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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



Lasius, 1085 

 Lasthenia, 231 

 Latania, 834 



Late-flowering Chrysanthe- 

 mums, cuhure of, 137 

 Hairy Chrysanthemums, 

 149 



Incurved Chrysanthe- 

 mums, 151 



Japanese Chrysanthe- 

 mums, 143 



Japanese Anemone 

 C h r V s a nthemums, 

 156 



Pompone Anemone 

 C h r y s a nthemums, 

 157 



Reflexed Chrysanthe- 

 mums, 154 



Single Chrysanthe- 

 mums, 150 

 Lathyrus, 231. 274 

 Lattice-leaf Plant, 909, 918 

 Laurels, 428 



Alexandrian, 45r 



American Mountain, 440 



Sheep, 440 



Spurge, 432 



Swamp, 440 

 Laurus, 440 

 Laurustinus, 454 

 Lavatera. 190, 232. 257 

 Lavender, Great Sea, 284 

 Laverna, 983 

 Lavia, 232 



Lawns, improving, 41 

 manure for, 40, 41 

 mowing, 41 

 preparing, 40 

 rolling, 41 

 turf for, 41 

 varieties of, 39 

 watering, 41 

 weeds on, 41 



Lawson's C>T)re?s, 490 



Layering, above-ground, 953 

 period for, 954 

 underground, 953 



Lavia, 232 



Lead Plant, 368 



Leaf Curl, Potato, 1071 

 cuttings, 959 

 Rust of Pear, 1034 

 Rust of Tomato, 1076 

 Spot of Strawberries, 

 1046 



Leather Jackets, 1071, 1091 

 Lebanon, Cedar of, 485 

 Ledum, 440 



buxifolium, 441 

 Leea, 676 

 Leeks, 1063 

 Leiophyllum, 441 

 Lembotropsis, 378 

 Lemon - scented Verbena, 



469. 750 

 Lenten Rose, 329 

 Leontopodium, 293, 294 

 Leptosiphon, 232 

 Lespedeza, 391 

 Lesser May Bug, 1086 



Reed Mace, 889 

 Lettuce, 1064 



Water, 923 

 Leuchtenbergia, 796 

 Leucoium, 337 

 Leucophoea, 1087 

 Leucophyton, 193 



Leucothoe, 441 

 Levelling, 36 

 Levels, fixing, 17 

 Leycesteria, 391 

 Liatris, 274 



Libocedrus chilensis, 502 

 Libonia, 654 

 Lice, plant, 1085 

 Lichen, iiii 

 Licuala, 835 

 Ligustrum, 441 

 Lilacs, 415 

 Lilies, Day, 895 

 Swamp, 895 



Water, 876, 883, 896, 

 903, 911 

 LiUum, 338, 745 



auratum, with American 

 plants, 33 

 Lily, African, 310 



Belladonna, 311 



Day, 330 



disease, 308 



Flax, 753 



Guernsey, 345 



Herb, 311 



Kaffir, 348 



Lotus, 896, 904, 907, 911, 

 914, 922 



Madonna, 339 



Mariposa, 318 



Mount Etna, 350 



of the Nile, 888 



of the Valley, 321 



Peruvian, 311 



Plantain, 327 



St. Bernard, 315 



St. Bruno, 315 



Scarborough, 355, 747 



Torch, 335 



Turk's Cap, 339 



Wood, 352 

 Lime, carbonate of, 1144 



chief sources of, 1143 



gas, 1 1 44 



quick, I 144 

 Limes, 416 



weeping, 47S 

 Limnanthemum, 883 



indicum, 922 

 Limnanthes, 232 

 Limnobinm, 922 

 Limnocharis, 882 



emarginata, 922 



Humboldtii, 921 



Plumieri, 922 

 Linaria, 233, 274. 294 

 Linden Tree, 416 

 Line, tracing with, 14 

 Linum, 233, 274, 295, 654 

 Lippia, 469 

 Liquidambar, 391 

 Liriodendron, 391 

 Lithospermum, 295 

 Liver of sulphur, 1108 

 Livistona, 835 

 Lobelia, 178, 247 

 Locust, Clammy, 410 



Tree, 410 

 Lodoicea, 838 

 Lonicera, 392 



brachypoda, 472 



climbing sorts, 468 



early-flowering sorts, 468 



sempervirens, 471 

 Loosestrife, Tufted, 887 

 Lord Clanbrassil's Spruce, 

 503 



Lord Penzance Hybrid 

 Sw^eet Briar Roses, 

 121 



Loropetalum, 392 



Lotus Lily, 896, 904, 907, 



911, 914, 922 

 Love-in-a-Mist, 235 

 Love Lies Bleeding, 24r 

 Loxanthes, 345 

 Luculia, 655 

 Lunaria, 257 

 Lupin, 233, 275 

 Lupinus, 233, 275 

 Ly caste, 604 



Lychnis, 215. 264, 275, 295 

 Lycium barbarum, 467 



europaeum, 464 

 Lyonia, 393, 428 



arborea, 395 

 Lysimachia thyrsiflora, 887 



waterside sorts, 892, 895 

 Ly thrum, 894 



M. 



Macrosporium, 1071, 1075 

 Macrozamia, 858 

 Madonna Lily, 339 

 Magnolia, 393', 655 



grandiflora, 473 



planting, 29 

 Magpie Moth, 997 

 Mahonia, 424 



Aquifolia, 456 

 Maidenhair Tree, 497 

 Malachodendron, 414 

 Malcolmia, 239 

 Mallow, Jew's, 389 



Musk, 275 

 Malmaison Carnations, 709 

 Malope, 234 

 Malus, 403 

 Malva, 275 

 Mamestra, 1056 

 Mammillaria, 797 

 Mammoth Tree, 512 

 Manettia, 693 

 Manures, 1114 : 



animal, 1121, 1125 



Apple, 982 



application, 1121 



artificial, 1133 



basic slag, 1137 



bone, ri35 



Cactus, 1119 



carbonate of lime, 1144 



chemical, 1133 



chemical composition of 

 animal, 1125 



chloride of potash, 1143 



classification, 1121 



composition of vege- 

 table, 1117 



constituents and sources 

 of plant-foods, 1115 



cow, 1122, 1125, 1126 



denitritication, 1132 



drainings, 1130 



dung, 1121 



excrements, 1121 



experiments with farm- 

 yard, 1 127 



farmyard, 1122 



food requirements of 

 plants, 1116 



fruit, 1144 



gas-lime, 1144 



