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LUCU'LTA. (From lucnli swa, the na- 

 tive name. Nat. ord., Cinchonads [Cin- 

 chonaceee]. Linn., 5-Pentandria J.-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Hymenodictyon.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from Nepaul. Cuttings 

 of the young shoots getting a little firm, about 

 Midsummer, in sand, over sandy peat, well- 

 drained, and covered with a bell-gi."us, set in a 

 close pit or frame, and in a fortnight supplied 

 with a little bottom-heat; peat ar.u loam, both 

 fibry, with sand and pieces of charcoal to keep it 

 open. As soon as established as a little plant, 

 which it will be by the following spring, to be 

 transferred at once to a good large pot ; a conser- 

 vatory-bed, however, is the place where it flou- 

 rishes and shows off to the best advantage, 

 blooming in the autumn, winter, and spring 

 months. It should also be tried against a con- 

 servative wall. 

 L. grati'ssima (most- welcome). 9. Red. 1823. 



Pincia'na (Pince's). 5. White. 1843. 

 LUCU'MA. (The Peruvian name. Nat. 



ord., Sapolads [Sapotacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria \-Monogynia. Allied to Sa- 

 pota.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with white flowers. Cut- 

 tings of the ripe shoots in sand, uncLr a bell- 

 glass, and in heat; rich, fibry, sandy ; nm. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 65"-*. 

 L. Bonpla'ndia (Bonpland's). 40. Cuba. 1822. 



mammo'sa (nip pled). 50. S.Amer. 1739. 



obova'ta (revers.ed-egg-/ei'e^). 40. Peru. 1822. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 40. Mexico. 1823. 



LU'DIA. (From ludo, to sport; refer- 

 ring to the various forms of leaf of L. 

 heterophy'lla. Nat. ord., Bixads [Bixaceee]. 

 Linn., 19-Polyandria 1-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Proclda.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with yellow Sowers, 

 from Mauritius. Cuttings of half-ripened shoot;-, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in bottorn-heat ; 

 fibry loam, with a little peat, and dried cow- 

 dunpr. Summer temp., 60 to 85; winter, 50 

 to 55. 

 L. heterophy'lla. (various-leaved). 4. July. 182". 



sessz7(/?o'ra(stalkless-fiowered). 4. July. 181:0. 



LUHE'A. (Named after Luke, a Ger- 

 man botanist. Nat. ord., Lindenblooms 

 [Tiliacese]. Linn., IQ-Polyadclphia 2- 

 Polyandria. Allied to Sparrnannia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, two inches in length, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, and plunged in bottom-heat; fibry 

 peat and sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80; 

 winter, 48 to 55. 



L. Caraccasa'na (Caraccasian). Caraccas. 1847. 

 Shrub. 



panicula'ta (panicled). 10. Rosy. April. 



Brazil. 1828. Climber. 

 LufsiA. (Name not explained. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orcbidacere]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria 1-Monandria. Allied to 

 Yanda.) 



Stove orchid. Detaching the side-shoots; a 

 block of wood covered with moss, or elevated 

 above a pot, with sphagnum, peat, crocks, &c. 

 Temperature, 60 to 00, when, growing in sum- 



mer, with a moist atmosphere : 50 to 68 in win- 

 ter, and flry ; 00 to Q0 in spring, and rather dry, 

 to start the flower-buds, kept cooler afterwards, 

 and excited again when the flowering is over. 

 L. alpi'na (alpine). Green, purple. April. Sylhct. 



1S8J. 



LUMNI'TZERA. (Named after L-umnitzer, 

 a botanical author. Nat. ord., Myrola- 

 lans [Combretacere]. Linn., ]A-Didyna- 

 mia %-Gymnospermia, Allied to Poivrea.) 



Stove avmnl and herbaceous plants. One of 

 the latter : well-worth cultivating ; seed, division 

 of the pla^ , and by cuttings of the young shoots 

 in spring ; requires a warm greenhouse or a cool 

 stove; sar !y loam. 



L. teiuiijlo'ra (slender-flowered). 1. Pale pur- 

 ple. July. E. Ind. 1703. 



LUNA'RIA. Moomvort, or Honesty. 

 (From luna, the moon; referring to the 

 shape of the seed-vessels. Nat. ord., 

 Crucifers [Brassicacese], Linn., 15-2V- 

 tradynamia. Allied to Alyssum.) 



Hardy plants, natives of Germany, and flower- 

 ir.g in May; 6ceds and divisions in sp- : : ,. Com- 

 mon garden-soil. 

 L. biefnnis (biennial). 4. Light pur,.:e. 1570. 



Bieniiial. 



-- albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 3. White. 1570c 

 redivi'vu (revived). 3. Liorhr purple. 15g6. 

 Herbaceous perennial. 



LUNGV/ORX. Pulmona'r'ia. 



LUPI'NUS. Lupine. (From lupus, a 

 vrolf ; devastates laud, as the wolf does 

 .he fold; literally, destroyer. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [FaLacece]. Linn., 

 }.G-j\lonadelphia G-Decandria.) 



They are generally arranged into annuals, per- 

 ennials, and frame evergreen rhvubs; bi;': they 

 all produce seed so freelj-, that it is easiest to 

 propagate them by that means, only the ever- 

 greens, instead of being sown in the open ground, 

 should have the assistance of a gentle hotbed 

 to rear them before planting them out. If such 

 hinds as muta, 1 bills and Ontiksha'nkii are sown 

 in August, and kept in pots all the \vinter in r. 

 pit, they make splendid specimens on a lawn the 

 following summer. 



HALF-HARDY EVERGREENS. 



. Blue. September. California. 1833. 



arbo'reus (tree). 6. Yellow. July. 1793. 



arbu'stus (shrub). l. Pale purple. July. 



California. 1826. Herbn us. 



arve'nsis (field). 1^. Lilac, /ipril. Peru. 



1843. Biennial. 



limacula'tus (twin-spotted). IUue. Septem- 



ber. Texas. 1835. Herbaceous. 



canalicula'tus (channelled). ' 4. Blue. July. 



Buenos Ayres. 1828. 



Cruilcslia'nkii (Cruikshrxyk'c). 5. Variegated. 



July. Pern. 1829. 



ica'nrw(hoary-/iej-*^c'a). Pale lilac. July. 



Buenos Ayres. 1830. 

 ,',/y.s- (Mexican;. >. Blue. February. 

 Mexico. 1819- Biennial. 



-- multiflo'rus (many-flowered). 4. Blue. July. 

 Monte Video. 1810. 



muta'liilis (changeable). 5. Blue, yelloc?. July. 



Bogota. 1819. 



