HNCYCLOPADIA OF GARDENING. 
seed will yield 2,000 plants. Seeds will retain germinating powers 
for six years. Propagate by seeds or cuttings. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. esculenteum. 
Lycopodium (Fir Club Moss; Stag’s-horn Moss).—Ord. Lycopo- 
diacew. Stove & hardy perennial mosses. Orn. foliage. Habit, 
creeping or erect, stems clothed with scale-like, dark green leaves. 
_OULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts loam, peat, 
limestone & silver sand. Position, well-drained shallow pans, under 
bell-glass or in beds in wardian cases. Pot or plant, Feb. to April. 
Water feel March to Sept.; moderately afterwards. Syringe once 
or twice daily, April to Sept. Shade from direct rays of sun. Temp., 
March to Sept. 65° to 75°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, deep, moist, sandy peat. 
Position, low bed on open sunny rockery. Plant, March or April. 
Water freely in dry weather. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES IN WARDIAN CASES: Compost, 
two parts peat, one part leaf-mould, one part charcoal, & liberal 
quantity of limestone chips or tufa. Bed to be well drained. Plant, 
Feb. to April. Water once or twice a week April to Sept., once a 
fortnight Sept. to Dec., once a month Dec. to April. Syringe or dew 
over daily April to Oct. Shade from sun. Ventilate a little daily. 
Propagate by division, Feb. to April. 
STO SPECIES: L. squarrosum, 1 ft., India; taxifolium, W. Indies; verticilla- 
tum, Tropics. 
HARDY SPECIES: L. clavatum (Club or Stag’s-horn Moss), creeping, Britain; 
Selago (Fir Olub Moss), 3 in., Britain. See also the genus Selaginella. 
Lycoris (Golden Lily).—Ord. Amaryllidacew. Greenhouse flower- 
ing bulbs. Deciduous. First introduced 1758. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part equal_pro- 
portions of leaf-mould & cow manure. Pot dry bulbs Sept. to Dec., 
afterwards repotting annually immediately after flowering. Bury 
bulbs about two-thirds of their depth. Water moderately from time 
flowers show till leaves appear, then freely ; keep quite dry after leaves 
fade. Temp., Sept. to April 55° to 65°. Place pots from April to 
Sept. in light sunny cool position. Propagate by offsets treated as 
bebe: Sept. to Dec. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. aurea (Syn. Amaryllis aurea), yellow, Aug., 1 ft., 
China; radiata (Syn. Nerine japonica and Amaryllis radiata), scarlet, June, 18 in., 
China and Japan; and its varieties alba (white), and variegata (crimson and 
white); squamigera, rosy lilac, fragrant, summer, 2 ft., Japan. 
Lygodium (Climbing Fern).—Ord. Filices. Stove & greenhouse 
climbing ferns. Deciduous & evergreen. First introduced 1793. 
Fronds, slender, twining; divisions tongue or hand-shaped. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal pene ae loam, sand, & charcoal. 
Position, well-drained pots or beds in shade with fronds twined round 
sticks, pillars, string, or trellis. Plant or fee Feb. to April. Water 
freely Feb. to Oct., moderately afterwards. Temp.: Stove species, 
Sept. to March 55° to 65°; March to Sept. 65° to 75°; Greenhouse 
species, Sept. to March 45° to 50°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propa- 
gate by spores sown on surface of fine sandy peat under bell-glass in 
temp. 75° to 85° any time; division of plants at potting time. 
STOVE SPECIES: L. dichotomum, Trop. Asia; reticulatum, Polynesia. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: L. japonicum (Syn. L. scandens), Japan, etc., palma- 
tum, U. States. : 
Lyonia.—o0rd. Ericacew. Hardy-flowering shrubs. Evergreen. 
First introduced 1748. 
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