Loquat 



( 34) 



Loxsoma 



these hand-picking is the best remedy. A forcible 

 stream of clear water directed against any infected 

 branches is the best way of dealing with the larger 

 specimens. 



LOQUAT (see PHOTINIA JAPONICA) 



LORANTHUS. 



A large_ genus of stove, greenhouse, and hardy 

 parasitic shrubs (ord, Loranthaceje). The leaves 

 are thick and fleshy, and the flowers often highly 

 coloured, while the fruit is a berry or drupe. 

 Flavidus has been introduced. Propagation, by 

 sowing the berries upon the above-ground roots 

 of the Beech, or fixing them to its branches. 



LOREYA. 



Horticulturally, this genus (ord. Melastomacese) 

 is quite an unimportant one. The plants are seldom 

 cultivated. 



LOROPETALUM. 



There is only one species (two by Index Ke>v- 

 ensis) in this genus (ord. Hamamelideje), but it 

 is a singularly handsome flowering tree that is 

 in great favour with planters. Of dwarf and 

 shrubby habit, it takes kindly to pot culture, and 

 if potted firmly and exposed to the sun in the 

 autumn to ripen the wood, it flowers freely and 

 makes a highly- decorative conservatory plant. It 

 does not take kindly to forcing, but when grown 

 under glass it should be allowed to come along 

 naturally in a cool house. It may be propagated 

 by seeds, when these can be obtained, or by cut- 

 tings, either in spring or autumn, in a close frame. 

 Soil for pot plants, loam two-thirds, leaf mould 

 one-third, and sand. Outdoors it favours a good 

 sandy loam, in a warm and sheltered position. 



Only Species: 



chinense, 4' to 12', aut., hdy., wh. (see p. 33). 



LOTUS. 



Description. A large genus (ord. Leguminosse), 

 and its members vary a good deal. Some are low, 

 prostrate herbs, others are of shrubby habit, but 

 comparatively few are cultivated. From a garden 

 point of view, Bertholetii is the most important ; 

 it makes an elegant basket plant for the green- 

 house or cool conservatory, is of distinct appear- 

 ance with its curiously shaped scarlet flowers, and 

 is quite easy to grow. Jacobfeus and Gebelia are 

 also greenhouse perennials, but they are liable to 

 die off during the winter, and although pretty, are 

 not at all reliable. The common Bird's Foot Tre- 

 foil, corniculatus, is ubiquitous in British pastures. 

 Occasionally it is cultivated, and is really a pretty 

 plant for the rockery. The double-flowered form 

 is, as yet, comparatively rare. 



Propagation. By seeds for the hardy species, and 

 by cuttings for the greenhouse perennials. Sandy 

 soil should be employed for the cuttings, and a 

 close, but not heated, frame is desirable, if not 

 absolutely necessary. 



Lopimia (see Pavonia). 



Lord Alison's Pea (see Latltynts nervosus, syn. 



magellanicus). 

 Lord Harrington's Yew (see Cephalotaxus pedim- 



culata). 



Lords and Ladies (see Arum maculatum). 

 Lorinseria (see Woodrvardia). 

 Lotus Tree, European (see LHospyros Li>tns). 



Soil. Any ordinary garden soil will do ; equal 

 parts of lo:tm and leaf soil, with a little sand, for 

 the greenhouse plants. 



Principal Species : 

 Bertholetii, 2*, My., Je., major, larger. 



grh. per., so. A good Gebelia, Je., Jy., grh. 



basket plant (syn. pe- per., red, ro. 



liorhynchus). jacobanis, 1' to 3', sum., 



corniculatus, 3" to 6", grh. per., pur. 



sum., hdy., yel., or., peliorhynchus(-Bertho- 



prostrate. letii). 



Other Species : 



albidus (sec australis). phmatus (see Hosackia 



australis, '2', Jy., grh. bicolor). 



per., pk.. wh., pur. red Tetragcnolobus, 6" to 

 (syn. albidus). 12", Je., Aug., hdy., 



dark pur. (*//. Tetra- 

 gouolobus purpureus) . 



LOTUS, SACRED (see NELUMBIUM). 



LOURYA. 



A stove plant (ord. HosmodoraceEe) with the 

 habit and appearance of an Aspidistra. Campan- 

 ulata, the only species, has yellow and purple 

 flowers produced in December and January, suc- 

 ceeded by clusters of blue berries. It may be 

 increased by division in spring, and thrives in a 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand. 



LOVE-IN-A-MIST (see NIGELLA). 

 LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING G AMAE 



ANTHUS), 



LOWIA. 



Interesting, newly introduced stove perennial 

 herbs (ord. Scitaminefe), somewhat like Heliconias 

 in appearance and thriving under similar treat- 

 ment. 



Principal Species: 

 borueunsis, yel., pur.,vio., longiflora, olive, pur., 



blk.; Ivs. oil long wh., Ivs. tufted. 



stalks. maxillarioicles, grn., yel., 



flowers larger, Ivs. 

 tufted. 



LOXOCOCCUS. 



A genus, of one species only, of stove Palms (ord. 

 Palma;), of elegant habit, but rare in cultivation. 

 They answer to the same cultural treatment as the 

 Arecas and Ptycospermas. 



Only Species : 



rupicola, 30' to 40', grh., flowers and spathe red, 

 Ivs. pinnate (syn. Ptycosperma rupicola). 



LOXSOMA. 



A genus of one species, Cunningham! (ord. 

 Filices), which reproduces itself freely from spores, 

 in a natural state, and affects a heavy, clayey 

 loam, so that its thin, wiry roots are almost con- 

 otantly moist. 



Only Species : 



Cunninghami, fronds 1' to 2J' long, bluish grn. 

 beneath, pale grn. above ; leathery. 



Lotzea (see Asplenium). 



Lousewort (see Pedlcnlaris). 



Love Apple (see Tomato}. 



Love Grass (see Jirayrostis). 



Love-in-idleness (see Viola tricolor). 



Lon-ea Tierlierifolia of Lindley (see Ilosa simplici- 



folia). 



LoxantJies (see Jferine). 

 Loxoscaplte (see Darallia). 



