1202 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Ledstone Lodge, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Ledum, decan. monog. and rhodoraces, H. tr. 

 Eur. and Amer. dwarf shrubs, which grow in 

 peat or sandy loam, and are increased by layers or 

 seeds. 



Lee, a seat in Kent, 7537. 

 Lee Castle, Worcestershire, 7566. 

 Lee-Chee, dimocarpus litchi. 

 Lee, James, filius, of the Vineyard, 7518. 

 Lee, James, his works on gardening, page 1105. 

 A.D. 1760. 



Leea, pentan. monog. and meleacea, S. tr. and 

 peren. E. Ind, which grow freely in light loam, 

 and cuttings soon strike root under a hand-glass 

 in heat 



Leek, — see Allium. 



Leersia, trian. dig. and gramines, a H. peren. and 



an. Amer. grasses of common culture. 

 Leeswold, a seat in Fhntshire, 7606. 

 Lefebre, E A , his writings on gardening, 



page 1120. A.D. 1801. 

 Leguminous culinary plants, 3596. 

 Leguminous wild plants, which are edible, 4509. 

 Lehmann, John Christian, his works on gardening, 



page 1123. A.D. 1750. 

 Leibitxer, J , his work on gardening, page 1125, 



A.D. 1794. 



Leibnitz, his principle of a sufficient reason applic- 

 able to gardening as an art of design, 7164. 



Leicestershire, gardens and residences of, 7573. 



Leith walk nursery, 7618. 



Leitrim, county of, as to gardening, 7674. 



Leland, John, an English antiquary, who died 

 about 1552. 



Lemaistre, M , curate of Joinville, a French 



author on gardening, page 1117. A.D. 1719. 

 Lemarie, Fr , a French author on gardening, 



page 1116. A.D. 17—. 

 Lemna, duck-weed, monoec. dian. and naiadese, H. 



an. Brit, aquatics which may be treated as calli- 



triche. 



Lemoine, Leonor, his work on gardening, pase 1120. 



A.D. 1801. 

 Lemon, — see Citrus. 

 Lemon-grass, andropogon schoenanthus. 

 Lentil, ervum lens, 



Leonharde, F. G. and J. H. Seidel, their work on 



gardening, page 1126. A.D. 1803. 

 Leonotis, lion's tail, didyn. gymnos. and labiateaa, 



G. tr. and a S. an. E. Ind. and C. B. S. which 

 thrive in light rich soil, and young cuttings root 

 readily under a hand-glass. 



Leontice, hexan. monog. and berberideaj, a G. and 



H. peren. Levant ; which grow freely in loam 

 and peat, and may be increased by dividing at the 

 root or by seeds. 



Leontodon, dandelion, syngen. polyg. cBqual. and 

 cichoracese, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 



Leontodon taraxacum, the common dandelion, 

 3994. 



Leonurus, motherwort, didyn. gymnos. and labia- 

 tete, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of common 

 culture. 



Leopard's bane, — see Doronicum. 



Lepechinia, didyn. gymnos. and labiateEe, a H. 

 peren. Mexico; of common culture. 



Lepidium, pepperwort, tetrad, silic. and cruciferete, 

 G. and F. tr. and H. an. Eur. and Amer. of com- 

 mon culture. 



Leptanthus, trian. monog. and , a H. 



peren. N. Amer. which thrives in peat soil, and 

 is increased by offsets from the roots. 



Leptospermum, icosan. monog. and myrteacese, G. 

 tr. Austral, which grow well in an equal mixture 

 of sandy loam and peat, and young cuttings root 

 readily in sand under a bell-glass. 



Lcschevin, C , his works on gardening, page 



1121. A.D. 1805. 



Lessertia, diadel. decan. and leguminoses, a G. 

 peren. and an. C. B. S. which grow in sandy loam 

 and peat, and are readily increased by cuttings or 

 seeds. 



Lestibudesia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaces, a 

 S. tr. and bien. W. Ind. which grows freely in 

 light, rich soil, and is readily increased by cuttings 

 or seeds. 



Lettsom, John Coakley, M.D. F.R.S. his work on 

 gardening, page 1109. A.D. 1781. 



Lettuce, 3964. — see Lactuca. 



Leucadendron, dioec. tetran. and proteaceje, G. tr. 

 C. B. S. which grow best in light loam mixed 

 with more than one third sand, the pots well 

 drained, and over watering avoided. Ripened 



cuttings, taken off early in spring at a Joint, root 



in sand under a hand-glass. 

 Leucas, didyn. gymnos. and labiateas, S. an. Ind. of 



common culture. 

 Leucojum, snow-flake, hexan. monog. and amaryl- 



hdese, H. peren. Eur. bulbs of easy culture. 

 Leucopogon, pentan. monog. and epacrideag, G. tr. 



N. S. W. which thrive in sandy loam and peat, 



and the tops of the very young' shoots taken off 



for cuttings, wiU root in sand under a bell-glass. 

 Leucospermum, tetran. monog. and proteaceee, G, 



tr. which may be treated as leucadendron. 

 Level, different kinds of, 1368. 

 Levelling, 1931. 



Lever, its form and uses in gardening, 1297. 

 Lewisham nursery, 7536. 



Leysera, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbiferes, 

 G. tr. C. B. S. which grow freely in peat soil with 

 a little loam, and cuttings planted under a hand- 

 glass in the same kind of soil will root freely. 



Lexay de Maniesia, his works on gardening, page 

 1119. A.D. 1787. 



Liancourt, Count de, his palace and gardens, 161. 



Liatris, syngen. polyg. iequal. and corymbiferes, a 



G. and H. peren. K\ Amer. which grow freely in 

 rich, light soil, and may be increased by seed or 

 dividing at the root. 



Licorice, — see Glycyrrhiza. 



Licuala, hexan. monog. and palitieEe, a S. tr. E. Ind. 



a palm which maybe treated like latonia. 

 Lidbeckia, syngen. polyg. super, and corjmbiferecB, 



a G. tr. C. B. S. which grows freely in loam and 



peat, and cuttings root readily in the same soil 



under a hand-glass. 

 Liehault, Stephen, his works on gardening, page 



1115. A.D. 1570. 



Ligi-r, Louis, a French author on gardening, page 



1116. A.D. 1703. 



Light, the importance of, to vegetables, 1594. 

 Lightfootia, bell-flower, pentan. monog. and cam- 



panulacese, a G. tr. and peren. Eur. and C. B. S. 



which grow freely in loam and peat, and cuttings 



root readily in the same soil under a hand-glass. 

 Ligktolcr, J , his works on gardening, page 1107. 



A.D. 1766. 



Ligne, Prince de, a German soldier and statesman 

 of great personal acquirements, and a favorite at 

 most of the courts of Europe. He published 

 fourteen volumes on miscellaneous subjects, 

 among which are various remarks on gardens, 

 and especially on those of England. He flourished 

 during the reigns of Frederick the Great of 

 Prussia and Catharine II. of Russia, and died at 

 an advanced age at Vienna, in 1814. 



Lignum vitaj tree, guaiacum officinale. 



Ligusticum, lovage, pentan. dig. and umbellifereEe, 



H. peren. Eur. and a bien. of common culture. 

 Lrtgustrum, privet, dian. monog. and oleines, H. tr. 



Brit, and China, of the easiest culture, and in- 

 creased by cuttings or seeds. 

 Lilac, — see Syringa. 



LiUum, lily, hexan. monog. and liliacece, H. peren. 



Eur. Amer. and India, bulbs, highly esteemed as 



border-flowers, 6311. 

 Lily, — see Lilium. 

 Lily of the valley, — see Convallaria. 

 Lily-pink, aphyllanthes monospeliensis. 

 Lily-thorn, — see Catesbaea. 



Limax, the slug, and helix, the snail, to destroy, 



2275. 



Lime-tree, — see TiUa. 

 Limerick, gardens of, 7668. 



Limeum, heptan. dig. and portulaces, a G. peren. 



which grows in sandy loam and peat, and cuttings 



under a hand-glass root readily. 

 Limnetis, trian. monog. and gramineae, H. peren. 



Eur. and Amer. grasses of easy culture. 

 Limodorum, gynan. raonan. and orchideae, a G. 



peren. Japan, which thrives best in loam and 



peat and some bits of sticks and stones mixed with 



it, and is increased by dividing at the root. 

 Limonia, decan. monog. and auranteae, S. tr. India 



and China, which grow in loam and peat with 



some rotten dung ; ripened cuttings root in sand 



under a hand-glass in a moist heat. 

 Limosella, mudwort, didyn. angios. and scrophu- 



larineee, a H. an. Brit a marsh plant of easy 



culture. 



Linaria, to.id-flax, didyn. angios. and scrophula- 

 rineffi, F. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and Amer. 

 which grow freely in common soil, and the 

 more delicate Ivinds root readily by cuttings 

 under -i hand-glass. 



