Locust-Tree

Hymenoea.

Loddigesia

Loddigesia oxalidifolia. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Lomatia

Five species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sand and peat.

Lonchites

Two species. Stove ferns. Division. Turfy loam and peat.

Lonchocarpus

Nine species. Stove evergreen trees. Young cuttings. Loam and peat.

Longchampsia

Longchampsia capillifolia. Hardy annual. Seed. Common soil.

London-Pride

Saxifraga um-brosa.

Lonicera

Honeysuckle. Eighteen species. Hardy deciduous shrubs and twiners. Cuttings in autumn. Common soil.

Looking-Glass Tree

Heri-tiera.

Loosestrife

Lysimachia.

Lopezia

Six species. Hardy annuals and green-house biennials. All require to be raised in a hot-bed; the annuals to be removed to a south border, and the others to the greenhouse.

Lophanthus

Five species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division and cuttings. Common soil.

Lophiola

Lophiola aurea. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Damp peat soil.

Lophira

Lophira africana. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. Little water.

Lophospermum

Three species. Half-hardy evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Rich light loam.

Lopimia

Lopimia malacophylla. Stove evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. Rich light soil.

Lord Anson's Pea

Lathyrus magellanicus.

Lote

Zizyphus lotus.

Lotus

Forty species. Mostly, hardy and half-hardy annual and peren-Dial trailers. Perennials are increased by cuttings; and the annuals by seed, in any light soil.

Lourea

Two species. Stove biennials. Seed. Light rich loam.

Lousewort

Pedicularis.

Louse

See Aphis.

Love-Apple

Lycopersicon escu-lentum. See Tomato.

Love-Lies-Bleeding

Amaran-thus caudatus.

Lowea

Lowea berberrifolia. Half-hardy deciduous shrub. Seed and layers; sandy loam and peat. Common salt applied occasionally is beneficial.

Lozotaenia

Lozotaenia rosaria, is a small moth, of which the caterpillar feeds upon the leaves of the rose tree. Mr. Curtis says, that - "The eggs are laid in the summer or autumn, and hatch with the opening leaves; and the little caterpillar begins at once to form a residence by drawing two or more leaflets together, on which it feeds. This operation soon points out where the caterpillar is, and the best method which we know of getting rid of it, is hand-picking, which should be practised as soon as the operation of the caterpillar becomes visible." - Gard. Chron.

Lucuma

Four species. Stove evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Rich sandy loam.

Luhea

Luhea paniculata. Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Luisia

Luisia alpina. Stove epiphyte.

Lateral shoots, six inches long; attached to blocks of charred wood.

Lumnitzera

Lumnitzera moschata, a greenhouse annual; and L. tenuiflora, a stove herbaceous perennial. The first by seed, the second by division. Common soil.

Lunaria

Honesty. Two species. Hardy biennial and perennial. Seed. Common shaded soil.

Lungwort

Pulmonaria.

Luxemburgia

Luxemburgia ciliosa. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich loam.