LEUCOIUM LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. 265 



Leucoium (Snowflake). Amaryllidacea. 



Seeds, for producing new sorts. Propagation is com- 

 monly effected by bulbels, which should be secured as 

 soon as possible after the foliage ripens. 



Leucothoe. Ericacece. 



Increased by seeds, which should be covered very 

 lightly. By divisions of established plants in autumn or 

 wmter. Also by layers. 



Lewisia. Portulacacece. 



Propagated by seeds, or by divisions in spring. 



Liatris (Blazing Star, Button Snake-root). CompositcB. 



Seeds are usually sown early in autumn. Divisions may 

 be made in spring. 



Libonia. Acanthacece . 



Seeds are rarely employed. Usually increased by short 

 green cuttings, like fuchsia and pelargonium. 



Licuala. Palmacece. 



Seeds may be sown in spring in a sandy soil, and 

 placed in a strong, moist bottom heat. 



Ligustrum (Privet, Prim). Oleacece. 



Stratified seeds. Division. The named varieties are 

 grown from cuttings, either of green or ripe wood. 



Lilac. See Syringa. 



Lilium (Lily). Liliacece. 



Seeds — giving new varieties in the variable species — 

 should be sown as soon as ripe in well-drained pans of 

 sandy peat, slightly covered with similar soil and a layer 

 of moss, and placed in a cool frame. Usually increased 

 by bulbels, which should be planted a few inches apart in 

 prepared beds. Sometimes small bulblets form in the 

 axils of the leaves, and these are used in the same man- 

 ner as bulbels. Bulb-scales are often employed for the 

 multiplication of scarce kinds. Those which produce 

 large and loose bulbs, as L. candidum, may be increased 

 by simple division. These operations are described on 

 pages 26 to 31. 



Lily-of-the-Valley. See Convallaria. 



