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LILY, in the narrowest sense, is restricted to the genus 

 Lilium, hut the popular names given below also include 

 plants outside the family Liliaceaa. Many of them belong 

 to the Amaryllis family. African Blue L., Agapnnthns 

 nmhelhititx.' African Com L., ItUi. Amazon L., Eit- 

 elt'iris Anni-yii'n-a . American Turk's Cap L., Lilium 

 M(/jr ,■;,,</,!. AtamaSCO L., /:■ i.liiir.mlh.x A lamax.-n, Bar- 

 badoes L., II :i>i': nslnan i-i/m'str. . Belladonna L., Ama- 

 nillix H,ll,t,l<,ii,i,i. Bengal L., friinim ln,„iif.:tiiim. 

 Bermuda L., Lilinw ILnrisii. Black L., Frilillnria 

 Vinntxluih-i iisix. Blackberry L., I:. I. ,„r,,,i'!,i chinni- 

 six. Bourbon L., Lilniin <:iii<li<liim. Brisbane L., A'«- 

 ryrl.s siilnsiri.'^. CMa. L.. liirh.inh.i .Kthiniii,-., . Cape 

 t.,('riiiH„i i;,p,ii.<,. Checkered L., Fr,/ill.,ri„ M.h- 

 ajris. Climbing L., Clliiriiixa :iiicl l.itl.oii.i. Common 

 White L.,/,<7/«iH ,;ii,duh,i,i. DayL., 



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 rfiHili.'x ,;>s,„. raja.\L.,<inntl,,„,„l„„i A n,l,i,',u,i . Gol- 

 den-banded L., Liliioii iiiinitHw. Golden-rayed L., 

 Liliniii iinrntum. Guernsey L., X<riiir N.u-ii /.■);.<;.-.■. 

 Jacobean L., Sjink. li,, (..i„/..,v;^,,,,„„. Kaffir L., Srhir,,- 

 sli/lix i-ocei 11,11. MariposaL., ('.iln, In.rtii.-i. MartagonL., 

 Lilium Maria,/!,,!. Orange L., Li I, „ m ,■,;„■,' ii m . Peru- 

 vian Swamp L., Z, i,h,ii;, i,tl,, ,< ,-,, „,r,,I,,. Plantain L., 

 Faiil.-ia. Pond L., ,Vh/./(U/- .I'/r. /f.f. Sacred L. of China, 

 iA'an/.ssK.s- T,izclta,vaT.,-,ri,'iit,ilis. Spider L. St. Ber- 

 nard's L., Aiilhirii-iim Lili,!,,,,. St. Bruno's L., Para- 

 (iisea Lilinsham. St. James' L., .s/.;-, /.■. 7m farmasis- 

 sima. St. Joseph's L., Lilium raiuU,Jum. Tiger L., 



Lilium ti,irinum. Turban L., Lilium pomponiu 

 Turk's Cap L., Lilium Martagon. Water L., JVi/mphi 

 White L., Lilium candidum. 



LILY-OF-THE-PALACE. Sippeastrum aulicum. 

 LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. Convallaria majalis. 



LIMATdDES (probably from the Greek for meadow, 

 referring to the habitat of the plants). Orclnddcece. 

 Similar to Calanthe, but the spurred labellum is not 

 adnate to the column but closely wrapped around it. In 

 Phajus, and in Calanthe also, the Ivs. are not articulated 

 to the stem and therefore wither on the plant instead of 

 falling. 



After resting season of Liraatodes is over, say from 

 February to May, shake off the old potting material. If 

 plants are large, divide them and pot them moderately 

 tight. For the American climate, chop finely some good, 

 turfy loam well mixed with old rotten cow manure and 

 a little leaf mold and sharp sand and place in a shaded 

 house, temperature 70" to 90°. Do not water till roots 

 are well out, and sparingly till leaves are well started. 

 After that and during dower-sheath growth, they will 

 enjoy profuse waterings and spraying— water with weak 

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

 be a marvel of beauty. 



rdsea, Lindl. {Calanthe rdsea, Benth.). Pseudobulbs 

 4-8 in. long, pyriform or fusiform, grooved: Ivs. 8-18 in. 

 long, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate: scape from 

 the base of the pseudobulb, 12-18 in. long, slender, bear- 

 ing a many-fid. villous raceme: fls. large, rosy, 1% in. 

 across ; sepals ovate-lanceolate ; petals oblong, acute ; 

 lip 1% in. long, with a large obovate-oblong midlobe; 

 base yellow, edged with scarlet. Jan. Burma. B.M. 5312. 

 — A hybrid of this species and Calanthe vestita, Lindl., 

 is common in cultivation under the name Calanthe 

 Veitehii, Lindl., which see. John Saul said £. rosea 

 bore fls. as large as those of Calanthe Veitehii, and 

 more brilliant in color. 



Heinrich Hasselbrino and Wm. Mathews. 



LIHE. The use of Lime in agriculture antedates the 

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

 pensable adjunct to potassic, phosphatic and 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 as an indirect food by transforming or set- 

 ting free other soil ingredients which plants require. 

 ( 1 ) 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 major portion of their nitrogen (2) It 

 appears probable that limiuj: f ivors s-\ral)iosis and the 

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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 consequent injury to a 

 large class of agricultural plants. Liming makes clays 

 more friable and sandy soils more compact, thus im- 



