Lepidagathis

Lepidagathis cristata. Stove herbaceous. Cuttings. Sandy rich loam.

Lepidium

Lepidium sativum. See Cress.

Leptandra

Two species. Har-dy herbaceous. Division. Common soil.

Leptanthus

Leptanthus gramineus. Hardy aquatic. Offsets. Wet peat.

Leptodermis

Leptodermis lanceolata. Greenhouse shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Leptomeria

Two species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Leptosiphon

Five species. Hardy annuals. Seed. Peat. Sow in autumn and in early spring.

Leptospermum

Twenty-three species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings and seed. Sandy loam and peat.

Leptostelma

Leptostelma maximum. Half-hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. Light rich loam.

Leptotes

Leptotes bicolor. Stove epiphyte. Division. Moss and potsherds.

Lespedeza

Twelve species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous, shrubby, and annual plants. L. cryocarpa is a greenhouse evergreen shrub, and L. glome-rata a stove twiner. Annuals sow in sheltered peat. Shrubs by cuttings, and herbaceous by division. In sandy peat.

Lessertia

Nine species. Greenhouse annuals, herbaceous and shrubby plants. Seed or cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Lethrus

Lethrus cephalotes. A beetle preying upon the vine by gnawing off its young shoots. It is common in Hungary, but I do not know that it has been observed in England.

Lettsomia

Lettsomia tomentosa. Stove evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.

Lettuce Fly

See Anthomyia.

Leucadendron

Thirty-nine species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Leucocoryne

Three species. Half-hardy bulbs. Seed and offsets. Sandy loam.

Leucojum

Snow-flake. Three species. Hardy bulbs. Offsets. Sandy loam.

Leucopogon

Fifteen species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Leucospernum

Fifteen species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Sandy turfy loam. They require much watering.

Leucostemma

Leucostemma vestitum. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat, and sandy loam.

Leuzea

Five species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. Common soil.

Lewisia

Lewisia rediviva. Hardy herbaceous. Division and seed. Sandy loam and chalk.

Leycestria

Leycestria formosa. Hardy evergreen shrub. Cuttings and seed. Sandy loam.

Leyssera

Four species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and sandy loam.

Liatris

Twenty species. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Sandy loam and peat. Take up and give the shelter of a frame during winter.

Libanotis

Libanotis athamantoides. Hardy herbaceous. Seed. Calcareous sandy loam.

Libertia

Libertia formosa. Half-hardy herbaceous. Division. Loam and peat.

Lichtensteinia

Two species. Green-house herbaceous. Seed, Sandy loam.

Licuala

Two species. Stove palms. Seed. Sandy loam.

Lidbeckia

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat, and a little loam.

Ligatures

Ligatures, twisted very tightly round the small branches of trees, and the stems of plants, to check the return of their sap, and thus promote their fruitfulness, and the size of the fruit, are much to be preferred to ringing, or other removals of the bark, which cause wounds and canker. Ligatures should be removed as soon as the fruit is ripened.