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THE’ N URKh’RY-LIST 345
Lamar&a. Cm 1)) incur.
Propagated by seeds, sown in spring or fall, and the plants set
out in the spring ; also by spring-sown seeds.
Lantana. I -t&v7 wv.
Tncreased by seeds, which give new varieties, ancl by cuttings, in
fall or spring, from good growing wood, in sand in a warm house or
frame. For florist’s USC, old plants are lifted or repotted in early
autumn to stimulate cutting wood ; cuttings are then taken in
winter or spring and blooming plants arc had for summer.
Lapageria. Liliacm.
Seeds may be sown as soon as ripe, when procurable, in a sandy
peat soil, and kept in a moderate heat. Increased by layers of
tirnl strong shoots frnn~ which some of t!ze leaves have fallen. The
shoot may be bent back and forth in a box of sand and peat, being
pegged down and then covered with the earth ; keep moist, and
shoots will start from the joints and when rooted may be separated
and pot ted.
Lapeyrousia. Iriilaw~.
Increased by division of the bulbs.
Larix (Larch. Tamarack). Pi~~ccce.
Usually grown from seeds, which should be kept dry over
winter and planted early in spring ; shade the young plants.
17arieties, as the weeping sorts, are worked on common stocks
(usually the European larch). The grafting ma.y be done by the
whip method, outdoors early in spring. Rare sorts are sometimes
veneer-grafted under glass. Rarely increased by cuttings of
nearly ripened wood under glass or by layers.
Lasiandra
: Tiboztchiwa.
Latania. Pal macea).
Propagated by imported seeds sown in strong bottom heat.
Palms, page 3X.
See
Lathyrus (Vetchling). d,eguminosa-?.
Propaga.ted by seeds, sown verv early in the open ; the perennials
also by seeds, something by diviYSion, and special varieties by cuttings
in the fall, after the flowering season, or in spring from old
plants stored in t!x greenhouse. The sweet pea ma.y be sown before
frosty weather is passed, and south of Norfolk it is usually satis-