Lonchocarpus 



( 31 ) 



Lonicera 



conspicuous. Propagated by spores, which should 

 bo sown as soon as they are ripe ; also by division 

 of the rhizomes, which soon rn;ike plants if separ- 

 ated rlcanly. Boil, two parts of peat and one part 

 of loam, with sand. 



LoMAltIA VULCAXICA (see ji. 30;. 



Principal Species : 



pubescens, fronds 8' to 4', st, very woolly (synf. 

 lindeniana, madagascariensis, and natalensis). 



Other Species : 



occidentals, fronds ZV I o 4', stipes naked. Not 

 commonly grown. 



LONCHOCARPUS. 



Evergreen stove trees or tall climbing shrubs 

 (it-rd. Leguminosiu), with unequally pinnate leaves, 

 and violet, purple, or white flowers in racemes, or 

 very rarely panicles. Propagation, by cuttings of 

 half-matured shoots in a propagating case with 

 bottom heat. Soil, fibrous loam and peat in equal 

 proportions, with sand and charcoal to keep it 

 porous. 



Principal Species : 



Barteri, Sep., ro. pk. 

 cyanescens. Yoruba In- 

 digo, 

 domingensis (see sericeus). 



latifolius, 20', st. shr., 



pale jiur. 



pubescens, 2;V, pur. 

 sericeus, 20'. 



LONDON PRIDE (see SAXIFEAGA UM- 



BROSA). 



LONDON PURPLE. 



An arsenical preparation, used as an insecticide 

 in combination with lime. The proportions are 

 1 Ib. of London Purple, 1 Ib. of lime, and 250 



LonycKampia (see Lei/sacra). 



gallons of water. As the preparation is very 

 poisonous it must be handled with extreme care. 

 While being used it should be kept well stirred, 

 for it does not dissolve in water. In this respect 

 it behaves similarly to the better known Paris 

 Green. It may be used with Bordeaux Mixture 

 as a fungicide. 



LONICERA. (HONEYSUCKLE.) 



Description. Hardy or half-hardr, erect or 

 climbing, shrubs (aril.. Caprifoliacese), which may 

 be divided into two distinct groups according as 

 the flowers are whorlod and the fruits separate, as 

 in the common Honeysuckle, or the (lowers and 

 fruits are in pairs like Xylosteum. The flowers 

 are yellow, orange, pink, white, rose, purple, red, 

 or scarlet. 



Propagation. 13y seeds or berries ; also by cut- 

 tings taken in autumn, inserted in sandy soil, and 

 sheltered in frames during winter. The thick and 

 pithy-stemmed species may be layered like Carna- 

 tions or Rhododendrons in autumn. 



Soil. Any good garden soil will meet their 

 requirements ; but if heavy it should be ameliorated 

 by the use of sand, peat, and leaf mould. 



Other Cultural Points. Three at least of the 

 species are regarded as tender, namely gigantea, 

 hildebrandiana, and Bempervirens, and are usually 

 grown in a greenhouse. Hildebrandiana succeeds in 

 the open in the Isle of Wight, and when suftieiently 

 tried may be expected to do so in all the more 

 favoured parts of the south and west coasts of 



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LONICEKA SEMl'JSKVIUENS (. Ji. 23). 



Britain. Sempervirens dislikes clayey soils and the 

 smoke of towns. It grows well in sandy peat, and as 

 it lives and makes a fair amount of growth on a 

 south wall in the north of Scotland, it should 



