286 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Libocedrus tetragona, Endlicher. 



On the Andes of Chili, at an elevation of from 2,000 to 5,000 feet, 

 growing as far south 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 under- 

 ground decay for a century and more, like that of Fitzroya Pata- 

 gonica ; for railway-sleepers this timber is locally preferred to any 

 other [Dr. Philippi] ; it is also highly esteemed for various artisans' 

 work ; it is nearly white. 



Ligusticum Haastii, F. v. Mueller. 



New Zealand, in alpine regions. A perennial herb, important as a 

 forage-plant [Armstrong]. 



Ligustrum 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 (Linnd) ; the latter was intro- 

 duced into Britain by the Romans already. It is a valuable and 

 much used hedge-shrub. Both will grow under trees, where scarcely 

 anything else would live [Johnson] ; also on somewhat saline -soil 

 [T. Kessal]. 



Ligustrum lucidum, Aiton. 



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]. 



Limonia 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. 



Lindera 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. 



Linum 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]. 



