LAGEWAR1A VULGARIS, South 

 African pine gourd. 



Annual vine suitable for growing 

 south of New York. To make pipes lei 

 gourds mature, cut off crooked necks, 

 eleaninsideandscrape outside, fit with 

 plaster or meer schaumbowl and rubber 

 £ suthpieee, as described in Circular 

 Mo. 41, Bureau of Plant Industry. Cul- 

 ture like that of cucumber. Straw un- 

 der growing gourds prevents decay. 



32309. LAGERSTROEMIA 

 SPECIOSA. From Mr. O. B. Burrell, 



superintendent, Lamao Experiment 

 Station, Bureau of Agriculture, Lamao, 

 Bataan, Philippine Islands. A strong- 

 growing deciduous shrub, reaching a 

 height of 10 to 25 feet, producing an 

 abundance of fringed flowers in 

 spring and summer. 



24431. LANSIUM DOMESTI- 

 GUM. Doekoe from Buitenzorg, Java. 

 Presented by Dr. M. Treufo, Director. 



One of the most refreshing fruits of 

 ■ the Butch East Indies. It is about the 

 size of a French prune, of a straw 

 color, with a pulp of a peculiar almost 

 waxy texture and slightly subacid 

 flavor. Seed intensely^ bitter and 

 should be avoided in eating. 



28530. LAWS ONIA I NEB Ml 8, 



"Menna Plant." From Alfred D. Dyer, 

 Culebra, Canal Zone. 



Rapid-growing, ornamental, ever- 

 green shrub, six feet high, with glau- 

 cous leaves and small yellowish flow- 

 ers, produced in large, showy panicles, 

 exhaling a strong fragrance, especial- 

 ly at night. They contain a volatile oil 

 used in perfumery. Recommended for 

 hedges and ornamental purposes. 



27811. LEP1DIUM SATIVUM, 

 from Frank Meyer, Erivan, Caucasus. 



A broad-leaved variety of garden 

 cress suitable for culture in open but 

 protected places throughout the win- 

 ter and eaten raw as a salad with 

 meat. Promising as winter greens in 

 the Southern States. 



22997. LESPEDEZA S P. From 



Mr. Frank- N. Meyer, Soochow, Ki- 

 angsu, China. A low, shrubby Lespe- 

 deza, with large pinnate leaves and 

 bearing graceful racemes of either 

 white or purple flowers. Suitable for 

 small gardens and in rockeries ; also 

 for pot plants. 



