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GENERAL INDEX. 



Ledstone Lodge, Yorkshire, 7582. 



.Ledum, decan. monog. and rhodoracea?, H. tr. 



i Eur. and Amer. dwarf shrubs, which grow in 



peat or sandy loam, and are increased by layers or 



seeds. 

 Lee, a seat in Kent, 7537. 

 Lee Castle, Worcestershire, 7566. 

 Lee-Chee, dimocarpus litchi. 

 Lee, James, Alius, of the Vineyard, 7518. 

 Lee, James, his works on gardening, page 1105. 



A.D. 1760. 

 Leea, pentan. monog. and meleacese, S. tr. and 

 , peren. E Ind. which grow freely in light loam, 



and cuttings soon strike root under a hand-glass 



in heat. 

 Leek, see Allium, 

 Leersia, trian. dig. and graminea?, a H. peren. and 



an. Amer. grasses of common culture. 

 Leeswold, a seat in Flintshire, 7606. 

 Lefebre, E A , his writings on gardening, 



page 1120. A.D.1801. 

 Leguminous culinary plants, 3596. 

 Leguminous wild plants, which are edible, 4309. 

 Lehmann, John Christian, his works on gardening, 



page 1123. A.D. 1750. 

 Leibitxer, J , his work on gardening, page 1125. 



A.D. 1794. 

 Leibnitz, his principle of a sufficient reason applic- 

 able to gardening as an art of design, 7164. 

 Leicestershire, gardens and residences of, 7573. 

 Leith walk nursery, 7618. 

 Leitrim, county of, as to gardening, 7674. 

 Leland, John, an English antiquary, who died 



about 1552. 

 Lemaistre, M , curate of Joinville, a French 



author on gardening, page 1117. A.D. 1719. 

 Lemarie, Fr , a French author on gardening, 



page 1116. A.D. 17. 

 Lemna, duck-weed, moncec. dian. and naiadea?, H. 

 t an. Brit, aquatics which may be treated as calli- 



triche. 

 Lemoine, Leonor, his work on gardening, page 1120. 



A.D. 1801. 

 Lemon, see Citrus. 

 Lemon-grass, andropogon schoenanthus. 

 Lentil, ervum lens. 

 Leonharde, F. G. and J. H. Seidel, their work on 



gardening, page 1126. A.D. 1803. 

 Leonotis, lion's tail, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, 



G. tr. and a S. an. E. Ind. and C. B. S. which 



thrive in light rich soil, and young cuttings root 



readily under a hand-glass. 

 Leontice, hexan. monog. and berberideae, a G. and 



H. peren. Levant; which grow freely in loam 



and peat, and may be increased by dividing at the 



root or by seeds. 

 Leontodon, dandelion, syngen. polyg. aequal. and 



cichoraceae, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 

 Leontodon taraxacum, the- common dandelion, 



3994. 

 Leonurus, motherwort, didyn. gymnos. and labia- 

 , tea?, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of common 



culture. 

 Leopard's bane, see Doronicum. 

 Lepechinia, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, a H. 



peren. Mexico; of common culture. 

 Lepidium, pepperwort, tetrad, silic. and crucifereae, 

 , G. and F. tr. and H. an. Eur. and Amer. of com- 

 mon culture. 

 Leptanthus, trian. monog. and , all 



peren. N. Amer. which thrives in peat soil, and 



is increased by offsets from the roots. 

 Leptospermum, icosan. monog. and myrteaceae, G. 



tr. Austral, which grow well in an equal mixture 



of sandy loam and peat, and young cuttings root 



readily in sand under a bell-glass. 

 Leschevin, C , his works on gardening, page 



1121. A.D. 1805. 

 Lessertia, diadel. decan. and leguminosea?, a G. 



peren. and an. C. B. S. which grow in sandy loam 



and peat, and are readily increased by cuttings or 



seeds. 

 Lestibudesia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaceae, a 



S. tr. and bien. W. Ind. which grows freely in 



light, rich soil, and is readily increased by cuttings 



or seeds. 

 Lettsom, John Coakley, M.D. F.R.S. his work on 



gardening, page 1109. A.D. 1781. 

 Lettuce, 3964. see Lactuca. 

 Leucadendron, dicec. tetran. and proteaceae, G. tr. 



C. B. S. which grow best in light loam mixed 



with more than one third . sand, the pots well 



drained, and over watering avoided. Ripened 



cuttings, taken off early in spring at a joint, root 

 in sand under a hand-glass. 



Leucas, didyn. gymnos. and labiatese, S. an. Ind. of 

 common culture. 



Leucojum, snow-flake, hexan. monog. and amaryl. 

 lideae, H. peren. Eur. bulbs of easy culture. 



Leucopogon, pentan. monog. and epacrideaa, G. tr. 

 N. S. W. which thrive in sandy loam and peat, 

 and the tops of the very young shoots taken off 

 for cuttings, will root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Leucospermum, tetran. monog. and proteaceas, G. 

 tr. which may be treated as leucadendron. 



Level, different kinds of, 1368. 



Levelling, 1931. 



Lever, its form and uses in gardening, 1297. 



Lewisham nursery, 7536. 



Leysera, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbiferea?, 

 G. tr. C. B. S. which grow freely in peat soil with 

 a little loam, and cuttings planted under a hand- 

 glass in the same kind of soil will root freely. 



Lexay de Marnesia, his works on gardening, page 

 1119. A.D. 1787. 



Liancouit, Count de, his palace and gardens, 161. 



Liatris, syngen. polyg. anjual. and corymbifereae, a 

 G. and H. peren. N. Amer. which grow freely in 

 rich, light soil, and may be increased by seed or 

 dividing at the root. 



Licorice, see Glycyrrhiza. 



Licuala, hexan. monog. and palmeae, a S. tr. E. Ind. 

 a palm which may be treated like latonia. 



Lidbeckia, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbifereae, 

 a G. tr. C. B. S. which grows freely in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root readily in the same soil 

 under a hand-glass. 



Liebault, Stephen, his works on gardening, page 



1115. A.D. 1570. 



Liger, Louis, a French author on gardening, page 



1116. A.D. 1703. 



Light, the importance of, to vegetables, 1594. 



Lightfootia, bell-flower, pentan. monog. and cam- 

 panulaceae, a G. tr. and peren. Eur. and C. B. S. 

 which grow freely in loam and peat, and cuttings 

 root readily in the same soil under a hand-glass. 



Lightoler, J , his works on gardening, page 1107. 



A.D. 1766. 



Ligne, Prince de, a German soldier and statesman 

 of great personal acquirements, and a favorite at 

 most of the courts of Europe. He published 

 fourteen volumes on miscellaneous subjects, 

 among which are various remarks on gardens, 

 and especially on those of England. He flourished 

 during the reigns of Frederick the Great of 

 Prussia and Catharine II. of Russia, and died at 

 an advanced age at Vienna, in 1814. 



Lignum vitas tree, guaiacum officinale. 



Ligusticum, lovage, pentan. dig. and umbelliferea?, 

 H. peren. Eur. and a bien. of common culture. 



Ligustrum, privet, dian. monog. and oleineae, H. tr. 

 Brit, and China, of the easiest culture, and in- 

 creased by cuttings or seeds. 



Lilac, see Syringa. 



Lilium, lily, hexan. monog. and liliaceae, H. peren. 

 Eur. Amer. and India, bulbs, highly esteemed as 

 border-flowers, 6311. 



Lily, see Lilium. 



Lily of the valley, see Convallaria. 



Lily-pink, aphyllanthes monospeliensis. 



Lily-thorn, see Catesbaea. 



Limax, the slug, and helix, the snail, to destroy, 

 2275. 



Lime-tree, see Tilia. 



Limerick, gardens of, 7668. 



Limeum, heptan. dig. and portulaceae, a G. peren. 

 which grows in sandy loam and peat, and cuttings 

 under a hand-glass root readily. 



Limnetis, trian. monog. and gramineaj, H. peren, 

 Eur. and Amer. grasses of easy culture. 



Limodorum, gynan. monnn. and orchideae, a G. 

 peren. Japan, which thrives best in loam and 

 peat and some bits of sticks and stones mixed with 

 it, and is increased by dividing at the root. 



Limonia, decan. monog. and auranteae, S. tr. India 

 and China, which grow in loam and peat with 

 some rotten dung ; ripened cuttings root in sand 

 under a hand-glass in a moist heat. 



Limosella, mudwort, didyn. angios. and scrophu- 

 larineae, a H, an. Brit, a marsh plant of easy 

 culture. 



Linaria, toad-flax, didyn. angios. and scrophula- 

 rineae, F. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and Amer. 

 which grow freely in common soil, and the 

 more delicate kinds root readily by cuttingc 

 under a hand-glass. 



