Lightfootia

Three species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Loam and peat.

Ligustrum

Privet. Three species, and more varieties of L. vulgare. Hardy evergreen and deciduous shrubs. Cuttings. Common soil. The evergreen varieties of L. vulgare make a good fence. See Hedges.

Lilacs

Syringa vulgaris and Persica. Of these very hardy shrubs there are many varieties; the white, red, and blue-flowered; and of the Persica, also the parsley-leafed and the sage-leafed. They may be raised from suckers, layers, cuttings, and seed; the sowing and planting may be made during the autumn in any common soil.

Lily

Lilium.

Lily-Hyacinth

Scilla Lilia-hyacinthus.

Lily-Pink

Aphyllanthes.

Lily-Thorn

Catesbea.

Lime

Citras limonum.

Lime, Or Linden-Tree

Tilia.

Lime-Water

"As water can hold only a certain quantity of lime in solution, it is immaterial how much of that substance you mix with it. The mixture should be well stirred, and should be left until it has become clear, when it will be fit for use. The beet 23 mode of proceeding is to take forty gallons of clean water, and, half an hour before using, put one peck of fresh-slacked lime into it. As soon as it is clear it is fit for use.

"A watering-pot containing four gallons will water a bed of four feet by thirty feet, or rows of cauliflowers, cabbages, etc, of double the length." - Gard. Chron.

Limnanthes

Limnanthes Douglasii. Hardy annual trailer. Seed. Sandy loam and shady situation.

Limnocharis

Two species. Stove perennial aquatics. Seed and runners. Water.

Limonia

Five species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, except L. scan-dens, which is a climber. Cuttings. Rich light loam and peat.

Linanthus

Linanthus dichotonus. Hardy annual. Seed. Common soil.

Linaria

Seventy-five species. Hardy annual trailers, and herbaceous and evergreen shrubs, except L. fruc-ticans, and L. scoparia, which are green-house evergreen shrubs. Seed or cuttings. Sandy loam.

Linconia

Three species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Sandy peat.

Lindernia

Lindernia pyxidaria. Hardy annual. Seed. Common soil.

Lindleya

Lindleya mespiloides. Half-hardy evergreen shrub. Cuttings, and grafts on the common thorn and larger cotoneasters. Sandy loam, mixed with calcareous rubbish.

Lindsaea

Five species. Stove and green-house ferns. Division and seed. Sandy loam and peat.

Linnaea

Linnaea borealis. Hardy evergreen trailer. Division. Shaded peat soil.

Linum

Fifty-one species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous and annuals; a few green-house evergreen shrubs. Seed, division, and cuttings. Sandy loam and a little peat.

Lion's-Ear

Leonatis.

Lion's-Foot

Leontopodium.

Lion's-Tail

Leonotis leonurus.

Liparia

Liparia sphoerica. Green-house evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. Not too much water.

Liparis

Fifteen species. Stove epiphytes and orchids. All propagated by offsets. Epiphytes in peat and potsherds; terrestrial orchids in sandy peat and sandy loam.