ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
INDOOR CULTURE: Compost, three parts fibrous peat, one part 
loam, one part equal proportions of sand & charcoal. Position, shady 
in large well-drained pots, tubs, beds, or borders, with shoots trained 
to trellises or up walls or rafters of greenhouse. Pot or plant, Feb. 
or March. Good drainage very essential. Water freely, April to 
Sept.; moderately afterwards. Syringe daily from March until flowers 
develop. Prune away dead or sickly shoots only in March. Ven- 
tilate freely, April to Oct. Temp., Oct. to March, 40° to 50°; March 
to Oct., 55° to 65°. Foliage must be kept free from insects. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, equal parts peat & loam. Position, 
west walls, sheltered, in S. of England only. Plant, Oct. or March, 
in well-drained bed. Protect in severe weather. Water freely in dry 
weather. Propagate by seeds sown 4 in. deep in well-drained pots or 
pans of sandy peat & leaf-mould in temp. of 55° to 65° in March or 
Apel jb ey layering strong shoots in sandy peat in spring or autumn. 
OULTIVATED: L. rosea, rose, summer, 15 to 20 ft.; and its varieties 
albiflora (white), and superba, crimson. 
Lapeyrousia. — Ord. Iridacew. Hardy bulbous flowering 
plants. Nat. Cape of Good Hope. First introduced 1791, 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam & leaf-mould. Position, 
sunny well-drained borders or rockeries. Plant, bulbs 4in. deep & 
3in. apart, Sept. to Oct. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam, leaf-mould, & 
sand. Position, cold frame, Sept. to Feb.; cool or cold greenhouse 
afterwards. Pot, Sept., placing six bulbs in a 6-in. pot, & cover with 
cinder ashes till growth begins. Water moderately when new growth 
commences; keep dry after flowering till potting time. Propagate by 
offshoots removed at planting or potting time, & treated as old bulbs. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. cruenta (Syn. Anomatheca cruenta), crimson, sum- 
mer, 1 ft., hardy; grandiflora, red and yellow, summer, 1 ft., tender, best grown in 
pots. 
Larch (Larix europxa).—See Larix. 
Lardizabala.—Ord. Berberidacer. Hardy evergreen flowering 
climber. Orn. foliage. Nat. Chili. First introduced 1848. 
CULTURE: Soil, equal parts sandy loam & peat. Position, well- 
drained border at base of S. or W. walls. Plant, Sept., Oct., March, 
or April. Prune away dead or straggly shoots only in April. Suitable 
also for growing against walls in cold greenhouses or conservatories. 
Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots, 1 to 2in. long, inserted in sandy 
loam & peat in well-drained pots under bell-glass, in temp. 45° to 5 
spring or autumn. ® 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. biternata, purple, autumn, 15 to 20 ft. 
Larix (Larch).—Ord. Coniferw. Hardy deciduous trees. Grown 
largely for timber purposes. First introduced 1629. 
CULTURE: Soil, gravelly, stony, or any except heavy clay. Posi- 
tion, hill slopes or banks, sheltered from north; low, damp situations 
not suitable. Plantin autumn. Distance for planting, 3 to 4 ft. each 
way. Best age to plant, two years old. Land best trenched a good 
spit deep before planting. Number of trees required to plant an im- 
perial acre at 3ft., 4,840; at4ft., 2,722. Average cost of two-year-old 
¢rees per 1,000, 12s. 6d. Cost of planting trees per acre, 20s. Thinning 
chaallt soganents at five years old. Each imperial acre should contain 
about 1,200 trees at tenth year; 900 at fifteenth year; 600, at twentieth 
year; 450, at twenty-fifth year; and 300 in thirtieth year; latter num- 
ber to be permanent crop. Trees attain maturity when 30 to 40 to 70 
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