LOK 



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LOV 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of young 

 shoots, in April, in sand, over sandy peat, and 

 that extra well drained ; sandy peat, a little 

 libry loam, and pieces of charcoal and broken 

 freestone. Summer temp., 60 to 85; winter, 

 50 to 55. 



/>. arbore'scem (tree-like). 30. White. July. 

 Guiana. 1822. 



LOTK. Ztzyphns lo'tus. 



LO'TUS. Bircl's-foot Trefoil. (From 

 the lotus of Theophrastus, which is 

 7/tzypkus Intm. Nat. orcl., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabaeero]. Linn., 17-Diadet- 

 pkia -Decandria. Allied to Trifolium.) 



Annuals, by seed, at the beginning of April ; 

 a very few require the assistance of a gentle 

 hotbed, and transplanting afterwards; herba- 

 ceous and semi-shnibby low trailing plants, by 

 division, and cuttings in summer, under a 

 hand-light, in a shady place. These are very 

 useful for banks and rockworks. Greenhouse 

 and frame kinds by cuttings of young shoots, 

 in sandy soil, under a hand-light or frame ; 

 light sandy soil for all. 



STOVE ANNUAL. 



L. 1'ndicus (Indian). 1. July. East Indies. 

 1793. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L. arge'nteus (silvery). . June. 1827. 



angtistifo'lius (narrow - leaved). 



. July. 1827. 



Austra'Hs (southern). Pink. July. New 



Holland. 1800. 



glau'cus (milky-green). 1. June. Madeira. 



1777- 



sassilifo'lius (stalkless-leaved). 1, July. 



Teneriffe. 1820. 



GREEXHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



L. unthylloi'des (Anthyllis-like). J. Dark 



purple. June. Cape of Good Hope. 

 1812. 



atropurpu'reus (dark-purple). 1, Dark 



brown. Teneriffe. 1820. 



Cre'ticus (Cretan). 1*. June. Levant. 



1680. 



Gebe'lia (mountain). 1. May. Aleppo. 181(5. 



Jaoobce'us (St. James's Island). 2. Dark 



brown. July. Cape de Verd Islands. 

 1714. 



lu'teus (yellow -flowered}. 2. 



July. 



wcta'biiis (shewy). 2. Teneriffe. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



L. angusti'ssimus (narrowest-podded). 1. May. 

 Britain. 



Ara'bicus( Arabian). . Pink. July. Ara- 



bia. 1773. 



arena'rius (sand), i. April. Teneriffe, 1831. 



cilia'tus (hair-fringed). $. July. Sicily. 



1812. 



Coimbrice'nsis (Coimbra). i. White, red. 



June. Portugal. 1800. 



cytisoi'des (Cytwus-like). 1. June. South 



Europe. 17^2, 



1 L. dem'mbena (lying-down). $. July. Europe. 

 1816. 



Diosco'ridis (Dioseoridea's), I.June. Nirc. 



165S. 



edu'lis (eatable), i- July. Italy. 1759. 

 ! glabe'rrimus (very-smooth). $. White. 



July. South Europe. 1816. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1. July. Hungary. 1812. 



odoru'tus (sweet-scented), l. June, Bar- 



-pertgrSs (Reading). $. July. ., 



Europe. 1713. 

 -pusi'Uw (small). 4. July. South Europe. 



1816. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



L.cornicula'hts (small-horned). l. June. 

 Britain. 



-Alpi'nus (Alpine). $. June. 



Switzerland. 1819. 



flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 



August. 

 Hungary. 



\. July. Gardens. 

 crassifo'lius (thick-leuved). 

 South Europe. 1812, 



depre'ssus (depressed). July. 



1919- 



flexuo'sus (zig-zag). ^. July. Europe. 1816. 



Forste'ri (Fprster's). ^. July. Britain. 



ma'jor (greater). 1^. June. Britain. 

 -- uillo'sus (shaggy). ^. June. Switz- 



erland. 1817. 



pahi'stris (marsh). . June. Crete. 1821. 



peduncula'tus (tong'-flower-stalked). I.July. 



Spain. 1814. 



Portosancta'nus (Porto Santo). July. 



Porto Santo. 1789. Evergreen shrub. 



auave'olens (sweet-scented). . July. South 



France. 1816. 



temiifo'lins (slender-leaved). July. Europe. 



1837. 



te'nuis (slender). 1. July. Hungary. 181G. 



vligino'sus (bog). June. Europe. 1636. 



LOUSE. See .4 '?;/</'s. 



LOUSEWORT. Pcdicnla'rls. 



LOVE-APPLE, or Tomato. Lycop<-'r 

 sicon escule'ndun. 



Varieties. Of the Red the Common 

 Large, Small, Pear-shaped, (Jhern- 

 shaped. Of the Yellow the Large 

 Yellow, Small or Cherry Yellow. 



Soil, rich, light, and on a dry sub- 

 soil; sea-weed may be applied with 

 advantage to the border on which it is 

 grown, as may kelp, or common salt in 

 small quantities. The situation must 

 be sheltered. 



Sowiny. Sow at the close of March 

 or early in April in a hotbed or stove. 

 The hotbed must be of a moderate 

 durability, earthed about six inches 

 deep. In a hothouse, sow in pots or 

 boxes set on the Hues or round tho 

 edges of the pits. 



In whatever situation, sow thin* and 



