LOBELIA 



BBB. Corolla with all the lobes united hij the tips into 

 one lip. 

 14. Tdpa, Linn. {Tiipa mont&na, Hort. Z. Feuillei, 

 Don). Very strong herb or subshrub (4-7 ft. tall), 

 erect and mostly simple: Ivs. oblong-oval, mostly acu- 

 minate, rugose, tomentose, denticulate: fls. in a long, 

 terminal raceme, blood-red, 2 in. long, the hooded lip 

 curving downwards and the column of stamens ascend- 

 ing ctl^i lobes short Chile B M 2550 R H 1898 

 p 189 —Cool gieenbouse hardv m southern states with 

 protection 



L amaena ^Ilch^L AI i but the calyx 



plain and not hispid N( Ihunb Peien 



mal \ lue ti 1 with some nge 1 stem S 



Afr BM '2 - I I 1 111' ihMl- 



L coronoptfol T itifld 



long scapes *^ \ i« 



Lmn WvterT with 



Ivs radicil an 1 iPf 



U'sefid iraonE t 1 1 i i 0(1^1 



hybiid toim (t L ime t i \ L i 



flata Linn Indian T i "^ 4mer with 



ovite pubescent denti il IsmiUllieoi 



whitish fls heil ige ^e! il> i ilomesti 



remedy -i iK^nKrfa Bel U V U \i v with ridicil 

 lyrite hs and smill pile bhio lU uu lou„ pedicels & C 111 



2 304 L H B 



LOBLOLLY BAY Gordonia Lasianthus 



L0CH£BIA (probably a personal name). Comprises 

 a few species, which are now referred to Achimenes. 

 In the trade are 2 species, i. heieroplii/lla, Oerst. , or 

 L. i(/ni?scens, Klotzsch (see Achimenes heterophylla, 

 p. 18), and L. hirsiita, Kegel (see Achimenes hirsuta, 

 DC, p. 18, suppl. list). 



LOCO WEED. See Astragalus. 



LOCUST, Common Locust is Robinia Pseudaracia. 

 Honey l,.=Gleditschia triacanthos. Swamp or Water 

 L.=(?. aquatica. 



LODEMAN, ERNEST GUSTAVUS (Plate X), horti- 

 cultural iiivi-stifratni- and writf r, was born in Neufchatel, 

 Switzerland, Jlav ::, IsHT, ami ilied Dec. 2, 1896, when 

 connected with CMnull rnivcrsity, Ithaca, N. Y. His 

 parents came t.. Ainni.a when he was two years old, 

 his father becmiiiiiu'. in 1.^7ii, j.rofessor of modern lan- 

 guages in the Sialc Nurmal S<-liool of Michigan. The 

 son entered the Aiiricnltural (_'olles;e of Miehinan, where 

 he graduated in 1889. It was in this iiistitutiuii that the 

 writer made his acquaintance. M-Hlr-i rntd iMiking in 

 self-assertion, he needed encoura^rmriii an.l stimulus 

 to make a strong investigator and t. arln-r. In a real 

 estate venture in Florida, before his entering the Agri- 

 cultural College, he became interested in agricultural 

 problems and resolved to devote his life to them. In 

 1890 he undertook work as private assistant to the writer ; 

 and from this he became assistant and instructor in Cor- 

 nell University. In the extension work amongst New 

 York farmers he had charge of the investigations on 

 grapes and strawberries. He was the originator of the 

 spray-calendar idea. In 1896 he published "The Spray- 

 ing of Plants," which is yet the fnll.st lu-.-siniation of 

 the subject. This was prepareil aliira in<i-i tlinrough 

 traversing of the subject, both a- auilpii- -umI i-xperi- 

 menter, including a visit to EnrMjM^ f.ir the jMirpose of 

 tracing the French hist.. 1 1 ..iiL. iip.-t. He was au 

 accomplished scholar, ^i '' ■ .an and French 



with fluency and poss.-- i. i- knowledge of 



other languages. His .■:iii, .i. i; , .i|. rived American 

 horticulture of a proniisni:: Ifa.I.i. l^ jj_ g_ 



LODOlCEA. The d..ulik- f.)<...aiuit ..r coco de mer, as 

 L. Serh,'ll,inim (i.ro|„.rly L. Cfi I li iu},i,'. Comra.) has 

 been tenned, is ..np ..f ti..- ■.■ia.it- ani.mg palms, its 



straight and si]i...,th ti uni ; r. -.ir^ ..■aching aheight 



of 100 feet, an.l it is al-.. ,, before its full 



growth is attain.-. I. 'I'li. . : I. ..a are probably 



the largest known, tl... iii.li i.lnal iiuis being said to 

 ■weigh sometimes 40 pounds, thouyli the largest seen by 

 the writer weighed about 15 lbs., and bore some resem- 

 blance to a malformed cocoanut. The formation of such 



LOGANBERRY 



937 



gigantic seeds requires a considerable period of time, 

 and from the time of flowering to the full maturity of 

 the seeds is said to cover a period of nearly ten years. 

 The germination of such seeds is not an easy process, 

 requiring much room and strong heat, the radicle being 

 correspondingly large and running down for 3 ft. or 

 more before the top growth begins. These first steps 

 in the life of Lodoicea develop some v.ry t.-ii.l.-r j.ro- 

 cesses Young plants of this palm re [U^i ■. tr .m ■ ■uul 

 moist heat, and a consider ible am ui t 1 ii 



combination with a light but in li jii ) | 1 



to their needs Seeds som t i i 



minate They ire not ad^eltl 1 i I it 



ha\e been sold as cunositi 1 \ 



Their germination is a gieit i I 11 1 I i 



ne-ier grown to any consideial le height a lhe\ it i me 

 too mill h care and room Seed G II 2b Ibl 111 4 732, 

 8 417 F S 5 523 w H Taplin 



anist) 



nth 



Fl 



a dozen species It i I it i ill tl i] i sis 



section of (rilii m hai It Us in\ hi i ite i involu el 

 late both bracts and cal\x -nhollj or putly scarious, 

 corolla funnelform eithei regular or one oi two sinuses 

 deeper seeds winged or mil gined the surface becom 

 ing rauciHi-in us w hen wetted Suffruticose rirelj an 

 nual, with si.iiiul..s.--t....tlied Ivs." 



L. coccinea, Ii..n, is a handsome coolhouse plant with 

 brilliant rosi--n-.lt 111. ular-tiairapet-shapedfls.an inch long 

 in terminal fascicU-s or c-.jiiiponnd braided racemes, with 

 stamens and 3-lobed stigma i-xsi-rti-d : ]vs. small and 

 stiflish, oval or cuneate-oval, sharply an.l often spinu- 

 lose dentate, grayish green: plant siri.t. pubescent, 

 woody, perennial. Winter bli.onnr. It .1... s nut ajipear 

 in Ariier. trade lists. L. tenuifdlia, Grav, and L. eiiiisa, 

 Gray, of S. Calif., are phlox-like ). hints ..i1,-n .1 l.y Or- 

 cutt, in 1891. The former. Gray siil.s,-.|ii. ntlv i.l.-rn-d 

 to Gitia tenuifbliu. Gray, and the latter t.. (,i/i.i Jhiiimi, 

 Kellogg. L. H. B. 



LOGANBERRY. The Loganberry is a valuable hybrid 

 produced at Santa Cruz, California, in 1881, by Judge 

 J. H. Logan, from a seed of the Aughinbaugh black- 

 berry, accidentally fertilized from an adjacent rasp- 

 berry, supposed to be the old Red Antwerp. The Augh- 

 inbaugh is a pistillate variety of Biibiis vitifolius, the 

 extremely variable wild blackberry "f California, and 

 was a chance seedling fonii.l !■■ i. .il. ili. ..aks of Ala- 

 meda, about 1860. It is a sii > i ., .lark green 

 vine of the dewberry typ.-. i : : ..t the true 

 wild blackberry flavor. Tin- I ...lj .m.. 1 1 > unit has many 

 characteristics of both parents. It is a nch, dark red 

 color when ripe, and sometimes is au inch and a quarter 

 in length. The plant has been widely disseminated 

 throughout the United States and Europe since 1893, 

 when the California Experiment Station, after five years' 

 testing, first distributed stock. G.F. 7:466. 



The Loganberry is propagated from stolons developed 

 in the autumn at the end of the canes, or from single- 

 eye hardwood cuttini^s. Seedlings are especially unre- 

 liable. Plants sill. ul. I I..- i.aiM..I 1 1 a wtill or tr.-IIis, 



yielded four gallmi- -t i r 

 protection is given, the t 

 parts of New England ami 

 to Bulletin 45 of the Rho. 

 and Bulletin 147 of the Nr 

 The value of tli.-- hmr, 

 wherevi-r it i- -......■■...■, k i 



but its v;i!.h' :i- ■, .,,,..,,.. 



determiii.'i i ■■ ■ ■!■! 



Chas. H. Shinn. 

 -In the East the Logan- 



