LOGANBERRY 



iug. Few persons like the liavor of the fresh fruit. It 

 now seems unlikely that the Loganberry will ever become 

 prominent in the East. fked W. Card. 



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

 champs, physician and botanist in Paris, 1744-1849). 

 Syn., Cham'teledon, Chamwcinlus. £ric&ceie. Procum- 

 bent hardy evergreen shrub with very small, mostly op- 

 posite, closely set, entire Ivs., and with small, usually 

 rose-colored fls. in terminal, few-fld. umbels. Well 

 adapted for rookeries, forming depressed tufts, but not 

 easy to grow and rarely eult. It grows best in a sunny 



or partly -li:"li 'i |"'~il m :i |'"r"ii-. p. ;>l> :in<i -iindy 



soil, win. ■!, , ■.,, ..I ,::■,. .; ■, ,1 ••..'I i,i;i: i.i, li r- 



ate suii)'!' ■■ '• I 'I . . '. .1 !.--.■ 



of Azal.-anr-,i ,.„M,,,^-. :,ll n|M. M-.lv. ,,,,.1. ,■,■]:, -^. 



Only one spe,-,,., ,n li.e sul.areCl.- leKL.ns ami i.lyh U.is. 



of the northern hemisphere, formerly included under 

 Azalea, but more closely allied to Kalmia: corolla 

 broadly campanulate, 5-cleft; stamens 5: capsule 2-3- 

 celled. 



procumbena, Desv. {Azilea procAmbens , Linn.). Only 

 a few inches high, quite glabrous: Ivs. petioled, oval 

 to narrow oblong, revolute at the margin, about H in. 

 long; fls. 1-.5 on rather short pedicels, pink or whitLsh, 

 about one-fifth in. across. July, Aug. L.B.C. 8:702. 



ALFRED REHDEK. 



Gramlnem. Dar- 

 i... i. s of the Old 

 I in the eastern 

 . ^ of the same 

 I i.al.Iy the first 

 ii liritain, and is 

 It, wliere it is said 

 f iiiiiiortance that 

 ;. Jj. temuUntum, 



LOLITJM (the ancient Latin 



NEL. KtE-Grass. Th.-liiili - ;i 



World grasses, 1^ . ! '. 



states and 2 ar.. i 



region. Perennial U . — i,- 



pasture grass to Ijb culm ..i. . 



grown there yet to a cousiibra 



to occupy the same relativi- p 



Timothy does here. A wi.| .1 



is supposed to be the "tarts " ot Srrii-ture. It is the 



liariH'l, aliliou^'h that name is sometimes, but perhaps 



'■rr ...1-1., :i].plir.l to other species. Spikelets sev- 



iril II, I . .. - il. . ami placed edgewise on opposite 

 siil.-^ .•! a , I- .a- a\is. forming a narrow spike. Our 2 

 cult. s|i...i. - ai.. s|,,, It-lived perennials or the second 

 scarcely mor.. iliati ati annual, not to be recommended 

 for periJiaTi. Ill |.a-inr, or lawn, but are frequently em- 

 ployed for liay or annual pasture. They are successful 

 only in the moist regions of the eastern states. Seed 

 sown in autumn or early spring, 25 to 30 pounds to the 

 acre. 



perSnne, Linn. Perennial Rye-grass. One to 3 ft. 

 high, with flat, shining Ivs. and a slender spike, 4-10 in. 

 long; spikelets 8-16-fld., awnless or only short awned. 



Itilioum, A. Br. Italian Rye-grass. Considered by 

 many as a variety of the preceding. Differs chiefly in 

 having longer awns to the florets. ^ g_ Hitchcock. 



LOMAEIA (Greek. Lomit; a forage). Pohtporlirlreir. 

 A genus of rather coarse ferns occnsionnllv witli a sliort 

 caudex, allied to Blechnum. 8iai ■.itih ..i m Im.s. 



parallel with the midrib, and oc<nii' .1 'i. .n 



tire space between the midrib ami . ,. i , , . : ili.- 

 leaf. Lvs.of 2 sorts. Some ,3.5 speeii ^ m . kn..,. n. In-, ly 

 from the southern hemisphere. l. ji. Underwood. ' 



Lomaria gibba is one of the most distinct and sym- 

 metrical ferns in cultivation. It includes several val- 



bi.antiful ami L-ra.-cIn I . In tlnir \oniiL,' state Lomarias 



"'■■'^'- -'""' I'l'ini- lot- tal.l.. .1. f,iti..iis. principally as 



(M'lit.i' |.ii.... s, 1,111 alin- tliry hi'i^iii to l..fin a stem or 



mens. Var. intermedia is somewhat coarser than L. 

 gibba and of more erect habit. Var. crispa differs only 

 in the pinnffi being more or less crested and wrinkled. 



LO.MARIA 



It does not grow quite as fast or as strong as either L. 

 i/iljhii or var. iHtermedia. There are several other va- 

 li.ii. - . r less commercial value. 



I' - it ion is entirely from spores, which are pro- 

 ! !. . ly on the second or third course of fronds. 



I j r.s must be treated much like other fern 



i . I |. v «bonld be sown or laid upon very fine 



1" Ml : .1 lit., l.af-mold with a good portion of very 



tin. Ill shallow pans, boxes or flats, and 



ki |.! I I ilose atmosphere, well shaded from 



tin- -nil. \ I iiip. rature of 75° to 80° is best suited to 

 them. Tlie pans or boxes should be covered with a 

 pane of glass, and this must be removed at intervals in 

 order to keep the germinating spores from damping-off. 

 After the young plants are large enough to be handled 

 with the assistance of a small stick, they may be pricked 

 off and transferred into fresh soil of the same quality, 

 with perhaps a little loam mixed in and again placed in 

 a congenial, warm, moist place in the propagating- or 

 Avarmliniise, and again covered with glass. Give air and 

 V. 111111111.111 to keep them from being attacked by fun- 

 L'li- A It. r producing the first two upright fronds, they 

 may 1.. put into thumb-pots. The soil now should be 

 on.- hall' loam and one-half peaty or leaf -mold soil, with 

 plenty of sharp sand. Ample drainage must be afforded, 

 and the plants kept in a temperature of not less than 

 60° to 65°. 



The Lomarias, above all other ferns, must never be 

 allowed to get thoroughly dry. They love abundance of 

 water. Under proper treatment, they will soon make 

 fine specimens. When the plants are of good size, they 

 may be grown into miniature tree ferns, and as they 

 make quantities of roots and soon get pot-bound, they 

 can be reduced and root-pruned and put back into 

 smaller pots. With gentle bottom heat, they soon make 

 a new set of roots and new crowns or tops. When 

 thoroughly established in this shape, they make fine 

 decorative plants. Lomarias should never be exposed 

 to the full sun. Henry A. Siebbecht. 



A. Plant with a distinct caudex or trunk. 

 B. Lvs. 6-12 in. long. 



ciliita, Moore. Caudex 6 in. high, 1^ in. thick: stipes 

 blackish: Ivs. 8-12 in. long, the upper pinnae with a 

 rounded auricle at the lower side of the base; fertile 

 lvs. narrow-linear. New Caledonia. 



lanceold.ta, Spreng. Caudex elongate, densely clothed 

 with dark brown scales: lvs. 6-12 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, 

 with close, slightly falcate pinnae; texture leathery; 

 fertile pinnae linear spreading. Australia and Polynesia. 



BB. Lvs. iy,-S ft. long. 

 c. Lower pinnm cinn'chJ 'if l>as''. 



discolor, Willd. Caudex asirmliim- : stipes black, 

 glossy, with dense scales at Las,.; lvs. ]'..-:; ft. long, 

 4-6 in. wide, with pinnae narrowed smMrnly toward the 

 point: fertile pinna narrower and shorter. Australia 

 and New Zealand. 



gribba, Labill. Caudex 2-3 ft. high : stipes short, with 

 black scales: Ivs. 2-3 ft. long, 6 in. wide; fertile pinna 

 narrower, 4-6 in. long. -Var. plat^ptera, is advertised. 

 L. intermedia, Hort., may be derived from this species. 

 New Caledonia. 



Lower pinnce i 



■ bast and distill 



Boryana, Willd. Caudex stout, erect, 1-2 ft. hitrh, 



w 1. . .Inisely scaly: lvs. lK-2 ft. long, 6-8 in. wide. 



iiai i-.uvi-.l and sometimes auricled at base; fertile pinnae 

 narrow-liuear, close. West Indies to Patagonia, Mauri- 

 tius and S. Africa. — Probably includes 2 or 3 species, 

 among them Z/. zamioefolia, Hort. 



AA. Plant with a .^tout, short, creeping rhizome. 

 Sploant, Desv. Sterile Ivs. lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, 

 1-1^^ in. wide, gradually narrowed below; fertile lvs. 

 1 ft. long, with longer stalks (6-9 in.) and narrowly lin- 

 ear pinnae. Eu., western N. Amer. — The large Cali- 

 fornian form with Ivs. 2-3 ft. long is possibly a distinct 

 species. The European plant was early called Struthi- 

 opteris spicant by Scopoli, by which name it is now cited 



