Leonotis 



(7) 



Xiepechinia 



LEONOTIS. (LION'S EAR.) 



Rather showy greenhouse, herbaceous plants or 

 shrubs (ord. Labiatse), which are propagated by 

 cuttings struck in bottom heat in spring. Soil, a 

 rich loam. Young plants ought to have frequent 

 shifts and to be regularly stopped to induce a 

 bushy growth. They must have plenty of air in 

 summer, and will do outdoors at that season. 



Principal Species : 



Leonurus, 5', win., sc., shrubby (syn. Phlomis 

 Leonurus, tee figure). 



Other Species : 

 intermedia, 3'. Sep., or. nepehrfolia, 4', Sep., or. 



yeL sc. 



LEOXOTIS LEOXUUUS. 



LEONTICE. 



Interesting little plants (ord. Berberidesc), some 

 of which are cultivated as hardy herbaceous plants 

 in warm localities, but are best grown in a cool 

 greenhouse. The roots are tuberous. Propagation, 

 by seeds or offsets. Soil, loam and peat, not very 

 dry at the growing period. 



Principal Species : 

 Albert!, S", Ap.,lilf-hdy., Leontopetalum, 1', spr., 



hr., yel. yel. ; var. vesicaria. 



darn-asica, 8", Feb., hdy., 



yel. 



Altaica, Chrysogonum, odessana. and Oliverii 

 are //.. nl' BoCgardia Ranwolfii. Thalictrioides is 

 Canlophyllnm thalictroides. 



LEONTODON. (HAWKBIT.) 



A rather numerous gonus of summer-flowering, 

 hardy herbaceous plants (urrl. Composite), of 



scarcely any value for gardens.- They grow in any 

 common soil, and are increased by division, or by 

 seeds sown in the open in spring. AH have yellow, 

 Hawkweed-like flowers, and leaves of similar char- 

 acter to those of the Hawkweeds and Dandelions. 

 Pyrenseus is the best of the species. 



LEONTOPODIUM. (EDELWEISS.) 

 The only species of note is a hardy, grey-leaved, 

 herbaceous perennial (ord. Compositao). Propaga- 

 tion, by seeds or spring division, and the plant will 

 grow in any soil. It appears somewhat difficult to 

 establish in some places, but once settled grows 

 readily. It should be well exposed to the sun, and 

 the surface of the soil covered with broken stone. 

 Principal Species : 



dram). Himalaicum, 

 sibiricum, aud traus- 

 sylvaiiicum are vars. 



alpinum, 0", My., Je., 

 yel. (suns. L, helveti- 

 cum, L. vulgare, aiid 

 Gnaphalium Leontopo- 



LEOPARD MOTH. 



This handsome species (Zeuzera pyrina, syn. Z. 

 yEsculi) is distributed throughout Europe and 

 Northern Africa, but has generally been con- 

 sidered somewhat rare in this country. During 

 the past year or two it has, however, been fre- 

 quently found in the London district and the 

 Southern counties. The perfect female insect 

 measures 2J" across the forewings, but the male is 

 somewhat smaller. The wings are white, strewn 

 with bluish black spots, and there are three similar 

 spots on each side of the thorax It ; s the yellow, 

 black-dotted larva that proves such a pest in 

 gardens and parks, as it tunnels into Apple, Ash, 

 Birch, Beech, Chestnut, Elm, Holly, Lime, Oak, 

 1'car, Walnut, Whitethorn, Willow, and other trees, 

 and sometimes attacks telegraph poles. Being of 

 considerable size, and a rapid worker, it is capable 

 of soon causing the collapse of a large tree, but it 

 betrays itself by the wood dust it leaves at the 

 entrance to its tunnel. As soon as the presence of 

 this wood borer is detected, insert a piece of stout 

 wire into the tunnel, and push it as far as possible, 

 so that the larva may be killed. Hunting the 

 moths by night, during August, should certainly 

 be practised in localities known to be infested, 



LEPANTHES. 



An extensive family of low-growing stove Orchids. 

 (ord. Orchidacese), allied to the genus Pleuro- 

 thallus, but as few possess any horticultural merit 

 the genus is only occasionally represented in col- 

 lections. Pot in fibrous peat and sphagnum, in 

 well-drained receptacles. Though the flowers are- 

 minute, the foliage is, in some cases, attractive. 



Principal Species : 

 calodictyon, 3", aut., Ivs. tridentata, 3", sum., pur., 



jjrn. and br. yel. 



Kiinguiuea, 3", bright red. 



LEPECHINIA. 



Hardy herbaceous perennials (ord. Labiatse). 

 propagated by division in spring, or by seeds in a 

 cold frame. Soil, three parts loam and one part peat. 



Principal Species : 

 clinopodifolia (correctly spicata, 1'. .Ty., yel. : re- 



Mentha dahurica). quires protection in win. 



Leontndim nf Adannon (see Taraxacum). 

 Le<>2>anr.< /ft/in- (nee JJoronirum). 

 Leopoldinia pulclira (ice Cocos neddeUiana). 

 Lepanthus (see Heteranthera). 



