168 SELECT PLANTS FOE, INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



spreading lopped-off branches of the shrub itself, bearing 

 ripe seeds, on the sand. 



Lespedeza striata, Hooker and Arnott.* 



China and Japan. Sometimes called Japan Clover. An 

 annual herb, which in North America has proved of great use. 

 Professor Meehan states it to be identical with the Hoop Koop 

 plant, and that it has taken possession of much waste land in 

 the Southern States. It grows there wonderfully on the hot 

 dry soil, and the cattle like it amazingly. Mr. Jackson 

 observes that it readily takes possession of waste lands and 

 even spaces between forest trees, covering the soil with a 

 dense permanent herbage. 



Leucadendron argenteum, Brown. 



The Silver Tree of South Africa is included on this occasion 

 among forest trees, because it would add to the splendour of 

 our woods, and thrive far better there than in our gardens. 

 Moreover, with this tree many others, equally glorious, might 

 be established in our mild forest glens as a source of horticul- 

 tural wealth, were it only to obtain in future years a copious 

 supply of seeds. Mention may be made of the tall Magnolia 

 trees of North America (Magnolia grandiflora, L., 100 feet 

 high ; M. umbrella, Lam., 40 feet ; M. acuminata, 80 feet ; 

 M". cordata, Michx., 50 feet ; M. Fraseri, Walt., 40 feet; M. 

 macrophylla, Michx., 40 feet) ; M. Yulan, Desf., of China, 50 

 feet; Magnolia Campbelli, Hook., of the Himalayas, 150 feet 

 high and flowers nearly a foot across ; M. sphserocarpa, Roxb., 

 also of the Indian highlands, 40 feet ; the Mediterranean 

 Styrax Tree (Styrax officinalis, L.) ; Stenocarpus sinuosus, 

 Endl., of East Australia (the most brilliant of the Proteacese) ; 

 the crimson and scarlet Ratas of New Zealand (Metrosideros 

 florida, Sim. ; M. lucida, Menz. ; M. robusta, Cunn., 80 feet 

 high; M. tomentosa, Cunn., 40 feet); Fuchsia excorticata, L., 

 also from New Zealand, stem 2 feet in diameter ; the crim- 

 son-flowered Eucalyptus ficifolia of West Australia ; Rhodo- 

 dendron Falconeri, Hooker, from Upper India, 50 feet high, 

 leaves 18 inches long. In the warm and humid gullies here 

 alluded to also may be planted the great Melaleuca Leuca- 

 dendron, L., the true Asiatic Cajaput Tree, which grows to a 

 height of 100 feet ; even the North European Holly (Ilex 

 aquifolium), which occasionally rises to 60 feet, though both 

 from regions so distant. 



Levisia rediviva, Pursh. 



North- West America. The root of this herb is large and 



