258 -Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Libocedrus Doniana, Endlicher. 



Northern Island of New Zealand, up to 6,000 feet elevation. A 

 forest-tree, reaching 100 feet in height, the stem 3 feet and more 

 in diameter. The wood is hard and resinous, of a dark -reddish 

 color, fine-grained, excellent for planks and spars. 



Libocedrus tetrag-ona, Endlicher. 



On the Andes of Chili, at an elevation of from 2,000 to 5,000 f eet> 

 growing as far soiith as Magellan's Straits, especially in moist 

 moory localities. This species has a very straight stem, and rises 

 to 120 feet. The wood, though soft and light, is resinous, and will 

 resist underground decay for a century and more, like that of 

 Fitzroya Patagonica; for railway-sleepers this timber is locally 

 preferred to any other [Dr. Philippi] ; it is also highly esteemed 

 for various artizan's work ; it is nearly white. 



Xiig-ustrum Japonicum, Thunberg. 



The Japan-Privet. A shrub, evergreen or nearly so, promising 

 to become a valuable hedge-plant. Hardy still in Christiania 

 [Schuebeler] . It grows readily from cuttings, like the ordinary 

 European Privet, Ligustrum vulgare (Linne). Both will grow 

 under trees, where scarcely anything else would live [Johnson] . 



Xiigrustrum lucidum, Alton. 



China. This evergreen tall bush is inhabited by a wax-insect 

 (Flata limbata) in some parts of China [A. Hosie]. The quantity 

 of wax thus obtained is considerable [Dr. K. Mueller]. 



Ziimonia acidissima, Linne. 



India, up to 4,000 feet ; hardy in England. This shrub or small 

 tree has fruit of extreme acidity, but insignificant in size, which 

 culture may enlarge. 



Xiindera Benzoin, Blume. 



From Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, there called the Spice- 

 Laurel. An aromatic bush, one of the hardiest of the order. The 

 aroma of the foliage much like that of Bay-leaves. L. Neesiana 

 (Bentham) from the Himalaya yields a kind of Sassafras, according 

 to Kurz. 



Xiinum usitatissimum, Linne.* 



The Flax-Plant. Orient. Perhaps indigenous also in South- 

 Europe, and probably derived from L. augustifolium (Hudson), 

 which was cultivated in Switzerland already during the stone-age 

 [Heer] . A well-known annual, which yields linen-fibre and linseed- 

 oil. Few plants find a wider congeniality of soil and climate, and 

 few give a quicker return. Good and deep soil, even of forests, 

 well-drained, is best for successful flax-culture. In Norway it is 



