An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston.

  • John Claudius Loudon
Date:
1825
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Credit: An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lincolnshire, gardens and residences of, 7577. Lindegaard, Peter, C.M. H.S., his tract on forcing grapes, page 1113. A.D. 1811. Lindernia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, a H. an. S. Eur. of common culture. Linlithgowshire, gardens of, 7632. Limicea, didyn, angios. and caprifolese, a H. peren. Scot, a trailing plant, which answers well for pots or rockwork; it grows in loam and peat, and strikes freely by cuttings. Linnajan Society, their published transactions as to gardening, page 1110. A. D. 1791. Linrueus, Sir Charles Von, &c. his works on garden¬ ing, page 1130. A. D. 1739. Linociera, dian. monog. and oleinee, a S. tr. W. Ind. which grows freely in loam and peat, and cuttings root under a hand-glass in sand. Linum, flax, pentan. pentag. and caryophylleas, G. tr. Eur. and India, which grow in loam and peat, and cuttings root readily in the same kind of soil under a hand-glass; the H. peren. and an. are of easy culture. Lion’s tail, — see Leonotis. Liparia, diadel. decan. and leguminoseas, G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive well in loam and peat with little water; and very young tops root in sand under a bell-glass. Liquid manures, 1162. Liquidamber, moncec. polyan. and amentaceas, H. tr. Amer. which grow in any common soil, and are increased by layers. Liriodendron, tulip-tree, polyan. polyg. and magno- liaceae, a H. tr. N. Amer. which grows in loamy soil, and generally increased by seeds brought from America, which are two years of coming up. Lisianthus, pentan. monog. and gentianeae, S. tr. and a peren. W. Ind. which grow in loam and peat, cuttings root readily in sand under a bell- glass. Lismore, a seat in the county of Waterford, 7665. Lissander, Andrew, his works on gardening, page 1130. A. D. 1768. Lissige, a seat in Down, 7683. Listera, gynan. monan. and orchideas, H. peren. Brit, which grow best in a light soil and shady situation, even under trees, and is increased by dividing at the roots. Lists and other ties used for fastening wall and espa¬ lier trees, 1515 and 1519. Literature of gardening, 7685. Lithospermum, gromwell, pentan. monog. and bora- gineas, H. peren. and an. Eur. of common cul¬ ture. Little Aston, Staffordshire, 7570. Littorella, shore weed, moncec. tetran. and planta- gineas, a H. peren. Brit. an. aquatic. Livermere, a seat in Suffolk, 7552. Liverpool botanic garden, 7588. Lizard’s tail, saururus cernuus. Llanarth House, Monmouthshire, 7567. Llanerth Elouse, Denbighshire, 7605. Llangard Castle, Merionethshire, 7612. Llantryddyd, a seat in Glamorganshire, 7608. Llanwern House, Monmouthshire, 7567. Loader, an anchorsmith and anabaptist, at Green¬ wich, who had a fine garden and conservatory in Evelyn’s time, 227. Loaving, — see Heading. Lob. ic., Plantarum seu Stirpium icones. Lobelia cardinalis, fulgens, and splendens, 6459. Lobelia, pentan. monog. and campanulaceaD, G. tr. and F. peren. Amer. C.B.S. and Eur. which thrive in any light rich soil, and cuttings root freely; the H. peren. are of easy culture, chiefly as marsh plants ; L. dortmanna is an aquatic. Locke, John, his writings on gardening, page 1107. A. D. 1766. Locke Park, Derbyshire, 7574. Lockington Hall, Leicestershire, 7573. Locust-tree of America, robinia pseudacacia, 7105. Locust-tree of the bible, ceratonia siliqua. Loddiges, Conrad, and Sons, their works on garden¬ ing, page 1108. A. D. 1777. Loddigesia, diadel. decan. and leguminoseaj, a G. tr. C.B.S. which grows best in equal parts of sandy loam and peat, and young cuttings root freely in sand under a bell-glass. Lceflingia, trian. monog. and caryophyllem, a H. an. Spain, of common culture. Logania, pentan. monog. and gentianea*, G. tr. Austral, which thrive best in sandy loam and »-»,1 ontf in <-ro m nr hn Curtin].' ill Ctllltl Logwood, haunatoxylon campechianum. Loisleur dc Longchamps, M. D. 56; his works on gardening, page 1121. A. D. 181—. Looking-glass plant, heritiera littoralis. Lolium, darnel, trian. dig. and graminece, H. peren. and an Eur. grasses of easy culture. Lomatia, tetran. monog. and proteaceas, G. tr. N. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and peat, and ripened cuttings, taken off at a joint, root in sand under a hand-glass. Lombardy, gardening of, 82. Lomonosow, his poem on gardening, page 1131. A. D. 18. Lonchitis, cryptog. filices and filiceaj, a S. peren. W. Ind. a fern of the usual culture. London and Wise, their works on gardening, page 1101. A. D. 1699. 1 * London Horticultural Society, their transactions, page 1114. A. D. 1815. Longford, county of, as to gardening, 7663. Longleat, a seat in Wiltshire, 7597. Longworth, Herefordshire, 7568. Lonicera, honeysuckle, pentan. monog. and caprifo- leap, F. and H. tr. Eur. and Amer. climbers and twiners, which grow in any common soil, and cuttings taken off in autumn, and planted in a sheltered situation, root readily. Loose-strife, — see Lysimachia. Lop (from loop, Dut. or lanb, Teut. a leaf), the leaf or tops of trees. To lop, i. e. to cut off the tops of trees. Lopezia, dian. monog. and onagrares, S. bien. and a H. an. Mex. of common culture. Lophiola, hexan. monog. and hamnodoracem, a H. peren. N. Amer. which thrives best in a peat soil in moist situations, and is increased by dividing at the root. Loquat-apple, — see Mespilus Lorentz, J-B-, his works on gardening page 1121. A. D. 1803. Lotus, birdsfoot-trefoil, diadel. decan. and legu- minose£e, G. tr. Eur. and Asia, which grow freely in any light rich soil, and young cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. Loudon Castle, Ayrshire, 7627. Loudon, John Claudius, his works on gardening, page 1112. A. D. 1803. Loureira, dicec. monad, and ., a S. tr. Mex. which grows in loam and peat, and may be increased by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass in heat. \ Lousewort, — see Pedicularis. Lovage, ligusticum levisticum. Love-apple, — see Solanum. Love-grass, poa megastachya. Lowth, county of, as to gardening, 7664. Luder, Fr. Hm. H., his works on gardening, page 1124. A. D. 1768. b V Ludwigia. tetran. monog. and onagrarea?, a H. peren; and an. N. Amer. marsh plants. Luffa, moncec. pentan. and cucurbitaceas, a F. an Indian, of common culture, 1664. Lullworth Castle, Dorsetshire, 7598. Lunaria, honesty, tetradynamia siliculosa, and crucifereae, a H. peren. and bien. Germ, of com¬ mon culture. Lundie House, a seat in Perthshire, 7636. Lundrie,-, a French author on gardening, page 1115. A. D. 1580. Lungwort, — see Pulmonaria. Lupin, -, his works on gardening, page 1127. A. D. 1820. Lupinaster, bastard-lupine, diadel. decan. and legu- minosere, a H. peren. Siber. which thrives in light loam, and is increased by seeds. Lupine, — see Lupinus. Lupinus, lupine, diadel. decan. and leguminosea?, H. and F. peren. and an. Eur. which thrive in light rich soil, and are increased by seeds, or the peren. sorts by pieces of the roots. Lurgan, a seat in the county of Leitrim, 7674. Lurgan House, a seat in Armagh, 7682. Luscombe House, Devonshire, 7600. Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, 7549. Luxembourg, gardens of, at Paris, 161. Luzula, hexan. monog. and juncea?, II. peren. Eur. grasses of easy culture. Lychnidea, — see Phlox. Lychnis, decan. pentag. and caryophyllea?, G. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and China, of common culture in peat and loam. T.Atrium DnY_fhm*n nonfiin TVIAIinn' Ol-w-l cnlo