268 SELECT PLANTS ELIGIBLE FOR VICTOKIAN CULTURE. 



Juniperus communis. 



Add : Colder parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa and jS'orth 

 America, ascending tlie European Alps to 8000 feet, the 

 Indian mountains to 14,000 feet. Important for fuel in the 

 coldest regions. 



Juniperus excelsa. 



Add : Extends to the Himalayas, where its range of elevation 

 is from 5000 to 14,000 feet. Trunk short but of great girth, 

 over twenty feet cii'cumference being known (Stewart and 

 Brandis). 



Lavandula Stoechas. 



Add : Mr. James Dickinson, of Portarlington, informs us, 

 that this is the best plant known to him for staying sand. 

 It grows much quicker than the Ulex ; every seed which falls 

 germinates, so that around each bush every stroke of the 

 spade brings up lots of seedlings fit for transplantation. 

 Here five months in full flower annually, it being early in 

 bloom. Bees are passionately fond of the mucilaginous secretion 

 of the flowers. Mr. Dickinson calculates, that annually from 

 an acre of this Lavender a ton of the finest-flavoured honey 

 can be obtained. 



Morus alba. 



p. 135, last line, read Pebrine-disease instead of Pedrine- 

 disease. 



Quercus Mongolica, Fischer.* 



Manchuria. It is on this tree and on Q. serrata (Thunberg) 

 that the silk-insect peculiar to Oak-trees mainly, if not 

 solely, is reared, as shown by Dr. Hance. 



Tripsacum dactyloides. 



Add : Known vernacularly as Gama-grass. 



