ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
cool greenhouse, March till past flowering, then outdoors. Water very 
little Oct. to March, freely afterwards. Apply stimulants, May to 
Aug: 
OULTURE OF HALF-HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
ots in greenhouse heated to temp. 55°, Oct. to June; as edgings to 
ae etc., outdoors, June to Oct. Plant, June, 3 to 6 in. apart. Lift 
plants in Sept., place in small pots, & store in greenhouse to furnish 
cuttings in spring. Cut off flower stems a fortnight before lifting. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, equal parts good soil, leaf-mould & sand. 
Position, dwarf kinds in 4 or 5 in. pots, & trailing kinds in pots or 
baskets, in shady or sunny greenhouse or window. Pot, March to July. 
Water freely in summer, moderately other times. Apply stimulants to 
plants in flower. Propagate hardy eae species by seeds sown 
1-16 in. deep in sandy loam & leaf-mould in cold frame in Sept. or Oct., 
or in temp. 55° in March; cuttings of shoots inserted in small pots in 
temp. 55° in spring; division in March. Half-hardy species by seeds 
sown in heat in Feb., transplanting seedlings 2in. apart in boxes, 
hardening off in cold frame, & planting out in May; cuttings of young 
shoots inserted in sandy soil in temp. 65° to 75° in spring; division in 
March or April. 
HARDY PERENNIAL SPEOIES: UL. cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), scarlet, sum- 
mer, 8 ft., N. America; fulgens, scarlet, May, 1 to 8 ft., Mexico; syphilitica, blue, 
July, 2 to 3 ft., N. America; Gerardi, violet, July, 8 to 4 ft., hybrid; splendens, 
scarlet, 2 to 3 ft., N. America. 
HALF-HARDY PERENNIAL SPECIES: Cavanillesii, red, July, 2 to 3 ft., Chili; 
Erinus, blue, blue and white, summer, 6 in., parent of bedding varieties, 8. Africa; 
Erinus ramosa, 6 to 12 in., stronger and more straggly growers than the type. 
Lobster-flower (Euphorbia pulcherrima).—See Euphorbia. 
Locks and Keys (Dicentra spectabilis)—See Dicentra. 
Locust Tree (Robina pseudacacia).—See Robina. 
Loganberry.—See Rubus. 
Loiseleurea (Alpine Azalea; Trailing Azalea).—Ord. Ericacex. 
Hardy trailing flowering shrub. Evergreen. 
CULTURE: Soil, deep sandy pene Position, open moist rockeries. 
Plant, Sept. to Nov. Propagate by layering shoots, Sept. to Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. procumbens, rose, July to Aug., N. Europe. Syn. 
Azalea procumbens. 
Lomaria (Deer Fern).—Ord. Filices. Tree & dwarf evergreen 
ferns. Stove, greenhouse, & hardy. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf- 
mould, peat, & sand. Position, pots, beds, or rockeries in shady part 
of stove. Pot or plant, Feb. or March. Water abundantly April to 
Sept., moderately afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 70° to 80°; Sept. 
to March 60° to 70° Syringe tree species twice daily, Feb. to Sept. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, as above. Pot, 
March or April. Position, pots, beds, or rockery in shady part of 
house. Water freely Mazel to Oct., moderately Oct. to March. 
Syringe as advised for stove species. Temp., March to Sept. 55° to 65°; 
Sept. to March 50° to 55°, 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, two parts sandy peat, one 
part loam & pounded limestone. Position, shady rockeries. Plant, 
Oct. to April. Water freely in dry weather. Protect L. alpina in 
very severe weather. Propagate by spores sown on fine sandy peat in 
well-drained pans in temp. 80° any time; dwarf species by division of 
plants, Oct. or April. 
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