LOUISIANA 



LTCTMA 



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tomatoes, the Ohartior radisli, the New Orleans Market 

 eggplant, the Peerless and Triumph Irish potatoes, the 

 New Orleans Market and White Spine cucumbers, tlie 

 New Orleans Market cantaloupe, the Drumheads, Flat 

 Dutch, Succession, AU-JSeasons and Nonesnch cabbages, 

 the Italian and Bermuda type of oni<iDS, the First and 

 Best and Alaska peas, the Early jMoluiwk and Valentine 

 beans. In the northern part of the state large quanti- 

 ties of Irish potatoes are grown, and oftentimes the 

 second crop is very profitable. The first crop is planted 

 iu January or February and harvested in May and June. 

 The seed for the second crop is prepared for planting 

 liy special treatment, consisting of gradxially exposing 

 the tubers to the light and moisture, which matures them 

 and excites the eyes into growth. As soon as this is 

 accomplished they are ready for planting, which is usu- 

 ally during August. They are harvested in November. 



Upwards of 3, .500, 000 bushels of sweet potatoes are 

 grown annually, the varieties best known being Pump- 

 kin, Creole, California, Hrrnrnda, Red and Yellow 

 Nansemond, Hayman, Providence, Yellow Jersey, South- 

 ern Queen and Viueless. The last variety is one of thu 

 most desirable of the newer sweet potatoes. 



The culture of fruit, other than oranges and straw- 

 Tterries, has been neglected iu great measure. Apples do 

 fairly well in the northern part of the state, the desiral>le 

 varieties being Smith, Horse, Red June, Magnum, Karly 

 Harvest, Cullasago, Shannon, Shockley and Red Astra- 

 chan. Grapes are grown but sparingly, as the long, warm, 

 moist season offers the best conditions under which the 

 grape diseases develop, and the frequent rains hinder the 

 use of fungicides; however, in the northern and south- 

 western portions of the state the following varieties have 

 been found desirable: Champion, Diamond, Eaton, Ni- 

 agara, Concord, Delaware, Brighton, Sweet Mountain, 

 Herbemont and Jacques. Only the Chinese type of pears 

 is at all grown, as it offers more resistance to the blight 

 than the others. The desirable varieties are Le Conte, 

 Kieffer, Smith, Garber, Dai Dai, Golden Russet and Mme. 

 Von Siebold. The European varieties of plums do not suc- 

 ceed, but many of the American and Japanese sorts do 

 well. The desirable varieties are Burbank, Abundance, 

 Satsuma, Kelsey,Chabot,Wild Goose, Robinson and a few 

 others. The fig is grown universally in all sections of 

 the state, the best varieties being Celeste, Brunswick, 

 White Ischia, Magnolia, Angelique, Lemon, Mission and 

 Reine Blanche. The Japan persimmons are being set 

 extensively, using chiefly the Hyakume, Kurokume, 

 Nero Zami, Hachiya, Tsuru and Among. These fruits 

 are large, showy, and will stand transportation well. 

 The Eiberta, Sneed, Peen-to (in the south) and Chinese 

 Cling peaches prevail. 



The other fruits, grown in a limited way, are quinces, 

 goumi, blackberries, dewberries, a very few raspberries, 

 pomegranates, bananas, jxijubes and pawpaws. There 

 are a few other tropical fruits that are grown only for 

 specimens. 



Louisiana abounds in beautiful flowering shrubs and 

 wild flowers. The planting of all kinds of ornamentals 

 is very extensive, roses bloom throughout the season, 

 and the camellia finds a congenial home throughout the 

 southern part of the state. In and around New Orleans 

 the finest ornamental plantings will be found, St. Charles 

 avenue, the principal residence street, being especially 

 beautiful, with its palms, roses, camellias and orna- 

 mental vines. This is not confined to the wealthier 

 classes, for nearly all these ornamentals grow readily 

 from cuttings with little care, and even the poorest peo- 

 ple oftentimes have the choicest flowers and roses 

 around their doorstep. p. H. Burnette. 



LOTJSEWORT. Pedh-uh.n is. 



LOVAGE. Lev-isiirni,,. 



LOVE APPLE. First popular name of the Tomato, 

 now dying out in America. Love-in-a-mist. = iV;V/f //a. 

 Love-lies-bleeding, Amarantus caudatus. 



LOXOSCAPHE (Greek, a?;, oblique boat). Polupodlct- 

 cnr. A small genus of southern hemisphere ferns, 

 related to Davallia. Indusium forming a compressed. 



suborbicular or cup-shaped sac, open only at the top: 

 Ivs.with linear segments. Forculture, consult Davallia. 



thecifera, Moore [DavdUia concrjma, Schrad.). Stipes 

 3-4 in. long: Ivs. 0-9 in. long, bipinnate; divisions 2-3 

 lines long, 1-2 line wide. S. Amer. and Africa. 



foeniculacea, IVIoore {Davdllid frf;ninih)cea, Hook.). 

 Stipes 0-8 dn. long: Ivs. 0-18 in. long, ([uadripinnate; 

 divisions less than % line wide. Fiji Islands. 



L. M. Underwood. 



LUCERNE. See Alfalfa and JfrdU-Ui/o. 



LTJCtTLIA (probably adapted from a native name). 

 li'uhii'ici'ir. A genus of 2 species of tender shrubs from 

 the Himalayas, bearing in winter terminal corymbs 

 sometimes a foot across, composed of 20-40 pink or 

 white, fragrant, salver-shaped fls. with 5 rounded lobes, 

 ejich fl. being 13'2-2 in. across. A plant of L. gratinsima 

 is on record which attained 63^ ft., bearing 24 biuaches 

 of fls. each 2 ft. in circximference, beside 30 smaller 

 bunches. Calyx tube top-shaped ; lobes imequal, decid- 

 uous; stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla; 

 filaments very short : disk annular : ovary 2-celled : 

 style 2-branched. 



L. gralissima. is one of the most In-autiful winter- 

 flowering shrubs for house decoration, and deserves to 

 become more popular with florists for Christmas sales. 

 The wood ripened after flowering furnishes the best 

 cuttings. Newly rooted plants require a night temp, of 

 (10'^ at first, but the temp, should be gradually reduced 

 and the plants hardened off before they are planted out- 

 doors for the summer. Young plants should never he 

 allowed to get dry from the time of first potting until 

 they are taken outdoors. For potting a light soil is de- 

 sirable. When the pots are well filled with roots, apply 

 li(iuid manure two or three times a week until the buds 

 appear. During the sunnner the yjlants should be syr- 

 inged daily, as they are suigectto red spider. The plants 

 should be lifted, potted and brought indoors the last 

 week of Aug. If left out later they do not set flower 

 buds as well. As soon as the buds appear the plants 

 should be moved to a warmer house, with a night temp. 

 of .55°. After flowering the plants should be trimmed 

 somewhat, given less water, kept in a night temp, of 

 4r»° and syringed daily. They start slowly, but make 

 hardy growths for planting out. 



gratissima, Sweet. In the wild a tree attaining in ft. : 

 Ivs. opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminate, acute at the base, 

 4-() in. long : panicle decussately branched : fls. pink 

 or rose, forming a gorgeous rounded mass ; corolla lobes 

 ind)ricate<l in the bud; stamens inserted in the tube, 

 slightly f^xserted. S.B.F.G. 14.'3. B.M. 3946. G.C. HI. 

 21:81. R.H. 1843:38.') and 1890:180. Gn. 3.5, p. 58; 41, 

 ]K 4tJ9; 55, pp. 42, 107. A.F. 7:443 and 10:079. 



L. PinC''ai)a, Hook. Lvs. ov.il: fls. in a rTunpnuiKi <^'ynie, the 

 lobes pure white ;i,b<ive, changing to a cream, with a rusy tinge, 

 outside rosy and the tube red. Distingiiished by the presence 

 of 5 pairs of tubercles at the base of each sinus. B.M. 4132. 

 (in. 3.5, p. .59 and 41, p. 460,— i. specibsa, Hort., is not in Index 

 Kewensis. H. A. Siebrerht ivrites that it is in every way like L. 

 f,n-atissinia, except that the tls. are much larger and of a deeper 

 (.■ulor. He says it is a strunj/er grower and just as fragrant. 

 Geo. McWiLLiAii and W. M. 



LUCtTMA (Peruvian name). Sapoffire>p. About 50 

 species of trees and shrubs, largely S. American, two of 

 which are tropical fruit trees. iL. Pivicoa produces the 

 Egg Fruit, or Ti-es, which is about the size and shape of 

 a hen's egg, and tastes like the yolk of an egg sweet- 

 ened with sugar. As cult, in S. Fla. and S. Calif, it 

 makes a large evergreen bush or small tree. It is re- 

 lated to the Sapodillo, but the floral parts of the latter 

 are in 6's instead of 5's. L. mayiimosa produces theMar- 

 nudadePlum (Fig. 1321}, which has a rough and rusty 

 skin and russet-colored edible pulp. This fine fruit 

 grows wild in the West Indies and the Philippines. 



mammdsa, Gsertn. Marmalade Plum. Fig. 1321. Lvs. 

 obitvate-oblong or spatulate, chartaceous, 6-8 in. long, 

 2-3 in. wide, mucronate : calyx segments 9-10, inner ones 

 larger and notched: ovary 5-celled: fr. usually 1-seeded 



by abortion. S. America, West Indies, Philippines. 



