. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. LITHR^A petiole narrow-winged ; Ifts. 2-3 in. long, glabrous, witli small panicles of greenish yellow fls. and almost white drupes 1-2 lines in diam. Brazil. J. B. S. Norton. LITTONIA (Dr. Samuel Litton, professor of botany in Koyal Dublin Society). Lili&cett. Litt
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. LITHR^A petiole narrow-winged ; Ifts. 2-3 in. long, glabrous, witli small panicles of greenish yellow fls. and almost white drupes 1-2 lines in diam. Brazil. J. B. S. Norton. LITTONIA (Dr. Samuel Litton, professor of botany in Koyal Dublin Society). Lili&cett. Littonia and Gloriosa are caUed Climbing Lilies. They are tender, tuberous plants, with glossy, lanceolate Ivs. which curl at the tips into tendrils, enabling the plants to reach C-8 ft. The fls. are 6-parted, but in Littonia the seg- ments are not refiexed like a Cyclamen, as in Gloriosa. Fls. nodding, bell-shaped, orange, 1 in. or more across; segments oblong, acuminate, IM in. long: capsule long, 3-celled; seeds scarlet, about the size of a sweet pea, round, arranged in 2 series. The odd-shaped tubers are about 1J^ in. across and may be planted outdoors in May. There are 4 species, 1 from Arabia, 1 from S. Africa and 2 from tropical Africa. mod^sta, Hook. Lower Ivs. in 3's, upper ones alter- nate : perianth segments provided with a small oblong nectary, partially closed by a ciliated scale on each side: style 3'-cut. S. Africa. 4723. Var. Keitii, Hort., is an improved form, with larger and more abundant fls. John Endicott and W. M. LIVE - FOBEVEK. Sednm Telephium and other Sedums. LIVERLEAF. Bepafica. LIVERWOKT. A general name for a group of cryp- togamia (flowerless plants), somewhat allied to mosses and known as Hepaticfe. Conocephalus and Marchantia have been offered by dealers in native plants as suitable for rockwork and bog gardens. Lunularia is a common weed in greenhouses. LIVING ROCK. Consult ^Hfta?oHiH»i. LIVISTdNA (Patrick Murray, Baron of Livistone). Pabinlcete
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