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Stove orchids. Divisions in spring ; fihry 

 peat, potsherds and old moss chopped, with the 

 pot nearly filled with drainage. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 L. bi 1 color (two-coloured). \. White, red. 



April. Brazil. 1831. 

 -_ . . giaucophy'lla (milky-green-leaved) 



White, purple. February. Organ 



Mountains. 1838, 



co'ncolor (one-coloured). White. February. 



Brazil. 1838. 



LESCHENA'ULTIA. (Named after M. 

 Lesc/ieiiault, a French botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Goodeniads [Groodeniacese]. Linn., 

 b-Pentandrla \-Monngynla. ) 



Greenhouse evergreens from New Holland. 

 Cuttings of the points of young shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell glass, and as soon as struck, potted 

 and grown in an open compost of turfy peat, 

 fibry loam, silver sand, and pieces of broken 

 pots and charcoal ; the pots being well drained. 

 Winter temp., 38 to 45, with plenty of air 

 when possible. A shady position in summer. 

 L. arcuu'ta (bowed- branched}. 1. Yellow. 

 August. 1844. 



bilo'bu (two-lobed). 1. Blue. June. 1940. 

 formo'sa (handsome). 1. Scarlet. June. 1824. 



obla'ta (flattened-round-/06e<Z). 1. Orange. 



June. 1824. 



sple'ndens (shining), li. Scarlet. June. 



1844. 



LE SPEDE 'HA. (Named after Lcspidez, 

 once governor of Florida, Nat. ord., 

 Lcijinnlnous Plants [Fabacece]. Linn., 

 17-Diarielphia -Z>ecandria. Allied to 

 Desmbdmm.) 



North American plants, except where other- 

 wise specified. Annuals, by seed, in a sandy, 

 peaty border ; perennials, by the same means, 

 iu spring, and division of the roots ; shrubs, 

 cuttings either of young or ripened wood, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass; sandy fibry peat. 

 Eriocarpa requires the greenhouse, and gloine- 

 ratamust be used as a tender annual. 



ANNUALS. 



L. glomera'ta (crowded). 3. Purple. July. 

 East Indies. 1819. Stove. 



Stu'vei (Stuve's). l. Purple. July. 1824. 



Hardy 

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SHRUBS. 



L. erioca'rpa (woolly-fruited). 1. Violet. July. 

 Nepaul. 18)9. Greenhouse evergreen. 

 frute'scens (shrubby). 4. Purple. July. 

 1739. Deciduous shrub. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Pale pur- 

 ple. June. 1800. 



polysta'chya (many -spiked). 3. White 



July. 1/89- 



pi'ostra'ta (prostrate). . Purple. July. 



1810. Trailer. 



viUo'sa (shaggy). White. July. 1819. 



viola'cea (Violet). 2. Violet. July. .1739. 

 - dive' r gens (diverging), 2. Violet. 



July. 1800. 

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L. viola'cea, reticu'lata (netted). 2. Purple. 



1816. 

 sessiliflo'ra (stalkless-flowered) . 3 . 



Purple. July. 1800. 



LESSE'RTIA. (Named after the 

 French botanist, Baron Dele&scrt. Nat. 

 ord., Lef/iiminoiis Plants [Fabacefe], 

 Linn., I7-Diadelphia &-Decandria. Al- 

 lied to Swainsonia.) 



All natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 ShnMy kinds by seed, in spring, and cuttings 

 of young shoots, in sand, under a glass ; loam 

 and peat; annuals by seeds, and perennials 

 by seeds and division, in spring ; the seedlings 

 should be potted off, when a few inches in 

 height, into light sandy loam. Winter temp., 

 40 to 48. 



GREENHOUSE ANNUALS. 

 L. tomcnto'sa (downy). . Purple. June, 1822. 



vesica'ria (bladder- podded). Purple. June. 



1825. 



virga'ta (twiggy). Purple. June. 1828. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L.pere'nnans (lasting), l. Red. August. 1/76. 



procu'mbens (lying-down). Purple, June. 



1763. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



L. brachysta'chya (short-spiked), l. Purple. 



July. 1826. 

 falcifo'rmis (sickle-formed). 1. Purple. July. 



1828. 

 frutioo'sa (shrubby). 1. Purple. July. 1826. 



pu'lchra (pretty). l. Red. May. 1817. 



LETTSO'MIA. (Named after .7. C. 

 Leitsom, a British physician and natu- 

 ralist. Nat. ord., Theads [Ternstromi- 

 ace'sB]. Linn., IS-Polyandria I-Montt- 

 gynia. Allied to Freziera.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of young 

 shoots, getting firm, in April or May, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and a sweet bottom-heat ; 

 sandy fibry loam, and sandy turfy peat. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 L. tomento'sa (woolly). 4. White. Peru. 1823. 



LETTUCE. Lactu'ca. 



LEUCADE'NDRON. (From kukos, white, 

 and dcndron, a tree; the white-leaved 

 Silver trees of the Cape colonists. Nat, 

 ord., Proteads [Proteacese]. Linn., 22- 

 Dicccia -i-Tctrcmdria.} 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with yellow 

 flowers, from the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings 

 of the ripened shoots, in summer, in sand, 

 under a glass, and kept cool until the base of 

 the cutting has callused, when extra heat may 

 be applied ; fibry loam, and sandy peat, with a 

 few rough pieces of charcoal to keep the com- 

 post open. Winter temp., 33 to 45. 

 L. ce'mulum (rival). 3. July. 1789. 

 -i- angusta'tum (narrowed). 3. June. 1820. 



arge'nteum (Silver- tree). 15. August. 1693. 



caudu'tum (tailed). 3. May. 1800. 



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