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tageous form in which fertilizers can be 

 applied by the gardener to his crops. It 

 is the most economical, most prompt, and 

 most efficient mode. The manure is pre- 

 sented to the roots in one of the only 

 forms in which the roots can imbibe 

 food, and the manure is spread regularly 

 through the texture of the soil. If, in- 

 stead of digging-in stable-manure, each 

 crop was watered occasionally 'with liquid- 

 manure, the produce would be finer and 

 more abundant. 



" I have often employed with decided 

 effect, in my own garden, for vines, peach, 

 and standard apple-trees, liquid -manure, 

 prepared either by mixing one part by 

 weight of cow-dung with four parts of 

 water, or the collected drainage of the 

 stable and cow-house. It has been found 

 advantageous to plants cultivated in 

 stoves to apply even a liquid-manure, 

 composed of six quarts of soot to a hogs- 

 head of water ; and although this is a 

 very unchemical mixture, yet it has been 

 found by Mr. Robertson to be peculiarly 

 grate/ul and nourishing to pines, causing 

 them to assume an unusually deep, healthy 

 green; and, for stoved mulberry, vine, 

 peach, and other plants, the late Mr. 

 Knight, of Downton, employed a liquid- 

 manure, composed of one part of the 

 dung of domestic poultry and fotir to ten 

 parts of water, with the most excellent 

 result." Johnson on Fertilizers. 



Guano Liquid- Manure. Ten gallons 

 of water will readily dissolve, or keep 

 suspended in a state of minute division, 

 about SOlbs. weight of guano. "When 

 applied to plants not more than five 

 ounces should be added to that quantity 

 of water. If it be made stronger, it in- 

 jures or kills the plants to which it is 

 applied. 



Sheep's-dung, if employed for making 

 liquid-manure, should be a peck to thirty 

 gallons. 



'When cow-dung is used, boiling water 

 should be first poured upon it, as it is apt 

 to be full of destructive larvee. 



Sulphate of ammonia, and any other 

 salt of ammonia, must not be used more 

 than a quarter of an ounce to each gallon. 



The rule applicable to all these liquid- 

 manures is Give it weak and often. 



LIQUORICE. Glycyrrhi'za. 



LIKIODE'KDKON. Tulip-tree. (From 

 lirion, a lily, and dcndron, a tree. Nat. 

 ord., Magnoliads [Magnoliacese]. Linn., 

 lu-Polyandria Q-Polygynia.} 



| Hardy deciduous tree, with yellow and red 

 j flowers, from North America. Generally by seeds, 

 ! which, if sown in the autumn, usually come ur 

 j the succeeding spring, but if sown in spring, 



generally remain a year in the ground ; varieties 

 j by layers, grafting, and budding; deep, rich, 



loamy soil. 



L. tulipi'fera (tulip.'uearing). 60. June. 1663. 



obtusifo'iia (blunt-leaved). 60. June. 



1G63. 



LISIA'NTHUS. See LISYA'NTHUS. 



LISSA'NTHE. (From lissos, smooth, and 

 anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Epacrids 

 i [Epacridacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 | Monogynia. Allied to Leucopogon.) 



' Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with whits 

 flowers, except verticitla'ta, and all from New 

 Holland. Cuttings of the points of shoots ia April 

 and May, in sand, under a bell-glass; chiefly 

 sandy, fibry peat. Temp., 40 to 45, when resting 

 and flowering ; a higher temperature and a closer 

 atmosphere, when making their wood, after 

 flowering and pruning. 

 L. cilia'ta (hair-fringed). 3. June. 1825. 



Dnpimoi'des (Daphne-like). 3. June. 1818. 



sa'pida (savoury). 4. June. 1824. 



stctla'ta (starry). April. 183(J. 



slrigo'sa (bristly). 3. June. 1824. 



-subula'ta (awl-shapfd). 2. May. 1823. 



verticilla' ta (whoried) . Purple. April. 



LISSOCHI'LUS. (From lissos, smooth, 

 and cheilos, a lip. Nat, ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria. Allied to Cyrtopera.) 



Stove orchids. Division in spring, when fresh 

 growth commences and potting takes place ; fibry 

 peat, a little fibry loam, dried leaf-mould, and 

 plenty of drainage. Summer temp., 60 to 90 C ; 

 winter, 55 to 60. 



L. lu'teus (yellow). l. Yellow. May. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1822. 



parvijlo'rus (small-flowered). 1. Pale red. 



December. Algoa Bay. 1822. 



ro'seus (rosy). Rose. February. Sierra 



Leone. 1841. 



speclo'sus (showy). 2. Yellow. June Cape 



of Good Hope. 1818. 



streptope' talus (twisted-petaled). Yellow. 



December. Cape of Good Hope. 1826. 



LISTS, for fastening trees against Avails, 

 are usually merely shreds of woollen cloth 

 cut into lengths, varying from two to four 

 inches. Strips of very thin sheet-lead 

 are preferable, as not harbouring insects. 

 Wires and twine have been recommended 

 to tie the branches to the walls : but 

 the process is tedious, and cuts are in- 

 flicted, inducing gum ttiid canker. Shreds 

 of a black, blue, or red colour look best, 

 harmonizing with that of the leaves. If 

 old lists are re-employed, they should be 

 previously boiled, to destroy the larvae of 

 insects. 



LISYA'NTHUS. (From lysis, the termi- 

 nation of a disease, and anl/ws, a ilower; 

 referring to its intense bitterness, Nat. 



