lisia'xthus. 



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lobe'lia. 



Liquid Manure may be described 

 as a decoction of any description of 

 putrescent manures, such as stable- 

 dung, pig's-dung, pigeon-dung, sheep's 

 dung, &c. It may be used with great 

 advantage in the kitchen-garden, but 

 is seldom required in the culture of 

 flowers ; and indeed many of the finer 

 kinds have been injured by it, though 

 some few, such as the Hydrangeas, 

 the commoner Pelargoniums, Chry- 

 santhemums, Cockscombs, Balsams, 

 Auriculas, &c, have been benefited. 

 Liquid manure ought not to be ap- 

 plied to plants till they have attained 

 a considerable degree of strength and 

 vigour ; and after it has been once 

 used, it ought to be contiuued with- 

 out intermission as a substitute for 

 common water, till the plants have 

 attained the wished-for degree of ma- 

 turity. 



Liquidamber. — Amentacece. — 

 Though too large a tree to come within 

 the scope of this work, it may be 

 mentioned for its ornamental appear- 

 ance when quite young, from the 

 brilliant purplish-red assumed by its 

 leaves in autumn. It is quite hardy, 

 and will grow in any common garden 

 soil. 



LiauoRicE — See Glycyrrhiza. 



LiRioDE v NDRON.--iWa<7?io/iace<K. — 

 The Tulip-tree grows to a still larger 

 6ize than the Liquidamber ; but it is 

 very ornamental from its flowers, 

 which somewhat resemble those of 

 the Parrot-tulip, and its curiously- 

 shaped leaves. It does not, however, 

 flower till it has become a large tree. 

 The seeds, which are imported from 

 America, often lie two years in the 

 ground before they come up. 



Lisia'nthus GentianecB — Lig- 

 neous, perennial, and biennial plants, 

 natives of the West Indies ; which 

 require a hothouse or greenhouse in 

 England. L. Russelianus has hand- 

 some purple flowers ; but they are not 

 so beautiful as was at first sup- 



posed, and the species is neither 

 hardy nor annual. All the species 

 should be grown in a mixture of loam 

 and peat, and they are all propagated 

 by cuttings struck in sand, under a 

 bell-glass. 



Lisa'nthe. — Epacridece. — The 

 plants should be grown in a green- 

 house, in peat aud sand ; and they 

 are propagated by cuttings of the tips 

 of the shoots, like heaths. 



Lissochi lus. — OrchidacecB. — 

 One of the terrestrial Orchidese from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, which should 

 be grown in peat and loam, and is 

 propagated by dividing the roots. It 

 is generally kept in a stove. 



Li'tt^a, or Ly'ttjea. — Bromeli- 

 acece. — Handsome plants, nearly al- 

 lied to Agave, with spreading leaves 

 and long spikes of flowers. The fine 

 plant, formerly known as Bonapartea 

 juncea, is now called Lyttcea gemini- 

 flbra. They should be grown in 

 sandy loam, aud are increased by 

 suckers from the roots. 



Loam. — Clay is one of the primi- 

 tive earths, of so close and compact a 

 texture, as to be almost unfit for ve- 

 getation, unless mixed with some 

 lighter material ; but, combined with 

 sand and decayed vegetables, it forms 

 loam. What are called sandy loam, 

 and yellow loam, are two kinds of 

 soil very conducive to vegetation ; and 

 sandy loam is perhaps the best of all 

 soils for a garden. 



. Loa v sa. — LoasacecB. — Stinging 

 annual and biennial plants, with 

 showy flowers. The splendid climb- 

 ing plant, L. lateritia, or aurantica, 

 is now discovered to be Caiophora 

 punicea, the difference between the 

 genera consisting in the Caiophora 

 having a twisted seed-pod, while that 

 of the Loasa is plain. The species are 

 all nearly hardy, but they do best 

 when raised on a slight hotbed, and 

 planted out in May. 



Lobe'lia Lobeliacecs. — Nothing 



