GENERAL INDEX. 
293 
213; nervosus, x. 21; pubescens, 
x. 69 
Latje, xv. 84 
Lauren tia, xv. 10 
Laurestinus, as a standard shrub, 
xi. 19 
Laurus cinnamomum, iv. 103 ; 
indica, dimensions of a natural- 
ised plant of, v. 12 
Lavender recommended as an 
ornamental plant, ix. 234 
Lawsonia alba, xv. 213 
Layering the orange, i. 92 
Layering, iii. 120; v. 240; probable 
origin of the practice of, vii. 201 ; 
proper time for, vii 23 ; modes 
of, ix. 105 ; a means of inducing 
dwarfness, xi. 41 
Leaf-mould for exotics, x. 133; its 
preparation, x. 138; description 
of, xii. 227 
Leaves, wounds of, ii. 38 ; the sleep 
of, iv. 232 ; an abundance of them 
an indication of the necessity of 
a large supply of solar light, v. 
112; structure of, vi. 81 ; venation 
of, vi. 84 ; functions of, vi. 153, 
177, 251 ; substances produced 
in, vi. 153; defining the natural 
orders, vii. 113; value of the 
manure which decayed ones 
furnish to the trees or shrubs 
that shed them, vii. 263 
Leaves, multiplication of plants by, 
ix. 83 ; their value to plants, x. 
154 ; as a source of bottom-heat, 
x. 161 ; influence of light on 
some, x. 11; functions of, xiv. 
55 
Lebretonia, close proximity of the 
genus to Pavonia, v. 256 
Lee Chee, xv. 84 
Leguminosse, ii. 112, 260 
Leianthus longifolius, xiii. 29 ; why 
interesting, xiii. 29 ; long-leaved, 
xiii. 29 ; umbellatus, xiii. 164 ; 
nigrescens, x. 238 ; longifolius, 
, xii. 164, 191 ; black- flowered, 
xiv. 149 ; nigrescens, xiv. 149 
Lemon grass, xv. 238 
Lemonia spectabilis, vii. 235, x. 
189, xiv. 224; showy, xiv. 224 
Lemon-coloured Oncidium, iv. 77 
Lemon tree, time of introduction 
of the, i. 88 
Leonotis nepetsefolia, vi. 18 
Lepanthes tridentata, ii. 113; san- 
guinea, xi. 211 
Lepismium commune, vi. 257; my- 
osurus, vi. 233 
Leptosiphon androsaceus, iii. 142, 
219 ; densiflorus, iii. 220 ; an- 
drosaceum, densiflorum, iv. 133, 
136 
Leptospermum bullatum, xv. 167 
Lep totes bicolor, ii. 139 ; concolor, 
ix. 22 
Leschenaultia arcuata, xiii. 263 ; 
splendens, xiii. 213 ; arcuata, 
xiv. 246 ; culture of, xiv. 110 ; 
oblata, xiv. 47 ; splendens, xiv. 
190,245 ; xv. 254, 267; formosa, 
improved by grafting, xii. 114 ; 
on the grafting of, xii. 114 
Leucadendron argenteum, xiv. 63 
Leuchtenbergia Principis, xv. 214 
Leucochilum maxillare, xv. 21 
Leucocoryne alliacea, xi. 101 ; its 
culture, xi. 101 
Leucojum, ii. 69 
Leucopogon, culture of the genus, 
i. 53 ; juniperoides, xv. 22 
Leucothoe floribunda, iv. 101 ; 
hardihood of, v. 94; valuable for 
planting in masses, xi. 138 ; pul- 
chra, xiv. 188 
Leycesteria formosa, vi. 18; for- 
mosa, excellent for planting in 
beds, ix. 235 ; formosa, xiv. 250 
Liatris propinqua, vii. 236 ; borealis, 
v. 27, iv. 213 
Libanus thurifera, xv. 90 
Liber, origin and application of the 
phrase, vi. 57 
Lichen and Moss gardens, xii. 156; 
some account of, xii. 157 
Lichens and Mosses, their interest- 
ing nature, xii. 156 ; list of 
where found, &c, xii. 158 ; suit- 
able situation for the growth of, 
xii. 159 
Liebigia speciosa, xiii. 237, xiv. 188 
Life, tenacity of, in plants, vii. 136 
Light, flashing from flowers, ii. 
193 ; its influence on plants, v. 
110, 131, 155, 179, 203 ; arti- 
ficial, its operation on flowers, 
vi. 11; its effects on plants, viii. 
223 ; possibly the cause of all 
electrical phenomena, viii. 224 ; 
its presence universal, viii. 225 ; 
the source of colour, viii. 225 ; its 
general influence on vegetation, 
x. 9 ; consideration of, xii. 57, 
249 ; its influence upon plants, 
xii. 57 ; upon the colour of 
flowers, xii. 60 ; xiv. 127 ; 
agency of, xv. 57 
Lightning conductors, practicability 
and advantage of employing for 
the protection of glass erections, 
xiii. 249 
Lign Aloes, xv. 43 
Ligustrum japonica, xiii. 142 
Lilac Beauty Moth, xiv. 168 
Lilac Slender Moth, xiv. 168 
Lilac tree, insects on, xiv. 168 
Lilacs, impropriety of reducing the 
branches of, vii. 23 
Liliacese, new, i. 98, ii. 211, 262 
Lilies, general culture of the Japan 
species, vi. 128, 189 
Lilio-Narcissus Jacobeus, i. 149 
Lilium album, iv. 211 ; peregri- 
num, iv. 42 ; speciosum (lanci- 
folium rubrum), iv. 191 ; super- 
bum, &c, iv. 190; aurantiacum, 
v. 189; lancifolium album, v. 
188 ; roseum, v. 188, 267; spe- 
ciosum, v. 1, 273 ; aurantiacum, 
vi. 127; lancifolium roseum, vi. 
189 ; Thunbergianum, vii. 166 ; 
atrosanguineum, var. maculatum, 
viii. 190; eximium, remarks on, 
viii. 128 ; speciosum, var. album, 
viii. 127; directions for growing 
it to the greatest perfection, viii. 
158, xv. 143; testaceum, ix. 2 1 5 ; 
speciosum, x. 215 ; testaceum, 
x. 69, 221, 222; Thompsoni- 
anum, xii. 20 ; varieties, xii. 
215; sanguineum, xiii. 213 
Lily of the valley, for forcing, iii. 
24 
Lily, culture of the Japan species 
of, viii. 128, 158 
Limax alba, xiv. 70 ; agrestis, xiv. 
70 
Lime, present in the sap of the 
grape-vine, vii. 1 30 ; in its natu- 
ral state, xi. 228 ; water, xiv. 
104 
Limnanthes Douglasii, iv. 66, 133 
Limnocharis Humboldti, i. 121 
Limodium longifolium, xii. 241 
Limodorum tuberosum, ii. 146 
Limonia citrifolia, xiv. 183 
Lindleya mespiloides, xi. 116 
Linnsea borealis, xiv. 250 
Linnsean system of botany, relative 
value of the, vi. 129, 225, 228 
LimiEeus, Dr., definition of a plant 
by, i. 32 ; observations on the 
pitchers of Nepenthes, i. 57 ; 
on Dionsea muscipula, i. 60 
Linum Berendieri, iii. 116 ; trigy- 
num, vi. 22, xi. 51, xiv. 134 
Liparia parva, var. angustifolia, x. 
187 
Liquid manures, xi. Ill, xiv. 102 
Lisianthus Russellianus, v. 17, 189, 
260, vi. 31 ; the temperature of 
a stove requisite for, vii. 14 ; 
a decided perennial, vii. 14 ; 
fittest system of training, vii. 
15 ; its propagation, vii. 16 ; 
mode of preserving through the 
winter, viii. 226, x. 189; hints 
on disbudding, x. 64 ; glaucifo- 
lius, xi. 238, xii. 70 ; exallatus } 
xii. 70, xiii. 99; glaucifolius, xiii. 
99 ; longifolius, xiii. 29 ; um- 
bellatus, xiii. 164 ; acutangulus, 
xiv. 214 ; nigrescens, xiv. 150 
Lissochilus, ii. 159 ; speciosus, iv. 
25, 94 ; parviflorus, v. 68 ; ma- 
cranthus, xi. 43 ; roseus, xi. 43 
Listeria cordata, xv. 33 ; ovata, 
xv. 33 
Literary composition, its impor- 
tance to gardeners, vi. 209 ; 
directions for acquiring adroit- 
ness in, vi. 209 
Lithospermum Canescens, xv. 151, 
189 
Loam, mode of testing the adhe- 
siveness of , vii. 255; constituents 
and varieties of, viii. 34, 154, x. 
58, xi. 228 ; formation of, xi. 
228 ; requisites in, xi. 186 ; to 
