ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Lady’s Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum).—See Polygonatum. 
Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus).—See Cypripedium. | 
Leelia.—Ord. Orchidacee. Stdve orchids. Evergreen. First in- 
troduced 1831. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts coarse fibrous peat, one part living 
sphagnum moss, charcoal, & sand. Position, pots, pans, or hanging 
baskets, or on blocks with moss only. Pot or re-block, Feb. or March. 
Fill pots two-thirds with broken crocks, & keep plants well above rim. 
Secure plants and moss to blocks by means of copper wire. Water pot 
& basket plants three times weekly, March to Aug.; once weekly, Aug. 
to Nov. & Feb. to March; once a month other times. Plants on blocks 
daily, March to Aug.; & twice a week, Aug. to Nov. & Feb. & March; 
once a week other times. Syringe freely in summer. Temp., March to 
Sept. 75° to 85°; Sept. to March 60° to 70°. Growing period, spring to 
winter. Resting period, winter. Flowers appear top of new pseudo- 
bulb. Propagate by division of pseudo-bulbs at potting time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: L. albida, white ond rose, fragrant, winter, Mexico; 
anceps, rose, crimson, purple, and yellow, winter, Mexico, and its varieties alba 
(white), Amesiana (white and purple), percivaliana (rosy pink and mauve purple), 
and sanderiana (white and crimson); autumnalis, rose, purple, white and yellow, 
fragrant, autumn, Mexico; cinnabarina, red, spring, Brazil; crispa, white and 
purple, autumn, Brazil; digbyana, yellow and white, summer, Honduras; dor- 
maniana, brown and purple, spring, Brazil; purpuracea, purple, autumn, Mexico; 
harpophylla, red, Apri] and May, Brazil; majalis, rose and purple, summer, 
Mexico; monophylla, orange-scarlet and purple, autumn, Jamaica; Perrinii, rosy 
purple, magenta, and yellow, autumn, Brazil; pumila, rosy purple, Sept. and Oct., 
Brazil, and its varieties dayana (purple), and preestans (deep purple); purpurata, 
white, yellow, and rosy purple, spring, Brazil; superbiens, rose, lilac, purple, and 
yellow, winter, Guatemala; tenelbrosa, coppery bronze and purple, spring, Bahia. 
Numerous hybrids. See trade lists. 
Lzelio-Cattleya. — A race of orchids obtained by the inter- 
crossing of species of the genus Cattleya with those of the genus Lelia. 
This new race of bigeneric hybrids require the same cultural conditions 
as Cattleyas, which see. Upwards of 300 to 400 hybrids have been 
obtained, and their names will be found in trade lists. 
Lagenaria (Bottle Gourd; Trumpet Gourd).—Ord. Cucurbita- 
cee. Hardy orn. fruiting annual. Nat. Trop. Asia & Africa. First 
introduced 1597. Fruit, not edible, oblong, bottle-like, 1 to 6 ft. long. 
CULTURE: Soil, rich ordinary. Position, beds at foot of low sunny 
walls, fences, or arbours, or on the summit of sunny banks, shoots grow- 
ing at will. Plant, June. Water freely, & apply stimulants when fruit 
has formed. No pinching of shoots required. May also be grown in 
pots in sunny greenhouses, training shoots up roof. Propagate by seeds 
sown 4 in. deep in light soil in temp. 55° to 65° in April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. vulgaris, white, summer, 10 ft. 
Lagerstroemia (Indian Lilac; Queen’s Flower).—Ord. Lythra- 
riew. Stove & greenhouse evergreen flowering shrubs. First intro- 
duced 1792. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & peat, little sand. Position, 
well-drained pots in light part of greenhouse or stove. Pot. Feb. or 
March. Prune, slightly in Oct. or Nov. Water freely, March to Oct. ; 
very little Oct. to March. Syringe twice daily, March to Sept. 
Temp., stove species, 55 to 60°, Oct. to March; 65° to 75°, March to 
Oct.; greenhouse species, Oct. to March, 45° to 55°; March to Oct., 
60° to 70°. Propagate by cuttings of firm side shoots, inserted in 
sandy peat, under bell-glass in temp. of 70° to 80° in March, April, 
Aug., or Sept. 
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