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a conservatory bed, however, is the place where 

 it flourishes aiid shows off to the best advantage, 

 blooming in the autumn, winter, and spring 

 months. It should, also, be tried against a 

 conservative wall. 

 L. grati'ssima (most- welcome). 9- Bed. 1823. 



Pincia'na (Pince's). 5. White. 1843. 



LUCU'MA. (The Peruvian name, j 

 Nat. ord., Sapotads [Sapotacete]. Linn., 

 i-Pentandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Sapota.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with white flowers. 

 Cuttings of the ripe shoots, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, and in heat ; rich fibry sandy loam. 

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

 L. Bonpla'ndia (Bonpland's). 40. Cuba. 1822. 



mammo'sa (nippled). 60. South America. 



1739. 



obova'ta (revefsed-egg-Jeaoerf). 40. Peru. 



1822. 



salicifo'lia (Willow-leaved); 40, Mexico. 



1823. 



LU'DIA. (From /wrfo, to sport; re- 

 ferring to the various forms of leaf of 

 L. lieterophylla. Nat. ord., Bixads. 

 [Bixacete]. Linn., 19-Polyandri-a 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Prockia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with yellow flowers, 

 from Mauritius. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 

 Irt saiid, Under a bell-glass, in bottom heat ; 

 fibry loam, with a little peat, and dried cow 

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

 50 to 55. 

 L. heterophy'lla (various -leaved). 4. July. 1823. 



sessilijlo'ra (stalkless-flowered). 4. July. 



1820. 



LI-HE 'A. (Named after Luhe, a Ger- 

 man botanist. Nat. ord., Liiulcnllooms 

 [Tiliaceo-,]. Linn., 1%-Potyadelphia 2- 

 Polyandriu. Allied to Sparmannia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, two inches in length, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, and plunged in bottom heat ; fibry 

 peat and sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 



L. Caraccasa'na (Caraccasian). Caraccas. 1847* 

 Shrub. 



panicula'tu. (panicled). 10. Rosy. April. 



Brazil. 1828. Climber. 



LUI'SIA. (Name not explained. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [OrchidaceeeJ. Linn., 

 20-Gynandria 1-Monandria. Allied to 

 Vaiida.) 



Stove orchid. Detaching the side hoots ; a 

 block of wood covered with moss, or elevated 

 above a pot, with sphagnum, peat, crocks, &c. 

 Temperature, 60 to 90, when growing in 

 summer, with a moist atmosphere ; 50 to 60 

 in winter, and djy ; 60 to 90 in spring, and 

 rather dry to start the flower buds, kept cooler 

 afterwards, and excited again when the flower- 

 ing is over. 



L. Alpi'na (Alpine). Green, purple. April. 

 Sylhet. 1837. 



LUMNI'TZERA. (Named after Lum- 

 nitzcr, a botanical author. Nat. ord., 

 Myrobalans [Combretacese]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Gymnospcrmia. Allied to 

 Poivrea.) 



Stove annual, and herbaceous plants. One 

 of the latter is well-worth ultivating ; seed, 

 division of the plant, and by cuttings of the 

 young shoots in spring : requires a warm green- 

 bouse, a cool stove ; sandy loam. 



L. tenuiflo'ra (slender-flowered). 1. Pale 

 purple. July. East Indies. 1/03. 



LUNA'BIA. Moonwort, or Honesty. 

 (From /?w, the moon ; referring to 

 the shape of the seed-vessels. Nat. 

 ord., Crucifers [Brassicacere] . Linn., 

 Ib-Tetradynamia. Allied to Alyssurn.) 



Hardy plants, natives of Germany, and flower- 

 ing in May; seeds and divisions in spring. 

 Common garden soil. 



L. biefnnis (biennial). 4. Light purple. 1570. 



Biennial. 

 albifio'ra (white -flowered). 3. 



White. 1570. 

 redivi'va (revived). 3. Light purple. 1596. 



Herbaceous perennial. 



LTJNGWOBT. Pulmona'ria. 



LUPI'NUS. Lupine. (From lupus, a 

 wolf; devastates land as the wolf does 

 the fold; literally, destroyer. Nat. ord., 

 Lc</iiminoHs Plants [Fabaceee]. Linn., 

 IQ-Monadelphia 6-Decanrlria.} 



They are generally arranged into annuals, pe- 

 rennials, and frame evergreen shrubs, but they 

 all produce seed so freely, that it is easiest to 

 propagate them by that means, only the ever- 

 greens, instead of being sown in theopen ground, 

 should have the assistance of a gentle hotbed 

 to rear them before planting them out. If such 

 kinds as Mutabilis and Cruikshankii are sown 

 in August, and kept in pots all the winter in a 

 pit, they make splendid specimens on a lawn 

 the following summer. 



HALF-HABDY EVEEGEEENS. 



L. a'lbifrons (white -countenanced herbage" 

 hoary). |. Blue. September. Cali- 

 fornia. 1833. 



urbn'reus (tree). 6. Yellow. July. 1793. 



arbu'stus (shrub). 1$. Pale purple. July. 



California. 1826. Herbaceous. 



arve'nsis (field). 1*. Lilac. April. Peru. 



1843. Biennial. 



bimacula'tus (twin-spotted). Blue. Sep- 



tember. Texas. 1835. Herbaceous. 



cunulicula'tus (channelled). 4. Blue. 



July. Buenos Ayres. 1828. 



Cruiksha'nkn (Cruikshank's). 5. Varie- 



gated. July. Peru. 1829 



inca'nus (\\oxry~herbuged). Pale lilac. 



July. Buenos Ayres. 1830. 



