

 appears probable that liming favors symbiosis and the 

 consequent assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen in the 

 case of clovers, alfalfa and certain otliiT li^^'nnies, while 

 it may have an opposil,' . iT. n u,„,n ,.iIm r.. ■.,u,.uvj. which 

 m.ay be mentioned s. 11 I.'. : . ' ■ , iJineat- 



dering their munurial eon.siiineni.s m.ne readily assimi- 

 lable. 



Noxious iron compounds in soils are so acted upon by 

 Lime as to overcome their poisonous tendency. The 

 presence of carbonate of lime in soils prevents the 

 formation of sour humus and conseqtient injury to a 

 large class of agricultural plants. Liming makes clays 

 more friable and sandy soils more compact, thus im- 



