LOGANBERRY 



937 



Corolla with all the lobes united by tin- 

 one lip. 



Hto 



14. Tiipa, Linn. {Tupa montdna, Hort. L. 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; calyx lobes short. Chile. B.M. 2550. R.H. 1898, 

 p. 189.— Cool greenhouse; hardy in southern states with 

 protection. 



L. amaena. Michx. Much like L. syphilitica, but the calyx 

 plain and not hispid. N.C.. soath.— i. dnceps Thunb. Peren- 

 nial, blue-fld.. with somewhat fleshy Ivs. and 2-wineed stem. S. 

 Atr. B.M. 2277. as L. decumbens, and 2519, as L. rhizophyta.— 

 L. coronopifolia, Linn. Somewhat shrubby, with pinnatifid, 

 hairy Ivs. and handsome blue fls. (sometimes 1 in. long), on 

 long scapes. S..A.fr. B.M. 644. G.C. II. 15:105.— i. Dordnaima, 

 Linn, Water Lobelia. Aquatic perennial. 1 (t. or less, with 

 Ivs. radical and submerged, and small pale blue fls. on a scape. 

 UsefxU amongst aquatic plants. Native. — L. hortensis, DC, is a 

 hybrid form of L. amoena. probably not in cult. now. — L. in- 

 fldta, Linn. Indian Tobacco. Annual, of N. Amer.. with 

 ovate, pubescent, denticulate Ivs.. erect habit, and smairblueor 

 whitish lis.; herbage very acrid: plant formerly a domestic 

 remedy.— L. .?w6/n>da, Benth. Annual from Mex., with radical 

 lyrate Ivs. and small pale blue fls. on long pedicels. G.C.IXl. 

 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, L. lieterophi'/lla, Oerst., or 

 £/. if/ne'scens, Klotzsch (see AcJiimenes lieterophylla, 

 p. 18), and L. hirsiita, Hegel (see Achimenes hirsiita, 

 DC, p. 18, suppl. list). 



LOCO WEED. See Astragalus. 



LOCUST. Common Locust 

 Honey L.^Gleditschia triacai 

 L.^G. aqiiatica. 



LODEMAN, ERNEST GUSTAVUS (Plate X), horti- 

 cultural investigator and writer, was born in Neufehatel, 

 Switzerland, Mav 3, 1867, and died Dec. 2, 1896, when 

 connected with "Crncll l^nivorsity, Ithaca, N. Y. His 

 parents came to Ainpri.;! wlicii lie was two years old, 

 his father becoming;, in l^Ti). ]irofcssor of modern lan- 

 guages in the Stati- N.'iinnl S.liool of Michigan. The 

 son entered the .\gri.;u!tural ( '"Ht^ge of Michigan, where 

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

 writer made his acquaintance. Modest and lacking in 



self 



to make 



estate vi 

 cultun.l 

 problfii] 

 1890 he 1 

 and fro 1 1 



he needed encouragement and stimulus 

 otig invostii^ator and teacher. In a real 



ii.Tl.iiiJ.i. 1.. f..r.- Iii:i entering the Agri- 



- ■ li r.sted in agricultural 



I his life to them. In 



-., ., I- I - a-^istant to the writer; 



,.- i..-r;,i,„. .,-,-,Mai,t and instnifti.r in f'.ir- 

 V. Ill tW ,-xt.-ii-.i,.ii worlc ;ini..„i,r., x,.„. 



nell Univfi-.Mtv. In tin- ,• 

 York farmers he had oha 

 grapes and strawberries. He was t)ii- ..ri-'iii:iti.r "f tin- 

 spray-calendar idea. In 1896 lie puldishtd "The Spray- 

 ing of Plants," which is yet the fullest present.ation of 

 the subject. This was prepared after a most thorough 

 traversing of the subject, both as author and experi- 

 menter, including a visit to Europe for the purpose of 

 tracing the French history of the subject. He was an 

 accomplished scholar, speaking German and French 

 with fluency and possessing a working knowledge of 

 other languages. His early death deprived American 

 horticulture of a promising leader. l^ jj_ g^ 



LODOlCEA. The double cocoanut or coco de mer, as 

 L. Sechellaiitm (properly Jj. Cnllipi)ge, Coram.) has 

 been termed, is one of the giants among palms, its 

 straight and smooth trunk frequently reaching a height 

 of 100 feet, and it is also a centenarian before its full 

 growth is attained. The seeiis of Lodoicea are probably 

 the largest known, the individual nuts being said to 

 weigh sometimes 40 pounds, though the largest seen by 

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

 blance to a malformed cocoanut. The formation of such 



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 clevelop some very tender pro- 

 cesses. Young plants of this palm require a strong and 

 moist heat; and a considerable amount of root room, in 

 combination with a light but rich compost, is best adapted 

 to their needs. Seeds sometimes require 3 years to ger- 

 minate. They are not advertised for sale at present, but 

 have been sold as curiosities now and then in America. 

 Their germination is a great event, but the plants are 

 never grown to any considerable height, as they require 

 too much care and room. See G.C. 11.26:181; 111.4:732; 

 8:417. F.S. 5:523. -^v. h. Taplin. 



LffiSfiLIA (.John Loesel, an early Prussian botanist). 

 Polemoniicece. Very close to Gilia, and often con- 

 founded with it. As finally outlined by Gray (Suppl. 

 Syn. FL), it is confined to Mexico and includes perhaps 

 a dozen species. It somewhat resembles the Ipomopsis 

 section of Gilia in habit. "Fls. involucrate or involucel- 

 late; both bracts and calyx wholly or partly scarious; 

 corolla funnelform, either regular or one or two sinuses 

 deeper; seeds winged or margined, the surface becom- 

 ing mucilaginous when wetted. Suffruticose, rarely an- 

 nual, with spinulose-toothed Ivs." 



L. cocclnea, Don, is a handsome coolhouse plant with 

 brilliant rose-red tubular-trumpet-shaped fls.an inch long 

 in terminal fascicles or compound bracted racemes, with 

 stamens and 3-lobed stigma exserted: Ivs. small and 

 stiffish, oval or cuneate-oval, sharply and often spinu- 

 lose dentate, grayish green: plant strict, pubescent, 

 woodv. verenuial. Winter bloomer. It does not appear 

 in .\i.,. r, tra.l- li-t., L. tenuifolia, (ii:iv. and L. effiisa, 

 (ira ■ ~ ^ , :;i'r. plili.x-like |i|:illts ,,llrred by Or- 



cuii :-' i . tMnn,.]-, (irav sul.sr,|ui ntlv referred 



to (,-,^ ,' '., .' ..lirav.alul the \M\vr U> (i ilm Dunnii, 



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 tlie .AughinVtaugh black- ' 

 berry, accidentally fertilizi',1 fn'm :in adjafent rasp- 

 berry, supposed to be the fhi Red .\iiT\v.-rp, The Augh- 

 inbaugh is a pistillate varh-fy uf li'ulni^ ritlinlins, the 

 extremely variable wild biarkjierry of (';ilifnrnia, and 

 was a chance seedling found beneath the oaks of Ala- 

 meda, about 1860. It is a strong-growing, dark green 

 vine of the dewberry type, but with fruit of the true 

 wild blackberry flavor. The Loganberry fruit lias many 

 characteristics uf both parents. It i~ n ri.li, .Ink iid 

 color when ripi'. and s.iinetiiH.-s i, :ni in. ■ ' -.r 



in length. Th.- pl:int has l,.-.,, wi.l. ■: - .d 



throughout the Unite,! Stat.--, :uid 1 i i- -i-,..- i-i.;, 



when the (.'alifMrnia Experimeut .Station, alter in e Stars' 

 testjnLT. first cli^tnhuted stock. G.F. 7:460. 



Tlie I.oiraiitierry is propagated from stolons developed 

 in til.- aiiniiiin at tlie end of the canes, or from single- 

 cye lianlwooil euttings. Seedlings are especially unre- 

 liable. Plants should be trained upon a wall or trellis, 

 keeping the berries from the ground. Two adjacent 

 vines at Berkeley, California, cover 12 square yards and 

 yielded four gallons of fruit in 1899. If careful winter 

 protection is given, the plants can be grown in many 

 parts of New England and the middle states, according 

 to Bulletin 45 of the Rhode Island Experiment Station 

 and Bulletin 147 of the New York (Geneva) Station. 



The value of tlie Loganberry for the home garden 

 wherever it is sufHeientlv li:inlv is u-enerally recognized, 

 but its value as a ,taii.lar<l iiiarkri crop has yet to be 

 determined. It in-oves diilh ult to transport to the Los 

 Angeles and San Fr;ineisro niar-Kit- except when grown 

 within a short distance, and .hal. i- inet'er the standard 

 berries. When it can be i.'atler''l <■■■ ■<'' ''"•' time of 

 greatest perfection and delivnv.i .|:i.. t!, lo the con- 

 sumer, it becomes a very popular fruit. 



Chas. H. Shinm. 



