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INDEX. 
Liatrises,353, 469 
Lilac, common purple and white, 
150,30) 
Persian, 150, 301 
Lilies, sowing seeds of, 468 
Lilium superbum, 469, 502, 543 
canadense, 469, 502, 543 
Catesbaei, 543 
chalcedonicum, 468, 502, 
543 
pomponium, 543 
.. japonicum, 543 
Martagon, 543 
Lily, white, 468, 502, 543 
red, 468, 502 
of the Valley, 300 
Lime or Linden-tree, 272, 288, 
301, 533 
Lime-tree, fruit-bearing, 472, 548 
Limodorum tuberosum, 80, 469, 
543 
Liquorice-root, its general cul- 
ture, 209, 326 
Lobelias, 80, 159, 300, 353, 469 
Locust-tree, common, 271 
honey, or three-horned 
Acacia, 264, 301 
London-pride, 159, 300, 501 
Loveage, 206, 410, 520 
Love-apple. See Tomatoes 
Love-lies-bleeding, 352 
Lungwort, Virginian, 501 
Lupins, 352 
Lyciums, 363 
Lychnadea. See Phlox 
Lychnis, dwarf, 159, 299, 352 
scarlet, 159, 299, 300, 469, 
501 
double scarlet, 84, 397, 424, 
501 
Lysimachias, 469 
M 
Madder, Dyer's, its general cul- 
ture, 329 
Magnolias, methods of propagat- 
ing, 276 
planting, 30 1 
Magnolia grandiflora, 59, 572 
Mallow, marsh, 206, 520 
oriental, 159, 352 
Peruvian, 352 
Mallow, curled, 299, 352, 35S 
Mangel Wurtzel, 195 
Manna, officinal, to procure, 286 
Maples, of various kinds, 270, 
288, 301, 533, 535 
Marigold, pot, 207, 382 
Cape, 352 
■ French, 424 
African, 424 
Marjoram, pot, 206, 325, 382, 
410,520 
sweet, or knotted, 207, 325, 
382 
Martagons, 445, 468, 502 
what lilies are properly 
called, 543 
Martynia, annua or probosidea, 
352 
Marvel of Peru, 352 
Massonias, 1 67, 507 
Mastich, 462 
Medicated tar, how to prepare, 
46 
application and use of, 46, 
47, 142, 143 
Medlars, 234, 251 
snowy, 275, 301 
Melanthiums, Cape, 167, 507 
—— American, 469 
Melasphaerulas, 167, 507 
Melias, 363 
Melianthuses, 363 
Melons, preparations for raising 
in hot-beds, 11, 1 18 
true Cantaleupe kinds de- 
scribed, 12 
age and preparation of 
seed, 12 
sowing the seed and gene- 
ral care of, 14, 118, 122, 186, 
313, 367 
stopping or topping the 
plants, 121 
impregnating the female 
flowers of, 182 
— raising in hot-bed ridges, 
313 
— — sowing and care of in the 
open ground, 228, 368, 404, 
429, 462 
sowing for Mangoes, 430 
water, 328, 369, 404 
