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Lime (Citrus nurnnf~din). Rzdacm. (H. H. Hump.)
Trees prnduced from seeds vary in size, quality of fruit and
productiveness. and to produce trees true to type should be budded
on rough lemon or lime seedlings. See Omngu.
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Limnobium. II~d~OCllfl~it~lCi~~.
Propagated by division of t,he runners.
Limnocharis. ~U~OUI(ICO(;P.
Increases naturally by offsets or suckers from the flower-stem ;
also by seeds, sometimes self-sowing.
Linaria. Scroph Uluriflct’iP.
Xnnual species (or those treated as such) are readily raised from
seed, which, as they are small, are usually sown indoors and the
seedlings transplanted ; sometimes seeds are sown where the plants
are to grow. The perennials are usually increased by means of
division, but also by seeds when obtainable.
Linum (Flax). L it1 ILI’I~.EJ.
Multiplied bj? seeds, the hard)7 species sown outdoors and the
tender ones under glass. Cuttings may be taken from firm shoots
of tlltb perennial species and inserted in sand under glass. The
ordinary flax (I,. witatissirrlum) is sown directly in the field, from
2 to 0 peck; of seed being used, depending on whether grown for
linseed or fiber. Set> I-lrirl wardf icl.
Lippia. 17f3+twmm.
I’::ually increased by cuttings of young shoots under glass.
C,uttings of the hard wood may be used in autumn, under glass.
Also grown from seeds. The running kinds are increased by simple
&vi&n of the plants. The lemon verbena (L. citriodoru., often
called aloysia) is grown ciuickly from cuttings taken from cut-back
stock plants in late winter or earl>, spring ; such plants should be
of blooming size Ijy summer. I,. cu:(11cwc12s is now much used as a
ground cover or I;IWI plant in ( ‘alii’ornia and elsewhere (under the
name Lippilr wpws). It is a creeping perennial, rarely producing
seeds. Propagated ba. sods cut to 2 inches square and planted a
foot or two apart.
Liquidambar (Sweet Gum). H[~nlunrc?Zidacrce.
Propagated by seeds, which should be stratified or sown as soon
as ripe. TIsny of the seeds may lie dormant until the second year.