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not buried more than a quarter of an 

 inch. The plants, when two or three 

 inches high, must be thinned to three 

 inches apart, and those removed pricked 

 at the same distances, in a similar hed 

 to that from which they were removed ; 

 shade and water freely in every stage 

 of their growth; for if, from the want 

 of this, a due exposure to the light, or 

 any other cause, they become weak, 

 they seldom are productive. Plant out 

 iu the open air early in June ; prepare 

 them for this, until at length they can 

 endure the temperature of the green- 

 house, where they may he kept until 

 finally moved. But before that time 

 arrives another thinning will be requi- 

 site ; those in the hotbed to six inches 

 apart, and those in the stove, each 

 plant separate into tolerable-si/ed pots. 

 They are to be finally planted five feet 

 apart beneath a south paling or wall, 

 to -which their branches must be 

 trained ; for if allowed to trail on the 

 ground the fruit scarcely ever ripens, 

 and never is in perfection. Water and 

 shade during midday must be afforded 

 until they are established; and if the 

 nights are cold during the first week or 

 two, the shelter of a hand-glass, or 

 even of a garden-pot, is advantageous. 



The training may commence as soon 

 as the branches are a foot long, and 

 continued throughout their growth. 

 In case of a want of space of wall or 

 paling, they may be trained with stakes 

 as espaliers. Throughout the summer 

 clear away all lateral shoots, its well as 

 lliiri the leaves, so as to expose the 

 fruit to the full influence of the sun. 



The berries begin to ripen about the 

 middle of August, and continue to do 

 so until October, or the arrival of the 

 first frosts which always destroy the 

 plants. 



To obtain Seed. Somn of the for- 

 wardest berries must be left until 

 perfectly ripe. It must be separated 

 from the pulp by washing as directed 

 for the " Cucumber." 



LOVE - LIES - BLEEPING. Amara'nthus 

 caiida'tus. 



LOVE TREE. Ca'rcis siliqtia' strum. 



LOWE 'A. (Named after Rev. Mr. 

 Lowe, travelling Bachelor of the Uni- 



versity of Cambridge. Nat. ord., llosc- 

 worts [liosacea^.]. Linn., IZ-Icosandriu 

 : :}-Tri(jyni(<; Allied to the Rose.') 



Half-hardy deciduous plant, very shy and 

 difficult to manage ; a little protection in severe 

 winters : seeds, and cuttings of the half-ripened 

 wood ; fibry peat and open sandy loam. 



L. berberifn'lia (Berberry-leaved). lj. Yellow, 

 purple. June. Persia. 1/90. 



LOXOGKA'MMA. (From loxos, slanting, 

 and gramma, writing ; referring; to the 

 spore or seed-cases. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiacere]. Linn., %-Crypto(/amia 

 l-Filices.) 



Stove Fern. See Ferns. 



L. lanceoln'ta (spear-head-fcai'ed). Yellow. 

 May. East Indies. 



LOZOT.-K'NIA rosa'ria is a small moth, 

 of which the caterpillar feeds upon the, 

 leaves of the rose-tree. Mr. Curtis 

 says, that "the eggs are laid in the 

 summer or autumn, and hatch with 

 the opening leaves ; and the little 

 caterpillar begins at once to form a 

 residence by drawing two or more leaf- 

 lets together, on which it feeds. This 

 operation soon points out where the 

 caterpillar is ; and the best method 

 which we know of getting rid of it is 

 hand-picking, which should be practised 

 as soon as the operation of the cater- 

 pillar becomes visible." 



LUBI'NIA. ( Named after M. St. Lubin, 

 a French botanist. Nat. ord., Prime- 

 worts [Prinmlaceoe]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Trientalis.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Cuttings 

 under a hand-light in May, and seeds sown in a 

 slight hotbed; loam and peat, with sand to 

 keep it open ; requires the protection of a cold 

 pit in winter. 



L. utropurpu'ren (dark-purple). 2. Purple. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



LUCU'LIA. (From, hiculi .s;a, the 

 native name. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 [Cinchonacese]. Linn., o-Pcntandria 

 \-Mono<ji/nia. Allied to Hymenodic* 

 tyoii.) 



Greenhouse evergreens from Nepaul. Cut- 

 tings of the young shoots getting a little firm, 

 about Midsummer, in sand, over sandy peatj 

 well-drained, and covered with a bell-glass, set 

 in a close pit or frame, and in a fortnight sup- 

 plied with a little bottom-heat ; peat and 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 } 



