as the p:irliest generic name. Hardy; needs deepest 

 shade. 



Nippdnica, Kunze. Lvs. l.VJO in. Una:. al>ni(itlv 

 pointed at tlie apex, tli'- 1 > < i 'i i i >ii _■ d i ('1 i* 

 duced and strikingly sun III i 



Ivs. with pinnae >^ in. 1 1 ■ 



forming a wing to the rarli I- imi i i i i .1 niiii. \ >■■ In 

 structures, tough, persistent, !:^ullll•tnlil■^ reti-rn-d to 

 the last species. Japan. l. m. Underwood. 



LOMARIOPSIS. Consult Acrosiiclium surbifiiUiim. 



LOMATOPHtLLUM is a genus of the lily family 

 with :i-.5 species in the Mascarene Islands. They have 

 the haliit and pi-rianth of Aloe, but differ in the red- 

 margini '1 '■ i-i - I'l' tr a berry. They are fleshy sub- 

 shrubs ^■ 'ii I . ■! '1 'Mihte fls. and introrse anthers as 

 in Saii-i I ]n having declined hypogynous 



stamens I 1 ul<-s in a cell, whereas Sanseviera 



has eriM I .1 11. n . it. d on the throat of the tube and 



solitary ovules. Not cult. 



LONAS (possibly a recombination of some of the let- 

 ters of Sautolina). Compdsitm. This includes an unim- 

 portant, hardy, yellow-flowered "everlasting" known to 

 the trade as the African Daisy or AfJi(inasiu annua. 

 The heads are about three-eighths of an inch across, and 

 composed entirely of disk fls. There are 14 or more 

 heads in the largest corymb, which may be 2 in. across. 

 This plant was removed from Athanasia largely because 

 it is an annual herb, while the Athanasias are shrub.s 

 or subshrubs. A more fundamental reason for giving 

 this plant a separate genus is that it has a cup-shaped 

 pappus, while in Athanasia the pappus is absent or con- 

 sists of small, rather bristly chafC or else of hyaline 

 hairs. 



inoddra, frportn. ( AfhntiHsia annua, Linn.). African 

 Daisy. Fl.sliy. iM-ani'hing, 1 ft. high: Ivs. alternate, 

 pinnatiti.l. t In- ili\ iMmis linear, entire, remote: corymbs 

 dense: s,., ,|, r, iil,i,. .1. not hairy. Mediterranean region. 



.M. 



2S1. 



LONDON PURPLE. See Insecticides. 



LONGWORTH, NICHOLAS (1783-1863) has been 

 called the "father of American grape culture." Plate X. 

 He was born in Newark, N. J. He early went to Cin- 

 cinnati, then in the young and growing West, and en- 

 gaged in banking and other business. He early became 

 interested in agricultural :it"i;r , nri! ] .ntioularly in the 

 grape. From John Adhiin ! < <-• - ' . ! I'lr C:itawba, and 

 became the means of lii.i mwing a com- 



mercial success in the < Him ,,,:> . ii was a leader in 

 the company of hortK uhiaal >.; n- and writers 

 which made Cincinnati famous in ili.' niidiUe of tlie 

 century. Longworth was one of tlir lii-r in pi r.-.ive 

 that many strawberries are infertili with tin m-ilvis, 

 and to suggest the planting of polliiii/crs, althoii^-li the 

 imperfect nature of the strawberry blossom had been 

 known long before his time. He also introduced the 

 Ohio Everbearing raspberry, the first improved variety 

 of Bitbus occidentalis Longworth was a pioneer of 

 horticulture m the expandmg West, and, more than that, 

 he was a guiding spirit m horticultural affairs of na 

 tional impoitance In 18i6 he published a pamphle 



"The Culti\ation of the Gripe 



Als, 



at 74 ye 



rs of age 



11 U I 

 Loiij:n<iii 

 L H B 



LONlCERA (after Adam Lonicer or Lonitzer, a (Ger- 

 man physician and naturalist, 1.528-158(i). Including 

 Caprifdiium, XyUstenm, Ninlfia and Cliamrpci'rasiis. 

 Caprifolidcece. Honetsucki.e. Ornamental deciduous, 

 rarely evergreen, shrubs of upright or climbing habit, 

 with opposite, entire Ivs. and tubular, mostly 2-lipped 

 fls. of white, yellow, pink, scarlet or purple color, often 

 fragrant, appearing in axillary pairs or in terminal 



LOXICERA V6i) 



spikes or clusters ; the red, yellow, blue or black ber- 

 ries are in many species very decorative. The Upright 

 or Bush Houevsuckles are verv ^ alual.le lor shrub- 



tniii- .1.1 L .1/11., • .ilpiyei, 



rliriisaiilha. Loin. 1 i 1 ■ I li 1 1 1 in ihn.. 1 m __'iiod gard 

 soil, and prefer mostly sunny ]'ositioii, but L. aliai 

 nigra, Ledebouri, liispida and Xylostenm grow as w 

 or better in partly shaded situations. Pruning may 

 done during winter except in the early-flowering specii 



1311. Fly Honeysuckle. Lonicera ciliata. 



like L. Standislii, fraqrantissima, gracilipes and liis- 

 pida. The Climbing Honeysuckles are well adapted for 

 covering walls arbors ami other trelliswork* they have 

 mostly hill I I II sweet scented fls , but are 



Manufacture of the base 



be 



ception of L 

 unsightly at 

 with other 



rhmhfls lik vi ij fi i s,s A.kebia (1 i Tl 11 



1 I I \i their b«aut} to the best i I 



1 111 iinble over shrubs and sm I t 



til I I ntolium group are mosth li 1 



L\ f\ ti n of the southern European | / 



piliila while of the Nmtoa group i J j 1 'is li irdj 

 North at least in a sheltered position this species 

 makes also a very handsome ground co\ ei and like i 

 Peril-! ijtnenu.ni, grows well in shade, but the others 

 prefer sunny positions. Prop, by seeds sown in fall or 

 stratified and by cuttings of ripened wood ; also by 

 green-wood cuttings under glass in summer, buti. Cap- 

 rifolinm. sempervirens and allied species grow less 

 readily in this way. L. spinosa is sometimes grafted 

 high on stems of L. Tatarica, thus forming a small 

 weeping tree. About 140 species throughout the north- 



