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LEM 



L. hyaci'nthina, (Hyacinth-like). . Greenish 

 white. East Indies. 1832. 



LEDON GUM. Ci'stus le'don. 



LEDOCA'RPUM. (From ledon, the 

 Cistus, and karpos, a fruit ; fruit like 

 that of the Cistus. Nat. ord., Oxnlids 

 [Oxalidacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 5- 

 fvhiagytiia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings, in sandy 

 loam, under a bell-glass ; sandy loam. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 



L. peduncula'ris (/ow^-flower-stalked). 1, Yel- 

 low. August. Chili. 1825. 



LE'DUJI. Labrador Tea. (From 

 ledon, the Greek name of Cistus. Nat. 

 ord., Heathworts (Ericaeeas]. Linn., 

 IQ-Decandria 1-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 the Rhododendron.) 



Hardy, evergreen, white - flowered shrubs. 

 Layers ; peat, with a little sand. Very pretty 

 for bordering Rhododendrons. 

 L. Canade'nse (Canadian), li. April. Canada. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). 3. April. North 



America. 1763. 



palu'stre (marsh). 2. April. Europe. 1762. 

 decu'mbens (lying-down). ^. April. 



Hudson's Bay. 1?62. 



LEE-GHEE. Ncphe'lium litchV. 



LEEK. A'llium po'rrum. The leek is 

 a hardy biennial, for although it attains 

 perfection in size and for culinary pur- 

 poses the first year, it does not run to 

 seed until the second, the perfecting of 

 which it often survives. The whole 

 plant is eaten, being employed in 

 soups, &c., and boiled and eaten with 

 meat. 



Varieties. The Musselburyh, and the 

 large London Leek, which are by far 

 the best ; the Scotch or Flay, which is 

 larger and hardier ; and the Flanders. 



Sowing. Sow first in the end of 

 February, a small crop for transplant- 

 ing in June and July, as well as in 

 part to remain where sown ; again for 

 the main crop in the course of March 

 or early in April ; and lastly, towards 

 the close of April or beginning of May, 

 for late transplanting. Sow in drills, 

 some to remain after thinning ; the 

 leek, however, is much benefited by 

 transplanting. 



Cultivation. When the plants are 

 three or four inches in height, hoe 

 and thin, to two or three inches apart ; 

 water also, in dry weather, Avill | 

 strengthen and forward them for 



transplanting, when six or eight inches 

 high. They must be taken away re- 

 gularly from the seed bed ; the ground 

 being well watered previously, if not 

 soft and easily yielding. When thinned 

 out they may be left to remain in the 

 seed bed six inches asunder, as they 

 do not grow so large as the trans- 

 planted ones, which must be set by the 

 dibble in rows ten inches apart each 

 way, nearly down to the leaves, that 

 the neck, by being covered with the 

 earth, may be blanched; water in 

 abundance at the time of planting, 

 and shorten the long weak leaves, but 

 leave the roots as uninjured as possi- 

 ble. By this treatment, and by cutting 

 off the tops of the leaves about once a 

 month, as new ones are produced, the 

 neck swells to a much larger size. 

 The several sowings above directed 

 will yield a supply from August until 

 the following May, when they advance 

 to seed. A portion should be always 

 taken up and laid in sand previous to 

 the ground being locked up by con- 

 tinued frost, but they will not keep 

 many days in this situation. 



LEIA'NTHUS. (From Icios, smooth, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Gen- 

 tlanworts [ Gentianaceas] . Linn., o- 

 Pcntandria 1-Monogynia]. Allied to 

 Lisianthus.) 



Stove plants. Seeds, sown carefully in a pot, 

 placed in a hotbed; cuttings of young shoots, 

 in sandy soil, under a glass, in heat ; sandy 

 peat and fibry loam ; a good heat when grow- 

 ing, cool and airy when blooming. General 

 temperature from 55 to 80. 



L. longifo'lius (long-leaved). 2. Yellow. Au- 

 gust. Jamaica. 1844. Evergreen shrub. 



nigre'scens (bl&ck-flowered') . l. Blackish. 



August. Guatemala. 1842. Biennial. 



umbella'tus (uinbel-flow&red), 20. Green, 



yellow. May, Jamaica. 1843. Ever- 

 green tree. 



LEIOPHY'LLUM. (From leios, smooth, 

 and phyllon, a leaf. Nat. ord., Healh- 

 worts [Ericaceae], Linn., W-Decandria 

 l-M'onoyynia. Allied to Ledum.) 



Hardy evergreen shrub. Cuttings and layers 5 

 peaty soil. See Ammyrsine. 



L. Lyo'nii (Lyon's). White, April. Carolina. 

 1812. 



LEMON. See C'-itrns. 

 LEMO'NIA. (Named after Sir C. 

 Lemon, M.P. Nat. ord., Rueworts [Poi- 



