. 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. V <z. wiry shoots each year from i, r. (iMish or brown, hairy (at 'i\r light-colored and hairy lii ill ;ith, the petiole usually suiui-what shorter than the blade ; Ifts. elliptic-oblong- pointed: ils. twice larger than in the last (nearly V^ in. long), rose-
. 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. V <z. wiry shoots each year from i, r. (iMish or brown, hairy (at 'i\r light-colored and hairy lii ill ;ith, the petiole usually suiui-what shorter than the blade ; Ifts. elliptic-oblong- pointed: ils. twice larger than in the last (nearly V^ in. long), rose-purple, drooping in very numerous long racemes,which at the top of the plant are panicled: pod nearly or quite Vi in. long, pubescent. Japan. 5:115. Gng. 1:23. 1873:210. :15. G. C. :749. 18:1888. 6602 and Mn. 7, p. 69 (as h. fcico^oj-).âBlooms in Sep- tember, and hardy in central New England. A very desira- ble late-blooming plant, mak- ing a large specimen with age. Does not often seed in the Xorth. Jap6mca (Desmddium Ja- pdiiiciim, Hort., not Miq.). Very like the last, but blooms a week or two later, has very numerous pure white fls., much lighter colored herbage, 1264. Lespedeza Sieboldi. usually nearly glabrous Ivs. (X 3-6.) ^"d stems, the Ifts. broader and less pointed. âHardy as the last, and seems to seed more freely in the North. Perhaps a botanical variety of L. Sieboldi, but distinct for horticultural purposes". Other . .and Cliinese Lespedezas may be erpected to appoar in the triiile. See Friinchet. 1890. pp. for an account of W. China ornamental species, with picture of L. Delavavi. L. H. B. LETTSOMIA is a genus of the Convolvulus family. About 26 species of tropical oriental climbers. An un- known species was advertised from S. Florida in 1889 and is still procurable. Reasoner and others think well of it. LETTUCE (see Lactuca) is the most popular of salad vegetables. Plate XVIII. It is a quick
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