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348 THE NURSERY-MANUALfor a home supply. In the middle and southern states, the seedsmay be sown in the fall, and the plants protected from cold by amulch ; or the pl;l,nts may grow in winter in the warmer countries.Leucadendron (Silver Tree). f’rotcacr~Propagated bpr seeds, the seedlings being carefully protectedfrom damping off. It is desirable, before the hypocotyl or stemof the germinating plantlet becomes hardened, to sink the pot< inwater when the plant is dry, not allowing the water to come overthe rim.Leucojum, often spelled Leucoium (Snowflake). Amnryll~~dnce0?.I ncrcased by seeds;, which should produce flowering bulbs in a yearor two. Propaga t.ion is corn manly by bulbels, however, whichshould be taken ils soon as possible after the herbage matures.Leucotho& E&ww.Propagated by seeds, which should be sown under glass in mossand sand and plants pricked off into boxes ; by divisions of establishedplants in autumn or winter, by layers and the undergroundrnnncrs ; cuttings may be rooted in sand over gentle bottom heat.Levisticum (Lovage). l ‘mlwIIifmr.Propagated 1,~. sc.eds sown in the open ground, and division inspring or autlinin.Lewisia. Porflrinfmvx.Handled by seeds, or by division in spring. The root of thebitter-root (I,. rcdicircr) may live for years out of the ground.Liatris (Blazing Star. Button Snake-Root). Compositce.Seeds are usually sown early in autumn or in spring. Somespecies produce offsets, and of others the clumps may be divided.Libocedrus. Pinrrwn.Grown from seeds when they are procurable, sown in spring.Cuttings may be started under glass in summer or aut,umn. Itmay be grafted on related plants, as thuja and cham=cyparis.Libonia : ,Jnrohiu itr .Licuala. Ptrlnrncm.Raised from seeds sown at an,y time in a sandy soil, in strong bottomheat. See ~‘u~Ms, page 377.