Part 36

=Lady-slipper.= See Balsams.

=Lady Washington Geranium=, 76.

=La Grandesse Hyacinth=, 192.

=Lantanas=, 42, 46, 81–83, 92. Description of, 81. Make fine hedgerows, 83. May seed freely, 46. Not a desirable plant for the house, 82. Starting the seed, 82. Treatment of, in raising, 82. Weeping Lantanas, 81, 83. Will bloom freely in the house, 83.

=Larkspur=, excellent for rear beds, 11.

=Lavender=, 11.

=Lawn=, a neglected, amount of labour involved in a, 6.

=Layering=, a form of rooting cuttings, 61.

=Laying out flower-beds=, 13, 14.

=Leaf-mould=, composition of, 18. For flower-garden, 7. For use in boxes, 48. How to make, 21. Where found, 18.

=Leaves=, an excellent protection to plants in the winter, 205.

=Lilies=, 9, 11, 12, 168, 179–184, 204. Auratum Lily bulbs, 180. Best time for planting, 183. Day, 201. Flame, 183. Funkia, 201. General treatment of all kinds of, 182. Hardy, planting of, 183. How Japanese protect their plants, 180. Ideal spot for, 12. Injured by exposure to air and thawings, 180, 181. Japanese, 181, 182. Krameri, 182. Left to themselves, growth of, 183. Longiflorum, 182. Plantain, 201. Washingtonianum, 182.

=Lilium album=, description of, 181.

=Lilium auratum=, 180.

=Lilium Brownii=, 182.

=Lilium candidum=, 180. Must be planted early, 180. Soil required for, 180.

=Lilium giganteum=, the most wonderful and tallest variety of Lily, 182.

=Lilium rubrum=, most easily grown, 181.

=Lilium speciosum=, exceeding beauty of, 181.

=Lily-bed=, the hardy, 179–184. As a garden investment, 179. Building the bed, 180. Fibrous-rooted plants, hardy shrubs, and perennials give best results, 179. Selecting a site for, 180.

=Lily, Pond=— Process of germination of, 169. Sowing the seed of, 169.

=Lily-pond=— Cementing a pond, 166, 167. Constructing a, 165. Diverting a small stream for a, 166. How to keep clear and sweet, 172. Objections raised to, 171. Renewing water in, 165. Zinc tubs for small water-ponds, 167.

=Liquid manure=, how to prepare, 26, 27. How to use, 28.

=Little Dorrit Ageratum=, 102.

=Loam=, the best garden soil, 17.

=Longiflorum Lily=, 182.

=Lotus=, 168.

=Lotus Peliorhynchus=, 92.