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This shrub or small tree is the most effectual of all for 

 arresting the progress of drift- sand in a clime like ours. It is 

 most easily raised by simply scattering in autumn the seeds 

 on the sand and covering them loosely with boughs. 



Ligustnxm Japonicum, Thunberg. 



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

 promising to become a valuable hedge-plant. It grows like 

 the ordinary European Privet readily from cuttings. 



Linum usitatissimum, L.* 



The Plax-plant. Orient. A well-known annual, which 

 yields the fibre for linen and the linseed oil. Plax-culture 

 is doubtless destined to become an important industry 

 among us. Few plants find a wider congeniality of soil 

 and climate, and few give a quicker return. Grood and deep 

 soil well drained is requisite for successful flax-culture- 

 Change of seed-gram is desirable. Thick sowing extends 

 the length of the fibre. To obtain the best fibre, the plant 

 must be pulled when the seeds commence to ripen. If the 

 seeds are allowed in part to mature, then both fibre and 

 seed may be turned to account. If the seed is left to ripen 

 completely, then the fibre is generally discarded. The seed 

 yields by pressure about 22 per cent, of oil. The residue 

 can either be prepared as Linseed Meal or be utilized as 

 admixture to stable-fodder. The demand for both fibre and 

 oil is enormous. The value of our import of raw fibre in 

 1871 was already £15,634, while the import of oil was 

 £22,469. Two principal varieties are under culture : a 

 tall sort, with smaller flowers, closed capsules and dark 

 seeds ; a dwarf sort, more branched (even if closely sown) 

 with larger flowers and capsules, the seed-vessels opening 

 spontaneously and with elasticity, while the seeds are of a 

 a pale color. None of the perennial species of Linum are 

 so manageable in culture as the ordinary annual flax. 



Lippia citriodora, Kunth. 



Peru, Chili, La Plata States, Brazil. An evergreen shrub, 

 yielding scented oil. 



