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teresting account of this tree-pest; and the following list of 

 about twenty trees on which it has been found growing may 

 be useful to those who wish to propagate the plant as a curio- 

 sity or for decorative purposes. It is singular to find that this 

 evergreen plant nearly always selects deciduous trees on which 

 to develop itself : 



Apple. Robinia. Medlar. 



Aspen. Ash. Birch. 



Sycamore. Lime. Black Poplar. 



Oak. Elm. Maple. 



Whitebeam. Silver Fir. Hazel. 



Briar. Whitethorn. Mountain Ash. 



Pear. Willow. Hickory. 



The Misseltoe furnishes us with one of the few known in- 

 stances of duplicate or self-parasitism. Mr Corderoy, of Did- 

 cot, has recently sent to the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' some 

 specimens of Misseltoe parasitic on itself. The young seedlings 

 have attached themselves to the parent branches just in the 

 same way that they usually do to branches of the Lime or 

 any other tree. Mr Corderoy mentions also a variegated 

 form, produced as a sport, and alludes to other variations in 

 habit. 



THE LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY (Lythracetz). 



A small group of attractive decorative plants found in 

 Europe, N. America, and the tropics of both hemispheres, and 

 represented in our gardens by the genera Ly thrum, Cuphea, 

 Lagerstraimia, and one or two others. Lythrums generally 

 seed freely, and Cupheas are easily multiplied either by cuttings 

 of the young growth or seeds. Lagerstroemias are Indian 

 shrubs, which are in the gardens of India what the Lilac is 

 here at home. L. indica is a well-known plant, bearing dense 

 masses of rosy-lilac flowers, with long-stalked crisped petals. 

 Cuttings of the young wood root freely in heat ; and seeds 

 germinate readily, sown as soon as ripe, on a gentle bottom-heat 

 of 70 to 80. 



Lagerstrocmia elegans carnea is described in the ' Garden ' as 

 a new variety, raised from seed of Z. elegans by M. F. Sahut 

 of Montpellier. It has the habit and vigorous growth of its 

 parent, resembling it also in the structure of the flowers, which, 

 as is well known, differs from that of the flowers of L. indica ; 

 but the flowers of L. e. carnea, instead of being of a brilliant 

 deep rose colour, like those of L. elegans, are of a delicate rose 

 or flesh colour, becoming almost white when they begin to fade. 



