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Leucotum (SNOWFLAKE).—Increase by offsets taken 
off and replanted as soon as the old bulbs ripen. 
LEYCESTERIA.—This distinct hardy shrub can be in- 
creased by cuttings of young side-shoots, with a heel of 
the old wood attached, in spring under bell-glass in mild 
heat, by ripened shoots in September under handlight, 
and by seed sown in cold frame in spring. 
Lisonia.—Young shoots from old plants that have 
been placed in heat in spring supply cuttings that root 
readily when inserted in pots of sandy compost in a 
close frame. For growth the temperature of an inter- 
mediate house is suitable. 
LicustRuM.—The different kinds of Privet are mostly 
propagated by cuttings, 6 inches to 12 inches in length, 
inserted in a shady border or in a cold frame in Sep- 
tember and October ; the common kind by stratified seed 
sown in March. 
Litac.—These are propagated by rooted suckers, 
cuttings, layering, and grafting on stocks of the 
common Privet. The last method cannot be recom- 
mended owing to the nuisance caused by suckers. 
Cuttings of short-jointed, not too stout, half-ripened 
shoots put in an ordinary frame about midsummer and 
shaded make good specimens. Small cuttings from 
plants that have been forced strike even more readily. 
Layers put down in September also make good plants 
not liable to throw up suckers. 
LititumM.—The most general method of increase is by 
offsets planted and grown on to a flowering size. The 
bulbils produced in the axils of the leaves of such as 
L. bulbiferum and L. tigrinum may be similarly treated. 
Seed and scales, except for the raising of new varieties 
and increasing scarce kinds, are not generally adopted, 
