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this is a very unchemical mixture, yet 

 it lias been found by Mr. Kobertson to 

 be peculiarly grateful 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 Down- 

 ton, employed a liquid manure, com- 

 posed of one part of the dung of do- 

 mestic poultry and four 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 50 Ibs. weight of guano. When 

 applied to plants, not more than five 

 ounces should be added to that quan- 

 tity of water. If it be made stronger, 

 it injures 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 larva?. 



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 tveak and 

 often. 



LIQUORICE. Glycyrrld'za. 



LIRIODE'NDRON. Tulip Tree. (From 

 lirion, a lily, and dendron, a tree ; Nat. 

 OTtL t Magnoliad8 [Magnoliacese]. Linn., 

 \'-\-Polyandria 6-Polygynia. ) 



Hardy deciduous tree, with yellow and red 

 flowers, from North America. Generally by 

 seeds, which, if sown in the autumn, usually 

 come up the succeeding spring, but if sown in 

 spring, generally remain a year in the ground ; 

 varieties by layers, grafting, and budding ; deep, 

 rich loamy soil. 

 L. tulipi'fera (tulip-bearing). 60. June. 1663, 



obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). 60. 



June. 1663. 



LISIA'NTHUS. See Lisya'nthus. 



LISSA'NTHE. (From lissos, smooth, 

 and anthos a flower. Nat. ord., Epacrids 

 [Epacridacese]. Linn., 5-Penlandria 

 \-Monotjynia. Allied to Leucopogon.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with white 

 flowers, except verticillata, and all from New 

 Holland. Cuttings of the points of shoots, in 



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

 chiefly sandy fibry peat. Temp., 40 to 45, 

 when'resting and flowering ; a higher tempera- 

 ture and a closer atmosphere, when making 

 their wood, after flowering and pruning. 



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



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



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



Stella' ta (starry). April. 1836. 



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



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



verticilla'ta (whorled). Purple. April. 



LISSOCHI'LUS. (From lissos, smooth, 

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

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 0,0-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 ; winter, 55 to 60. 



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

 of Good Hope. 1822. 



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



December. Algoa Bay. 1822. 



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



Leone. 1841. 



specio'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 

 walls, 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 inflicted, in- 

 ducing gum and 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 

 larvse of insects. 



LISYA'NTHUS. (From lysis, the ter- 

 mination of a disease, and anthos, a 

 flower; referring to its intense bitter- 

 ness. Nat. ord., Genlianworts [Gen- 

 tianacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1-Mo- 

 noyynia.} 



Seeds, in spring, in a hotbed, and cuttings of 

 shrubby kinds in sandy soil, under a bell-glass ; 

 sandy loam and peat. Summer temp., 00 to 

 80; winter, 50 to 55. Russellianus, if not 

 propagated by cuttings, may be considered a 

 biennial ; young plants raised in heat one year, 

 and safely kept over the winter in a cool stove, 

 or a warm greenhouse, and potted in spring, 

 will bloom beautifully in summer. 



