ENCYCLOPHADIA OF GARDENING. 
sand, sow thickly, give a good watering, & cover with mats till plants 
are one-inch high, then expose to light. Crop ready to cut a week 
after sowing. Market in punnets. Average price per doz. punnets, 
1s. 8d. to 1s. 6d. Cress seed retains its germinating powers for three 
years, & takes 5 to 6 ig in to germinate. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: sativum (Common Cress), white, 3 to 6 in., Persia 
Two varieties—plain and curled. 
Leptosiphon.—See Gillia. 
Leptosyne.—Ord. Composite. Hardy annuals & perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny well-drained beds or 
borders. Plant, perennial species in Oct. or March; annual species, 
May or June. Propagate both species by seeds sown fin. deep, in 
light soil in temp. 65° to 75° in March; transplant seedlings when 1 in. 
high, 2in. apart in boxes of light soil, & keep in cool greenhouse till 
May or June, then plant outdoors. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. calliopsidea, yellow, Sept., 18 in., California; 
Douglasii, yellow, autumn, 1 ft., California; maritima, yellow, autumn, 1 ft., Cali- 
fornia; Stillmanii, yellow, autumn, 1 ft., California. 
Leptotes.—See Tetranicra. 
Leschenaultia.—Ord. Goodenoviex. Greenhouse flowering 
shrubs. Evergreen. First introduced 1824. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous peat & one part silver sand. 
Pot, March or April. Position, well-drained pots in light sunny 
greenhouse. Temp., Sept. to March, 40° to 50°; March to Sept., 55° 
to 65°. Water sparingly, Oct. to April, moderately afterwards; use 
soft water only. Manures or stimulants not required. After flower- 
ing, nip off the points of the shoots. Repotting only necessary every 
second year. Firm potting essential. Ventilate freely in fine weather. 
Propagate by cuttings inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 
50° to 55°. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. biloba, blue, summer, 1 ft., Australia; biloba major, 
large-flowered; formosa, scarlet, summer, 1 ft., Australia. 
Lespedeza (Bush Clover; Japanese Clover).—Ord. Leguminosz. 
Hardy flowering shrubs. Deciduous. First introduced 1789. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, sheltered sunny borders. 
Plant, Oct. or Nov., Feb., or March. Prune slightly after flowering. 
Propagate by seeds sown }in. deep in light soil in a sheltered position 
outdoors in Feb. or March; cuttings inserted in heat in spring; layer- 
ing Sept or Oct. : : 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. bicolor, rosy purple, Sept., 3 ft., China and Japan; 
bicolor alba, white; capitata (Bush Clover), yellow, white and purple, Aug., 
3 ft., Japan; Sieboldii, purple, autumn, 5 ft., China and Japan. 
Letter-leaf (Grammatophyllum speciosum).—See Grammato- 
phyllum. 
Lettuce.—See Lactuca. 
Leucadendron (Cape Silver Tree)—Ord. Proteacew. Green- 
house evergreen trees with silvery silky leaves. In Cape Colony the 
leaves are utilised for ornamental purposes, especially for painting local 
scenes thereon. First introduced 1693. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam & peat, with some 
charcoal & sand. Position, light, airy greenhouse, free from damp 
in winter. Pot in March. Water moderately in summer; very little 
in winter. Temp., March to Oct., 60° to 65°; Sept. to March, 40° to 
50°. Propagate by seeds sown in sandy peat in a temp. of 55° to 65° 
directly they are imported ; by cuttings of firm shoots, in sand in a 
temp. of 55° in summer. 
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